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  • ABOUT
    • Our Team
    • Our Supporters
    • Our Collaborators
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  • 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

Presentations

  • OUTPUTS & UPDATES – …
    • Blog – …
    • Graphic Summaries – …
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    • Publications & Reports – …
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Presentations

2024

  • Test Link Call (TLC) program overview (Sofia Bartlett)
    Pacific AIDS Network Fraser Region Training Workshop (62 mins) | Available online

2023

  • Test Link Call Project: Providing cell phones and peer support to support people leaving custody to engage in hepatitis C, hepatitis B, or HIV care (Sofia Bartlett, Kamaldeep Parmar, Terri-Lee Seeley)
    National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases Webinar Series | Available online
  • Providing cell phones and peer support is effective at engaging people after release from custody in to hepatitis C care (Sofia Bartlett, Pam Young)
    International Corrections and Prisons Association Annual Conference | Available online
  • Providing cell phones and peer support is effective at engaging people who experience criminalization in hepatitis C care (Sofia Bartlett, Nicola Gale, Julia Santana Parrilla, Amrit Tiwana, Pam Young, Mo Korchinski, Nancy Desrosiers, Alnoor Ramji, Shawn Sharma, Brian Conway, Chris Fraser, Ankita Takkar, Daryl Luster, Deb Schmitz, Kristy Kerr, Jason Wong, Ruth Elwood Martin)
    International Network on Hepatitis and Health in Substance Users Annual Conference (80 mins) | Available online
  • Hepatitis C Testing to Treatment Know-How (Sofia Bartlett)
    Pacific AIDS Network Knowledge Connect Series (66 mins) | Available online

  • Learnings from the ADVANCE COVID-19 Vaccines in Prisons Study (Sofia Bartlett)
    HSC Center for Health Policy’s Translation of Research into Policy Lecture Series (48 mins) | Available online

  • The Test, Link, Call Project: Prescribing Phones to People Who Experience Criminalization to Improve Access to Hepatitis C Care (Amrit Tiwana)
    University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s Research and Practice Day 2022 | Available online

  • Extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis C (Dr. Sofia Bartlett)
    Pacific AIDS Network Hep C Diversities event (55 minutes) | Available online

  • The first provincial correctional system-wide hepatitis C care cascade in Canada: monitoring hepatitis C care in British Columbia Provincial Correctional Centres (Dr. Sofia Bartlett)
    Canadian Liver Meeting 2023 (13 minutes) | Available online

2022

  • Bridging the digital divide for people affected by hepatitis C virus: The Test Link Call Project (Dr. Sofia Bartlett)
    BC Centre for Disease Control Research Week 2022 (15 Minutes) | Available online
  • You Matter: Co-creating Health Care Policy with People who are Incarcerated (Dr. Sofia Bartlett)
    Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity Speaker Series (60 Minutes) | Available online
  • Panel Presentation: Community Engaged Research in Action (Travis Salway,  Samira Karsiem, Sofia Bartlett, Harlan Pruden, & Mei-ling Wiedmeyer)
    SFU Speaker Series (60 Minutes) | Available online
  • Partnering with People with Lived/Living Experience of Incarceration and Healthcare Providers to Co-Create Policies and Guidelines (Dr. Sofia Bartlett)
    Canadian Liver Meeting (15 Minutes) | Available online
  • Panel Presentation: Engaging prison partners in research on the impact of COVID-19 on prisons (Sofia Bartlett, Pam Young, Marnie Scow & Julia Santana Parrilla)
    BC SUPPORT Unit Conference (60Minutes) | Available online
  • Co-creating policies and guidelines for STBBI care in correctional centres with people who are incarcerated: the You Matter Project (Dr. Sofia Bartlett)
    National Collaborating Centre For Infectious Diseases Webinar (60Minutes) | Available online

2021

  • Pathways to STBBI Care in BC Provincial Corrections’ Project (Dr. Sofia Bartlett)
    Canadian Liver Meeting (10 Minutes) | Available online
  • You Matter World Hepatitis Day Webinar Presentations | Available online
    Presentations:

    • Why do we need STBBI Policies & Guidelines for Correctional Settings? (Dr. Sofia Bartlett, BCCDC) (19 minutes)
    • Barriers & facilitators to STBBI testing in provincial prisons – HCW survey highlights (Sarah Hughes, RN) (12 minutes)
    • Barriers & facilitators to STBBI testing in provincial prisons – People who are incarcerated survey highlights (Margaret Erickson, PhD Candidate, CGSHE, UBC) (13 minutes)
    • Suggestions to make STBBI testing in prison more culturally safe (Merv Thomas, Circle of Eagles Lodge Society) (15 minutes)
    • Q&A (Dr. Sofia Bartlett) (15 minutes)
  • The You Matter Project: Partnering With People In Prison To Co-Create STBBI Policies And Guidelines (Dr. Sofia Bartlett)
    BC Centre for Disease Control Research Week 2021 (15 Minutes) | Available online

2020

  • Research update from the BC-HTC and Community implications (Dr. Sofia Bartlett, Dr. Prince Adu, Dahn Jeong, Emelia Clementi)
    PAN Presents Series (90 Minutes) | Available online
  • Putting the Equity in to Elimination: Opportunities and Challenges Along the Path to Hepatitis C Elimination in BC (Dr. Sofia Bartlett)
    FNHA Educators Forum (30 mins) | Available online

2018

  • Hepatitis C virus micro-elimination among prison populations: demonstration of feasibility and models of care from Australia (Dr. Sofia Bartlett)
    BCCDC Grand Rounds Presentation (41 minutes) | Available Online

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NEWS & STORIES

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

  • Blogs
  • Media / Press
  • Project Updates
  • Event Calendar

Blogs

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

    By Admin | Comments are Closed

    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

    By Admin | Comments are Closed

    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 / Press

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

    By Admin | Comments are Closed

    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

    By Admin | Comments are Closed

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

Project Updates

STBBI Policy and Guideline
Development for BC Corrections

The You Matter Pathways to STBBI Care project is funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada …

DETAILS

Test, Link,
Call Project

We recently received funding for the Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project which will be launched in Fall 2021 …

DETAILS

Upcoming Events

American Association for the Study of
Liver Diseases (Digital Conference)

Date: Nov 12-15, 2021

Link to conference
https://www.aasld.org/the-liver-meeting/program/digital-experience

  • Benefits of DAA treatment on mortality related to extrahepatic manifestations among people who inject drugs: a population-based study in British Columbia, Canada
  • Hepatitis C virus reinfection after successful treatment with direct acting antiviral therapy in Canada
  • Hepatitis C screening



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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