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If this is a concern for you, feel free to chat with us or ask a question through this website. Common Concerns Notifying sex partners about a positive STI: The BC Centre for Disease Control, and public health nurses in each Health...

For some trans and gender diverse people, these surgeries are needed for their well-being. Surgeries can give relief from gender dysphoria (distress experienced when a person’s gender identity does not match their sex assigned at birth),...

The term BDSM stands for ‘bondage’, ‘discipline’, ‘domination,’ ‘submission,’ ‘sadism’ and ‘masochism’. It is a broad term that includes many ways for people to use dominance and submission, bondage, pain and other activities for erotic...

A new condom should be used every time you have sex, with each new partner, and when switching from anal to oral or vaginal/internal genital penetration. The condom should be applied before sexual contact occurs.  Condoms can be used...

Sexual pleasure is an important part of safer sex. Here are some ways to make safer sex more pleasurable: Use protection that feels good. Lubricants, condom fit and the material that protection is made from (latex, polyurathane) can...

Condoms, dental dams and other barriers offer very good protection against many STIs. They create a barrier between the internal genitals, external genitals, and/or mouth, to lower the chances of passing STIs from one person to...

Background We set out to learn what HIV-negative gay men in Vancouver understood about sexual safety and their experiences of having anal sex without condoms. Participants were asked to talk about their everyday social and sexual lives,...

"We know that as many as 1 in 5 LGBT people have attempted suicide," says Dr. Travis Salway, a post-doctoral fellow with the BC Centre for Disease Control/UBC School of Population and Public Health. “Thus it is essential to build a network...

Approximately 5.9% of the population in British Columbia identify as Indigenous, however data from the BCCDC STI Clinics show that less than 1% of clients identify as Indigenous when accessing services. Making Space is a Quality...

This full-day event on Friday, March 15th is sponsored by the Canadian Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (CANAC), Bristol-Myers-Squibb and Providence Health Care.  The focus of the symposium is on cultural safety and Aboriginal...

How can organizations incorporate a trauma informed approach? In 1992, the US Congress directed SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) to direct their focus to substance abuse and mental health services for...

Background Women living with HIV are more likely to be infected with the human papillomavirus (the virus that causes cervical cancer). Not only is HPV infection double in women living with HIV compared to women without HIV, but rates of...

Background Sex workers face many barriers when it comes to accessing primary health care, and sexual and reproductive health services.  Being informed about the diversity of sex workers’ experiences can enable providers to connect with sex...

Background Clinicians face an increasing need to communicate with patients through digital technology, like email and text, to improve efficiency and convenience for both patient and care provider.  In response to requests from patients...

Introduction Many people practice kink as part of their sex life, yet health care practitioners are rarely given specific training or information about this often misunderstood aspect of sexuality. This article focuses on creating an...

I recently gave an HIV positive diagnosis to a woman in a correctional facility. She looked at me in disbelief and for a long moment she was gone, staring at the ceiling, no longer listening to what I had to say. She did not respond to my...

The BC Centre for Disease Control is hosting an Interdisciplinary Viral Hepatitis Education Workshop for health and social service providers who want to increase their knowledge about viral hepatitis and improve prevention and care...

"Experiencing trauma is an essential part of being human" (van der Kolk and McFarlane 1996) Traumatic events affect people very differently. Elizabeth Vermilyea points out that one of the best documented research findings in the field of...

Background Prince George (Northern Health Authority) was one of two locations selected for the BC STOP HIV/AIDS Pilot Project (Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was the second). The HIV population in Prince George has been identified as a...

                    “Spread the conference info to other health authorities, thank you, excellent”                                                                                                - Participant                The...