| the feather of hope aboriginal aids prevention society: a community approach to hiv/aids prevention. | infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is a complex and challenging issue for aboriginal people in canada. there is a need for hiv/aids prevention programs that address the specific needs of canadian aboriginal communities in a culturally accepted manner. the feather of hope aboriginal aids prevention society provides culturally sensitive hiv prevention programs to aboriginal communities in alberta. the community development approach used by the society emphasizes empowerment at t ... | 1996 | 8870307 |
| herpes simplex virus seroprevalence and risk factors in 2 canadian sexually transmitted disease clinics. | the objectives of this study were to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors for herpes simplex virus (hsv) types 1 and 2 in patients attending 2 canadian sexually transmitted disease (std) clinics. | 2005 | 15668615 |
| seroprevalence and correlates of hiv and hcv among injecting drug users in edmonton, alberta. | injection drug users (idus) are at risk for acquiring human immunodefiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) via parenteral and sexual transmission. we determined the seroprevalence and correlates of hiv and hcv for idus recruited in edmonton, alberta. | 2010 | 20364539 |
| human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) in a northern alberta population. | to describe the demographics and estimate the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) positive patients in northern alberta. | 2004 | 15191121 |
| recent developments in privacy legislation. | in this article, ruth carey takes a critical look at recent privacy-of-personal-information legislation drafted in three canadian provinces--ontario, alberta, and british columbia. the article begins with a historical overview of international legal instruments and other privacy guidelines, and the canadian experience with privacy protection. it then critically analyzes the provincial initiatives in the context of the federal personal information protection and and electronic documents act and a ... | 2003 | 14746290 |
| hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia in alberta patients with human immunodeficiency virus infections: a case control study. | to determine whether outcomes of pneumonia among human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-positive persons differed from those among hiv-negative persons. | 2003 | 12952006 |
| hepatitis c seroprevalence and risk behaviors in patients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics. | hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a major global problem, transmitted primarily by percutaneous exposure to contaminated blood. | 2003 | 12514440 |
| describing an explanatory model of hiv illness among aboriginal women. | this article describes the explanatory model of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) illness used by aboriginal women in northern alberta. using kleinman's explanatory model framework, eight women who were hiv positive were interviewed to determine their perspectives on the etiology, pathophysiology, symptomology, course of illness, and methods of treatment for hiv. a comparative analysis was done between the explanatory model of hiv illness as described by participants and the conventional biomed ... | 2000 | 12119618 |
| multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in alberta and british columbia, 1989 to 1998. | to describe the extent of the problem of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (mdr-tb) in alberta and british columbia from 1989 to 1998. | 1999 | 10322098 |
| a population with short delay from diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus to medical care. | | 1999 | 10218760 |
| an assessment of the need for a dietitian in an out-patient hiv clinic. | people suffering from the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) often experience involuntary weight loss and malnutrition. altered body composition, recurrent opportunistic infection and a decline in immune function are associated with the progression of the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection to aids. the factors that might affect nutritional status in aids are numerous and include a reduced food intake, increased metabolism, malabsorption and the acute phase response to infection. ... | 1993 | 10130857 |
| human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence and risk behaviors in patients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in alberta. | to investigate the dissemination of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis c infection in association with sexually transmitted diseases (stds), sexual practices, and injection drug use. all eligible men and women attending two std clinics in alberta, canada, from may 1994 to may 1995 were studied. | 1997 | 9293613 |
| hiv risk behaviors become survival techniques for aboriginal women. | in northern alberta, the aboriginal (native) female population appears to be overrepresented in the hiv statistics. a qualitative research study was designed to explore the cultural factors that relate to the high hiv infection rate in these women. eight hiv-positive women were interviewed for the study, representing about one third of the population. a model was developed to explain the relationships that exist between the women's formative years, their self-esteem, and the survival techniques ... | 1997 | 9260526 |
| hiv non-occupational postexposure prophylaxis in a canadian province: treatment completion and follow-up testing. | provincial guidelines for hiv non-occupational postexposure prophylaxis (npep) were implemented on january 2005 in alberta, canada. human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) npep was provided free of charge following approval by a medical officer of health. between 1 january 2005 and 30 june 2007, 174 individuals were prescribed npep; 135 (78%) were women with a median age of 24 years. sexual assaults accounted for 68% of exposures. npep was completed in 49% of cases. individuals who completed npep wer ... | 2010 | 21097733 |
| population risk of syringe reuse: estimating the probability of transmitting bloodborne disease. | in 2008, the medical officer of health at alberta health services (edmonton, canada) was notified that, in some practice settings, a syringe was used to administer medication through the side port of an intravenous circuit and then the syringe, with residual drug, was used to administer medication to other patients in the same manner. this practice has been implicated in several outbreaks of bloodborne infection in hospital and clinic settings. | 2010 | 20509761 |
| identification of performance problems in a commercial human immunodeficiency virus type 1 enzyme immunoassay by multiuser external quality control monitoring and real-time data analysis. | in june 2005, a pilot program was implemented in canadian laboratories to monitor the performance of the abbott human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 (hiv-1/2) go enzyme immunoassay (eia). two different external quality control (qc) reagents and a "real-time" software analysis program were evaluated. in november 2005, higher-than-expected calibrator rate values in these kits were first reported at the ontario ministry of health (etobicoke), followed by the alberta provincial public health l ... | 2009 | 19641055 |
| the oncology impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy. | to examine the impact of using highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) in a human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infected population on the chemotherapy related costs of treating acquired immunodeficiency (aids)-related cancers. | 2007 | 17621563 |
| seeking serenity: living with hiv/aids in rural western canada. | the purpose of this naturalistic inquiry was to describe the experience of living with hiv infection in rural alberta, canada. although the urban hiv epidemic has been well researched, the virus continues its spread into more remote populations where there is a need to understand and address its impact. affected rural residents form a diverse and marginalized group that includes women, aboriginal peoples, immigrants, injecting drug users, and men who have sex with men, yet there are few data ava ... | 2007 | 17516839 |
| trends in testing behaviours for hepatitis c virus infection and associated determinants: results from population-based laboratory surveillance in alberta, canada (1998-2001). | little is currently known about hepatitis c virus (hcv) test seeking behaviours at the population level. given the centralized nature of testing for hcv infection in the province of alberta, canada, we had an opportunity to examine hcv testing behaviour at the population level on all newly diagnosed hcv-positive cases using laboratory data to validate the time and number of prior tests for each case. record linkage identified 3323, 2937, 2660 and 2703 newly diagnosed cases of hcv infections in a ... | 2007 | 17381716 |
| crack across canada: comparing crack users and crack non-users in a canadian multi-city cohort of illicit opioid users. | to examine possible differences between crack users and crack non-users across canada. | 2006 | 17156175 |
| prevalence and estimated incidence of blood-borne viral pathogen infection in organ and tissue donors from northern alberta. | to determine the potential safety benefit of introducing nucleic acid testing (nat) in tissue and organ donors, the risk of virus transmission was examined in a canadian population. anonymous data on northern alberta tissue and organ donors from 1998 to 2004 were used to determine the seroprevalence and estimate the seroincidence and residual risk of hiv, hbv, hcv and htlv infection. of the 3372 donors identified, 71.1% were surgical bone, 13.2% were living organ and 15.6% were deceased organ/ti ... | 2007 | 17109730 |
| changing mortality rates and causes of death for hiv-infected individuals living in southern alberta, canada from 1984 to 2003. | to examine changes over a 2-year period in both the mortality rate and the causes of death in a geographically defined hiv-infected population. | 2005 | 15807715 |