Specific Populations

Specific groups and populations who may be at increased risk for HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Canada

Indigenous People

Prevention and First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples

• Honouring our voices: personal stories about living with hepatitis C – Chee Mamuk
• Honouring our Journey: personal stories about living with HIV – Chee Mamuk
• Summary of key findings from the A-Track pilot survey (2011-2012) – Public Health Agency of Canada
• Indigenous harm reduction = Reducing the harms of colonialism – Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) | Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)

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Racialized and Immigrant Communities

Prevention and racialized and immigrant communities

• Questions and answers: Inclusive practice in the prevention of sexually transmitted and blood borne infections among ethnocultural minorities – Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Immigrants, refugees and non-status people with HIV from Managing Your Health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
• Hepatitis C in migrants: An underappreciated group at increased risk – CATIE webinar
• Emerging Prevention Technologies and Canada's African, Caribbean and Black Communities - Canadian HIV/AIDS Black, Caribbean and African Network (CHABAC)

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Gay, Bisexual and Other Men who have Sex with Men

Prevention and gay, bisexul and other men who have sex with men

• The epidemiology of HIV in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
• Re-centering our approach to gay and bisexual men’s health and HIV prevention from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• The Power of Undetectable: What you need to know about HIV treatment as prevention
• 8 Questions about PrEP for Guys – CATIE

Women

Prevention and women

• Women and HIV from Managing Your Health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
• Pocket Guide on Aging for Women Living with HIV – Positive Women’s Network
• Women Lovin': A sexual health guide for queer women – AIDS Commitee of Toronto (ACT) | CATIE
• Wise Women – Chee Mamuk
• Women and HIV – Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
• Sharing Together for Life – Université du Québec à Montréal                                                             

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Children

Prevention and children

• Children and HIV from Managing Your Health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
• Patrick's Wish – Patrick 4 Life
• Growing Up with HIV from The Positive Side, CATIE’s health and wellness magazine for people living with HIV
• Know Your Rights 7: Disclosure in school and daycare – Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (CHLN)

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Young People

Prevention and young people

• Youth from HIV in Canada: A primer for service providers, an introduction to HIV for people working on the front line: epidemiology, testing, prevention, treatment, care and support

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Older Adults

Prevention and older adults

• HIV and Aging from Managing Your Health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
• Growing Old Gracefully from The Positive Side, CATIE’s health and wellness magazine for people living with HIV
• Aging and HIV – Toronto People With AIDS Foundation
• Questions and answers: Prevention of sexually transmitted and blood borne infections among older adults – Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

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Trans People

Prevention and Trans people

• HIV prevention and trans people: What the Trans PULSE Project can tell us from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• Trans Canada from The Positive Side, CATIE’s health and wellness magazine for people living with HIV
• Primed²: A Sex Guide for Trans Men Into Men – Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance
• BRAZEN: Trans Women’s Safer Sex Guide – The 519 Church Street Community Centre
• What are transgender women’s HIV prevention needs? – University of California San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
• What are transgender men's HIV prevention needs? – University of California San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies

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People Living with HIV

For information on People living with HIV, see Living with HIV.

People who Inject or Use Drugs

Prevention and people who inject or use drugs

• Harm reduction as a tool to healthy living from Managing Your Health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
• HIV prevention for people who inject drugs: New biomedical approaches and time-honoured strategies from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• The epidemiology of HIV in people who inject drugs in Canada
• Harm reduction in action: Supervised consumption services and overdose prevention sites from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• Safer Injection

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Prisoners

Prevention and people in prisons and correctional facilities

• Staying Healthy Behind the Walls: Hepatitis C and HIV in Prison  – Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN) | CATIE
• Staying Healthy Behind the Walls: Tattooing, Piercing and You – Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN) | CATIE
• On Point: Recommendations for Prison-Based Needle and Syringe Programs in Canada
• PROS & CONS: A Guide to Creating Successful Community-Based HIV and HCV Programs for Prisoners – Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)

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Sex Workers

Prevention and sex workers

• Dope Guide: Sex work, drugs, and other substances – Stella

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Street-Involved

Prevention and street-involved people

• Addressing determinants of sexually transmitted and blood borne infections among street-involved youth: Unstable housing and homelessness - Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Housing is prevention – Positive Spaces, Healthy Places
• Summary of key findings from Y-Track phase 6 (2009–2012) – Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

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