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  • ABOUT
    • Our Team
    • Our Supporters
    • Our Collaborators
    • Abbreviations
  • PROJECTS
    • ADVANCE COVID-19 Vaccines Study
    • ASSESS-DBS Study
    • STBBI Policy and Guideline Development for BC Corrections
    • Test, Link, Call Project
  • EDUCATION RESOURCES
    • For Healthcare Staff in BC Corrections
    • For Staff in BC Corrections
    • For Clients in BC Corrections
    • COVID-19
  • GUIDELINES & TOOLS
    • Guidelines
    • Test, Link, Call Project Tools and Guidelines
      • Downloadable Resources for Test, Link, Call Project
      • Medicine Bundles – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Tools for Engagement
    • Tools for Healthcare Staff in BC Corrections
    • Tools for Release Planning
  • OUTPUTS & UPDATES
    • Blog
    • Graphic Summaries
    • Media Stories
    • Publications & Reports
    • Presentations
  • CONTACT

ABOUT US

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ABOUT US

In partnership between British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS), University of British Columbia (UBC) and other stakeholders, we created a collaboration to work on transformative projects to improve outcomes related to infectious diseases such as Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBIs) and COVID-19 for people with lived and living experience of incarceration (PWLLE-I).

A key value of our projects is to ensure core work is relevant to key stakeholders by engaging them across project timelines. Key stakeholders include, but are not limited to, PWLLE-I, Indigenous peoples, members from LGBTQ2+ communities, health care workers who work in prisons, corrections officers, and experts in serving/engaging/researching with key populations.

Values

Values embedded in the work of our projects include engaging partners and producing outputs that align with:

  • Trauma-informed care
  • Cultural safety
  • Harm reduction
  • Addressing stigma & social determinants of health
  • Person-centered health care that respects individuals, their choices, and their concerns
  • The importance of engagement in care to mitigate morbidity and mortality for STBBIs and other health issues
  • Evidence/fact-based sources
  • Intersectionality

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that this work is carried out on the Traditional, Unceded, Ancestral, & Continually Occupied territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations. We thank the First Peoples of Turtle Island for their continued care and stewardship of these lands since time immemorial. We recognise that settler colonialism has caused irreparable harms to the First Peoples of this land, including through the colonial criminal justice system, in which Indigenous people are incarcerated at a rate up to 50 times higher than non-Indigenous people in Canada.

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NEWS & STORIES

The News & Stories page include blogs written by team members, news, project updates and past and upcoming events.

  • Blog Posts
  • Media Stories

Blog Posts

  • Supporting Access to HIV and Hepatitis Care: How Cell Phones and Peer Support Are Changing Lives for People Who Experience Criminalization

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    SEPTEMBER 5, 2024. By Amrit Tiwana, Nicola Gale, and Sofia Bartlett. People who experience criminalization, such as those who have been incarcerated,Read more

  • Prescribing cellphones and peer support to improve access to STBBI care

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    AUGUST 2024. By Nicola Gale, RPh (APA), MPH. More about Nicola Gale. Nicola Gale is a clinical pharmacist with an out-patient liverRead more

Media Stories

  • Test, Link, Call Project brings vital care within easier reach for underserved populations

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    By Pacific Public Health Foundation NOVEMBER 8, 2023, Pacific Public Health Foundation Test, Link, Call: a simple premise with a powerful purposeRead more

  • Province takes action to eliminate hepatitis C

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    By BC Ministry of Health JULY 30, 2023, BC Ministry of Health Communications People in B.C. will be better protected against theRead more



In partnership with the BCCDC, BCMHSUS, UBC and other
stakeholders, we created a group that has been working on
transformative projects to improve health outcomes for
people in prison related to STBBIs.

PROJECTS

  • PROJECTS
    • ADVANCE COVID-19 Vaccines Study
    • ASSESS-DBS Study
    • STBBI Policy and Guideline Development for BC Corrections
    • Test, Link, Call Project

EDUCATION RESOURCES

  • Education Resources
    • Healthcare Staff
    • Corrections Staff
    • Clients & Community
    • COVID-19

PUBLICATIONS & TEMPLATES

  • GUIDELINES & TOOLS
    • Guidelines
    • Test, Link, Call Project Tools and Guidelines
      • Downloadable Resources for Test, Link, Call Project
      • Medicine Bundles – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Tools for Engagement
    • Tools for Healthcare Staff in BC Corrections
    • Tools for Release Planning
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  • ABOUT
    • Our Team
    • Our Supporters
    • Our Collaborators
    • Abbreviations
  • PROJECTS
    • ADVANCE COVID-19 Vaccines Study
    • ASSESS-DBS Study
    • STBBI Policy and Guideline Development for BC Corrections
    • Test, Link, Call Project
  • EDUCATION RESOURCES
    • For Healthcare Staff in BC Corrections
    • For Staff in BC Corrections
    • For Clients in BC Corrections
    • COVID-19
  • GUIDELINES & TOOLS
    • Guidelines
    • Test, Link, Call Project Tools and Guidelines
      • Downloadable Resources for Test, Link, Call Project
      • Medicine Bundles – Frequently Asked Questions
    • Tools for Engagement
    • Tools for Healthcare Staff in BC Corrections
    • Tools for Release Planning
  • OUTPUTS & UPDATES
    • Blog
    • Graphic Summaries
    • Media Stories
    • Publications & Reports
    • Presentations
  • CONTACT
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