Posted On: Thursday, April 12th, 2018
From CBRC For nearly 20 years, the Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC) has been conducting community-based research on the health of gay, bi, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM). We are committed to sharing our findings with our research partners and participants. We have the stats and we’d like to share them with… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 12th, 2018
How’s your Head? Sexual Identity, Mental Health and Substance Use Call for Submissions: Oral Presentations, Panels, Workshops, Videos, Roundtables, Readings Summit Date: November 8-10 Location: Simon Fraser University Vancouver Campus, 515 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC Loneliness, anxiety and depression are no strangers to those of us who have been denied equal status in society. Growing… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 16th, 2018
This survey is designed for individuals living with HIV/HCV/STBBIs in Canada who have participated in or may be interested in accessing rehabilitation and wellness services/programs at community-based HIV organizations. Realize would love to hear about your experiences, preferences and needs accessing these services and programs at community-based HIV/HCV/STBBI organizations. This anonymous survey will help Realize… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Substance Use News, March Those that live or work in the Vancouver area have a variety of drug checking options available to them in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES). The added good news is that the province has made drug checking available beyond the DTES too. Drug checking options in the Downtown Eastside In late… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 2nd, 2018
BC patients and primary care providers invited to shape future research Have you ever been to a family doctor or a walk-in clinic in BC? If so, the British Columbia Primary Health Care Research Network (BC-PHCRN) would like to hear from you. This applies to caregivers too! The PREFeR (PRioritiEs For Research) Project is carrying out… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 2nd, 2018
What is LHIVE Healthy? LHIVE Healthy is web-based research conducted across Canada. It aims to evaluate if tailored web-based interventions are effective to help people living with HIV (PLHIV) make healthy choices like smoke less, do more physical activity and eat better. Making such choices helps to reduce the risk of developing other diseases… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, March 1st, 2018
The Positive Living, Positive Homes study is now in its final phases of knowledge sharing! Over the next several weeks, look on the PAN website and in your PAN e-news for findings from this innovative, community-based research study that’s been active in Prince George, Kamloops, and Greater Vancouver since 2015. Today we present the “data… Read more »
Posted On: Saturday, February 17th, 2018
Researchers from Dalhousie University and Nine Circles are working on a CIHR-funded study, Moving Beyond Piloting POCT: A Social Ecological Exploration of Barriers and Facilitators to Scaling up HIV Point-Of-Care Testing (HIV POCT) in Canada. Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan (Dalhouise) and her team devised this study to determine the number of HIV Point-Of-Care (POCT) pilots that were created… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Share your experience and enter to win a $100 gift card In British Columbia income assistance is paid once a month to all recipients on the same day, generally the last Wednesday of the month. This day is often known as ‘Cheque Day’. There has been a lot of research, and acknowledgement from… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, January 12th, 2018
Because we know you are committed to having the best sex with the least risks, we want to introduce you to an online questionnaire about sex, health and relationships. This is a repeat of the EMIS survey that happened across Europe in 2010. EMIS-2010 recruited more than 180,000 men and is still the biggest survey… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, January 11th, 2018
A needs assessment, led by the Pacific Hepatitis C Network (PHCN), will help us better understand the needs of people throughout BC in terms of information about hepatitis C. The final report will be made available on the PHCN website and will be sent to stakeholders via various E-News services and will be used… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
Still Here is a Canada wide survey celebrating the resilience of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two-spirit (LGBTQTS) community. It is administered by the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia. The survey covers a wide range of topics concerning the mental wellbeing of LGBTQ2S people – including knowledge, attitudes,… Read more »
