Epidemiology and Population Health

Improving the sexual and reproductive health of people living with HIV

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SFU health sciences professor Angela Kaida wants to help shape health policies and programs to support HIV-affected women to safely achieve their reproductive desires and enjoy healthy and satisfying sex lives. And now that her Canada Research Chair in Global Perspectives on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health has been renewed, she has the funding […]

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British Columbian study reveals unique sexual healthcare needs of transgender men

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While HIV studies have extensively examined issues related to gay, bisexual, and queer men, one group missing from such research has been transgender men. Consequently, Vancouver and Victoria researchers undertook one of the first such Western Canadian studies, with the findings published on April 3 in Culture, Health, and Sexuality. This study allowed researchers to

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In British Columbia, Treatment and Harm Reduction Slash HIV Rates Among Injection Drug Users

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The Canadian province’s big push for needle exchange, opioid substitution therapy and HIV treatment access has been a success. The combined effects of expanded HIV treatment access and harm reduction methods, including needle exchange and opioid substitution therapy (OST), such as methadone, have prevented thousands of new cases of the virus among injection drugs users

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“We’re giving you something so we get something in return”

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While there are concerns of increasing vulnerability and undue risk taking with compensation, there is a need to explore the impact of different types of compensation on vulnerable populations’ voluntary consent and how it shapes research-related interactions. By exploring the impact of compensation on study participants, the researchers hope to inform the ethical framework around

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Integrated HIV Care and Service Engagement among People Living with HIV who Use Drugs in a Setting with a Community-Wide Treatment as Prevention Initiative

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It is well known that social and structural inequities, such as poverty and homelessness, can create barriers to routine HIV care among people living with HIV (PLHIV) who use drugs. Such barriers can contribute to poor HIV-related health outcomes among PLHIV who use drugs and undermine HIV treatment and prevention strategies. In British Columbia, treatment

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Changes in Mortality Rates and Causes of Death in a Population-Based Cohort of Persons Living with and Without HIV from 1996 to 2012

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In this study, we aimed to characterize and compare changes over time (from 1996 to 2012) in mortality rates and causes of death among persons living with and without HIV in British Columbia. Citation: Eyawo O, Franco-Villalobos C, Hull MW, Nohpal A, Samji H, Sereda P, Lima VD, Shoveller J, Moore D, Montaner JS, Hogg

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Largest Canadian Study of Gay, Bi and Queer Men Launches from Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal

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The largest bio-behavioural Canadian study of gay, bi and queer men (including trans men) has just launched from three major cities: Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. The Engage Study will help create a clearer picture of the evolving epidemic among this at-risk group to inform more effective prevention programs.

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