Rapid Responses – Page 2 – The Ontario HIV Treatment Network

A doctor's notepad that says diagnosis syphillis with some coloured pills on the page

Questions

What are the effective interventions and best practices to reduce syphilis transmission among various population groups?

Key take-home messages

Infectious and congenital syphilis rates have seen a sharp growth in Canada since 2016 (1). The COVID-19 pandemic

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Low-level HIV viremia: Definitions, predictors, mechanisms, and clinical outcomes

-Epidemiology and HIV care cascade, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What are the factors associated with low-level HIV viremia?
What are its possible mechanisms and clinical outcomes?

Key take-home messages

The definitions of optimal viral suppression, low-level viremia, blips, virologic failure, and recommended management approaches to low-level

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Psychosocial needs and vulnerabilities of older gay and bisexual men

-Men who have sex with men, -Mental health or substance use, -Social determinants of health, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What are the psychosocial needs and vulnerabilities of older gay and bisexual men?

Key take-home messages

Health outcomes related to the intersectionality of aging and sexual minority status is an emerging area of research (1, 2).
It

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A requisition for an HIV test which resulted in negative and a bottle for 30 day of PrEP

Best practices of same-day HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation

-HIV prevention, -HIV testing, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What are the best practices (including successes and challenges) of same-day HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation after a negative HIV test result?

Key take-home messages

Several clinics have implemented same-day PrEP programs and have reported that clinics

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Immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after HIV diagnosis

-Epidemiology and HIV care cascade, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What are the best practices (including successes and challenges) of immediate initiation of ART after HIV testing and diagnosis?

Key take-home messages

The benefits of beginning antiretroviral therapy (ART) soon after HIV diagnosis include improved health outcomes

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Close-up black-and-white photography of crystal methamphetamine

Factors associated with methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men

-Men who have sex with men, -Mental health or substance use, -People who use drugs, -Social determinants of health, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What are the predictors of methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men?

Key take-home messages

An abundance of literature details problematic sexualized drug use among men who have sex with men (1–3); additionally, several interventions

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Effectiveness of and best practices for using contingency management and incentives for health care issues related to HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

-Coinfections and comorbidities, -HIV prevention, -HIV testing, -Organization of care, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Question

What is the effectiveness of and what are the best practices for using contingency management and incentives for health care issues such as HIV, STIs, and PrEP?

Key take-home messages

Using contingency management and incentives at the

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A syringe and pills beside a tag labelled 'Hepatitis C'

Effectiveness of and best practices for using contingency management and incentives in hepatitis C infection among people who use drugs

-Coinfections and comorbidities, -Organization of care, -People who use drugs, News, Rapid Responses / By Danielle Giliauskas

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Questions

What is the effectiveness of and what are the best practices for using contingency management and incentives to support linkage to care and treatment for hepatitis C infection among people who use drugs?