HIV in Canada trends and issues that affect HIV prevention, care, treatment and support

Challacombe, Laurel. (Added Author). Community AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE) (Added Author).

Summary: This report was developed to help address the need for a more integrated approach to HIV knowledge exchange. It provides an overview of the HIV landscape in Canada, including: the epidemiology of HIV; trends in diseases related to HIV; and trends and issues in prevention, treatment, care and support for people with or at risk for HIV. The purpose of the report is to provide some starting points for dialogue among national, regional and local stakeholders in HIV in order to support strategic HIV/AIDS planning and decision-making in Canada. It is a living document and will be regularly revised to reflect current knowledge of HIV in Canada.

Record details

Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (84 p.) : ill., digital file.
Publisher: [Toronto, Ont.] : Community AIDS Treatment Information Exchange, 2010

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:november.15 "December 2010." "December 2010". Multi-User. Replaces Health & Public Policy collections.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-84).
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Global epidemiology of HIV -- Canadian epidemiology of HIV -- People with and at risk for HIV/AIDS -- HIV in specific populations -- Gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) -- Injection drug users (IDUs) -- Heterosexual transmission -- Aboriginal people -- Women -- Youth -- Older Canadians -- HIV/AIDS in Canadian prisons -- Epidemiological trends in Hepatitus c, Tuberculosis and sexually transmitted infections in canada -- Hepatitis C virus (HCV) -- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) -- Tuberculosis (TB) -- Emerging trends and issues in HIV/Aids -- Stigma and discrimination -- Criminalization of HIV non-disclosure -- HIV prevention interventions -- Combination HIV prevention -- Evidence in HIV prevention programming -- The social determinants of health and structural HIV interventions -- Behavioral HIV prevention interventions -- Biomedical HIV prevention interventions -- HIV testing and counselling -- HIV treatment, care and support -- HIV treatment -- Adherence -- Drug resistance -- Side effects -- HIV and co-infections -- HIV and aging -- Holistic approach to treatment -- Drug interactions -- Access to health care -- HIV as an episodic illness -- Integration of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support programming -- Integration of services for community acquired infections -- Acknowledgements -- Sources by section.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.