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Help evaluate a faster way of screening for syphilis
Feb 12, 2021 by Tessa Lawson Tattersall, Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control
Background
The number of syphilis cases in British Columbia (BC) is increasing significantly, and has reached the highest rate of infection seen in over 30 years. This...
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Categories: Events and announcements
Addressing sexual health-related anxiety among sexual health service users
Feb 10, 2021 by Sarah Watt, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Background
Anxiety and other mental health concerns are common among people accessing sexual health services, many of whom are not connected to mental health supports(1). A team of researchers from the BC Centre for Disease...
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Categories: Clinical tips, New knowledge
HIV/STI risk calculators: What do online users want?
Jan 31, 2021 by Oralia Gómez-Ramírez, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia; Hsiu-Ju Chang, Research Manager, BC Centre for Disease Control
Background
Risk calculators for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) use responses to sociodemographic (e.g., age, sex, ethnicity, geographic location), health status, or behavioural questions to estimate a...
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Categories: New knowledge
MindMapBC: An online database of LGBTQ2+-affirming mental health supports
Jan 25, 2021 by Sarah Watt, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Collaborators at the Health Initiative for Men, the Community-Based Research Centre, and Simon Fraser University have developed and launched...
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Categories: Current practice, Events and announcements
HIV Self-Test approved for use in Health Canada
Jan 12, 2021 by Monica Durigon, Nurse Educator, Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control
What is an HIV self-test?
Point of Care (POC) HIV tests, also known as “rapid” HIV tests, screen for HIV antibodies and have been used in clinics and...
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Categories: Current practice
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