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Blog: April 2015
BCCDC Non-Certified Practice STI Decision Support Tools (DSTs): 2014 review
Apr 29, 2015 by Cheryl Prescott, RN(C), BSN, MPH, Clinical Prevention Services Education, BCCDC
Background
The BC Center for Disease Control (BCCDC) Clinical Prevention Services (CPS) STI Education and Clinical Leadership teams develop and maintain the competencies and evidenced-based nursing DSTs for STI certified and...
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Categories: Current practice
HIV Care Registry: Connecting people with care
Apr 15, 2015 by Leah Giesbrecht, Communications Coordinator, Positive Living BC
What is the HIV Care Registry?
Connecting with care can feel good and can sustain health. Positive Living BC’s HIV Care Registry is an online database designed to help...
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Categories: Program updates
STI trends among MSM in BC using a novel sentinel surveillance system
Apr 2, 2015 by Daphne Ling, Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
Background
Case reports are the basis of most sexually-transmitted infection (STI) reporting systems, but reliance on case data alone is limited by an inability to describe trends among key populations, such as gay, bisexual...
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Categories: New knowledge