How to leave needle data and pop-up STI tests.
A new research project in Regina is using ground detta on renounced needles around the city and using pop-up test sites for improving health care and high rates of HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis to reduce high rates of HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis.
The project is a partnership between the AIDS program Dakshin Suskechewan (APSS) and the University of Regina. The team said the project is the first of its kind in Canada and on Monday they invited the media to a mock pop-up test program on how it works.
A U of the R. Research Assistant in the project said, “We are making maps based on renounced needles, and where open drugs are used and public drug use, and people need to be taken care of directly,” the Heather House said, a U of R Research Assistant involved in the project said.
“It is taking care of the community and meeting people where they are.”
Project takes data from APSS website Reportneedles.caWhere people can submit a report about needles found in Regina. Since 2021, APSS volunteers have collected more than 38,000 perfect needles.
Jio-Detta helps researchers determine where the pop-up test sites can be the most effective. Pop-ups will appear in parks, parking sites and agencies that help in weak population.
Was Suskchewan HIV infection rate in Canada In 2023, 2024 Public Health Agency in Canada. The 2023 infection rate was of 19.4 per 100,000 people, which was more than three times at the national rate of 6.1 per 100,000.
The province also has some highest rates of hepatitis C and syphilis.
APSS Executive Director Shiney Mary Varghese said that some people are reluctant to seek health care on their own due to discrimination or stigma associated with drug use, saying that the project expects to find out if these rapid response intervention intervention is effective in reducing STI infection rates.
Varghese said, “If we are not accessible, it is a bit difficult to reach people, so if we go out for people then there are more possibilities that people are more inclined to test.”
A Regina Project called 3 infection, 1 battle is establishing the first type of study in Canada.
People can also connect with community support for sexual health and drug use. The research team consists of people like Jason Littleford, who know what users are doing.
Littleford, a peer navigator with the project, said, “When I was in that situation, I was talking to someone who had experience or he knew what he was talking about, making things very easy.”
“You are more comfortable than someone who understands what you are doing, right?”
