Resource Library
Resources, tools, and learning opportunities from the CTN+, our collaborators, and others.
Activating Knowledge Across Our Network
Part of the CTN+ Community-Centred Knowledge Mobilization Hub, our Resource Library is a place to share documents, videos, and training resources about HIV and STBBI research, care, and related topics.
If you have ideas about what else should be included in the Library, please reach out to info@ctnplus.ca.
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PAN, BCCDC
This clear language document was designed to remove language barriers about common phrases, terms, and diseases that are discussed within BCCDC projects and applicable to data requests that might be considered by community.
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National Institutes of Health, CDC
Developed by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Panel on Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV—A Working Group of the NIH Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC)
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US National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
This guide includes language suggestions for communicating about HIV and related topics. While it was originally designed to help NIAID staff communicate with empowering rather than stigmatizing language, especially as it relates to HIV, it was quickly recognized that it has value beyond NIAID.
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UBC Continuing Professional Development
This course focuses on the science of U=U and how to effectively spread the message in a clear, stigma-free manner.
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Pauktuutit
The Community Readiness Model is a tool that can help communities determine how ready they are to deal with a specific issue. This project aimed to adapt, pre-test and use the CRM to identify how ready three communities (Arviat, Clyde River and Kugluktuk) are to deal with HIV.
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Trauma- and violence-informed physical examinations and STBBI testing: A guide for service providers
Resource CategoriesTypesCanadian Public Health Association
This tool provides general recommendations for using a trauma-informed approach when performing any physical examinations or procedures, focusing on language and maneuvers intended to increase patients’ sense of comfort, safety and control during examination.
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Canadian Public Health Association
Trauma- and violence-informed care (TVIC) is a framework that helps individuals and organizations provide safe and inclusive sexual health, substance use and STBBI-related services. TVIC reduces service barriers and promotes strategies and changes in organizations to result in more caring, compassionate, person-centered and non-judgmental care.
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Canadian Public Health Association
This guide aims to reduce stigma by offering strategies that facilitate safer and more respectful discussions about sexual health, substance use and STBBIs between service providers and clients. The guide also offers ways to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of STBBIs.