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Free HIV self-testing: Best practices, positivity rates, and associated costs

Danielle GiliauskasAugust 17, 2020News, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing

Single green cacti in a pot with a pink flower on top

Questions

What are the different approaches to providing free HIV self-testing to reach different groups of population?
What are the program costs associated with providing free HIV self-testing?
What are the positivity rates for HIV self-testing?

Key take-home

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Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness among men who have sex with men

Danielle GiliauskasJune 16, 2020Men who Have Sex with Men, Mental Health, News, People Living with HIV, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized

Silhouette of man standing alone face window

Questions

What interventions have been helpful to reduce social isolation and loneliness among men who have sex with men?

Key take-home messages

Social isolation and loneliness are significantly associated with all-cause mortality in the general population (1).
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Possible benefits of providing safe supply of substances to people who use drugs during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic

Danielle GiliauskasApril 27, 2020News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use, Uncategorized

Small white tablets spilled on blue background

Questions

What are possible benefits of providing a safe supply of substances to people who use drugs during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

Key take-home messages

Safe supply is an approach that focuses on saving

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Cost-effectiveness of rapid point-of-care testing (POCT) programs for HIV

Danielle GiliauskasApril 22, 2020Interventions Across the Cascade, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing

Questions

What evidence exists regarding the cost-effectiveness of rapid point-of-care testing (POCT) programs for HIV?
How is the cost-effectiveness of these programs determined?

Key take-home messages

Studies suggest that rapid HIV tests can be cost-effective in high-income settings

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The use of comic books, graphic novels, and fotonovelas as a health promotion tool

Danielle GiliauskasFebruary 5, 2020Care, Engagement, News, People Living with HIV, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider

An open comic book being read by a person

Question

What evidence exists for the use of comic books, graphic novels, and fotonovelas as health promotion tools (including HIV and STIs)?

Key take-home messages

Comics — including graphic novels, comic books, and fotonovelas — are one way

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The risk of HIV among women after acquiring a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and considerations for their use of PrEP

Danielle GiliauskasJanuary 3, 2020Co-infections, News, PrEP, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Women*

Silhouette of woman under orange sky

Questions

What is the current evidence among women in high-income countries regarding HIV risk after acquiring a sexually transmitted infection (STI)?
What does the evidence state regarding the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis

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HIV self-testing in high-income settings: Acceptability, potential benefits and harms, issues related to linkage to care, interventions to increase HIV self-testing

Danielle GiliauskasNovember 28, 2019Engagement, Interventions Across the Cascade, News, Rapid Responses, Testing, Uncategorized

White house sitting behind a white fence in the fall

Questions

What is the current evidence in high-income settings on HIV self-testing related to acceptability, potential benefits and harms, issues related to the linkage to care after a positive test, and interventions to

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Burnout among service providers addressing substance use disorders

Danielle GiliauskasNovember 14, 2019Comorbidities, News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider

Man sitting on sofa against wall with his right hand covering his eyes and forehead

Questions

What are the sources and consequences of burnout among service providers addressing substance use disorders?
What interventions have been implemented to manage the impact of burnout among service providers addressing substance use disorders?

Key take-home messages

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Unmet needs of Indigenous peoples living with HIV

Danielle GiliauskasOctober 23, 2019Care, Engagement, Indigenous Peoples, Interventions Across the Cascade, News, People Living with HIV, Prevention, Priority Populations, Rapid Responses, Slider

Looking up into a forest of trees with sky in the background

Questions

What are the unmet needs of Indigenous peoples living with HIV?
What interventions, strategies, and programs have been used to address these needs?

Key take-home messages

In 2016, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples accounted for 4.9%

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The risk of coercion in the context of HIV self-testing

Danielle GiliauskasSeptember 24, 2019News, Rapid Responses, Slider, Testing

An unmade bed with two pillows

Questions

What evidence is available on risk of coercion in the context of HIV self-testing?

Key take-home messages

While studies to date indicate that there are many benefits of HIV self-testing (also known as home-testing) and the risk

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