Working Together: Interprofessional Care in HIV – Recommended Readings & Videos

Hope and Dignity - the Oak Tree Clinic

The Oak Tree Clinic provides specialized HIV care for infected women, pregnant women, partners, children and youth, and support services for affected families. This video shows how hospital staff offer hope and dignity to their patients. Produced by the BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre Foundation.

History of HIV/AIDS

• Film: How to Survive a plague
  A film by David Frances about the impacts of early AIDS activism in the United States.
  (Available on Netflix)
• Web Campaign: The 30 30, by AIDS Vancouver
  The 30 30 Campaign was created in 2013 to celebrate AIDS Vancouver’s 30th anniversary. The campaign pieces together the dynamic history of HIV in Vancouver, told by and for those who were there.
• Book: Jacques Pepin, The Origins of AIDS, 2011.
  Look back to the early twentieth-century events in Africa that triggered the emergence of HIV/AIDS and traces its subsequent development into the most dramatic and destructive epidemic of modern times.
• Book: Ann Silversides, AIDS Activist: Michael Lynch and the Politics of Community, 2003.
  Canadian AIDS history from activist perspective.
• Book: Daniel Halperin and Craig Timberg, Tinderbox, 2012.
  Investigations into the cross-over of HIV between simian and human populations, plus commentary on social and governmental activity and inactivity.

HIV Testing, Diagnosis and ARV-based Chemoprophylaxis

• Webinar: Mind the Gap: Targeted Interventions for Closing Gaps along the HIV Continuum of Care
• Forefront: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention
  another tool for HIV elimination in British Columbia
• Video Demonstration: How to Administer a Rapid HIV Test
  
  Rapid Test
• Video Lecture: Routine HIV Testing in Practice
  Dr. Réka Gustafson (Vancouver Coastal Health) discusses when physicians should offer routine HIV testing and issues related to the changes in practice; focusing on informed consent, delegate follow up, acute infections, active public health follow up and active re-engagement in care. [56 min]
• Delegated Public Health Follow-up
  The delegated public health follow-up process allows any physicians who order HIV tests to access support from public health for follow-up of positive results.
• Webinar: HIV Diagnosis: Issues in HIV Testing
  Dr. Reka Gustafson (Medical Health Officer and Medical Director of Communicable Disease Control; UBC School of Population and Public Health) discusses the rationale and evidence for routine testing and treatment as prevention. Dr. David Hall (Vancouver Coastal Health; John Rudy Immunodeficiency Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital; Faculty of Medicine at UBC) discusses the barriers to testing and identifying resources to facilitate testing and connecting patients to care. Paul Kerston (UBC & Positive Living Society of BC) discusses the importance of HIV Diagnosis for the support community and the HIV positive community. [60min]
• Webinar: Test says HIV+… Now What?
  Glen Bradford (Positive Living Society of BC), Dr. Silvia Guillemi (John Rudy Immunodeficiency Clinic & BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS) and Mary Petty (John Rudy Immunodeficiency Clinic) discuss issues in linkages to care and access to care. [59min]
• Video Lecture: Acute HIV Infection
  Dr. Mark Hull (UBC Division of AIDS) reviews Acute HIV infection and how to manage the HIV infection. [59min]
• Video Lecture: Pre- and Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV
  Dr. Marianne Harris (Research Program, St. Paul’s Hospital; UBC Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Practice) discusses Pre- and Post-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV. [31min]

HIV Treatment

• Webinar: Starting Treatment
  Dr. Marianne Harris and Jonathan Postnikoff discuss issues related to starting HIV treatment. [61min]
• Webinar: Issues in antiretroviral treatment
  Junine Toy (Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, St. Paul’s Hospital) and Jennifer Hawkes (Northern Health Pharmacy, University Hospital of Northern BC; Blood Borne Pathogens Services, Northern Health) discuss issues related to antiretroviral treatment in British Columbia. Jonathan Postnikoff (Positive Living BC) discusses a example of an case. [60min]
• Webinar: Treatment as Prevention
  Dr. Julio Montaner (UBC Division of AIDS & BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at Providence Health Care) and Mr. Paul Kerston (UBC & Positive Living Society of BC) discuss issues related to Treatment as Prevention in HIV. [58min]

Addictions and Mental Health

• HIV Care Round: The St Paul’s Rapid Access Addiction Clinic: Pathways to Stabilizing Severe Addiction in an Outpatient Setting
• HIV Care Round: DTES Connections: Low-Barrier Care for Opioid Use Disorder
• HIV Care Rounds: VCH/PHC Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Opioid Addiction
• HIV Update: Provincial Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder
• HIV Update: Health, Heroin and Hydromorphone siOAT: Supervised Injectable Opioid Assisted Treatment
• HIV Update: Update on Addiction Management
• Webinar: Examining Challenges of Addictions and Mental Health in HIV Care
  Dr. Aida Sadr (Vancouver Native Health Clinic) and Mathew Beasley (Positive Living Society of BC) examine the challenges that HIV positive individuals living with mental health and addictions issues face. [59min]
• Video Lecture: Addiction Medicine Update
  Dr. Evan Wood (UBC Inner City Medicine, Vancouver Coastal Health & Providence Health Care) presents on the topic of addiction medicine focusing on the evolution, prescriptions of psychoactive medications and recent clinical trials on common addictive disorders. [25min]
• Video Lecture: Stimulant Induced Psychosis
  Jennifer Wide (Mental Health Team) discusses the issues related to Amphetamine induced Psychosis and Sylvia Lai (Mental Health Team) discusses a case study representing the problematic. [46min]
• Video Lecture: Psychiatric Manifestations of HIV
  Dr. Jennifer Wide (Immunodeficiency Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital) presents on the Psychiatric Manifestations of HIV. [24min]
• Video Lecture: The SALOME Study: Design recruitment and patient profile and From Research to Practice Who benefits from injectable treatment options for severe opiate use disorder
  Dr. Scott MacDonald (Providence Health Care), Dr. Eugenia Ovied-Joekes (Centre for Health and Outcomes) and Dr. Kristen Marchand (UBC School of Population and Public Health), discuss the role of prescribed injectable opioids in the addiction treatment system and review the SALOME study. [44min]

Aboriginal, First Nations and Metis Peoples

• Video Lecture: Approaches for Healing for Indigenous People Living with HIV
  Roberta Price and David Tu (Vancouver Native Health Society Medical Clinic) discuss health inequities among Indigenous people and the importance of culture and the role traditional Elders play in care for Indigenous people living with HIV/AIDS. [27 min]
• Website: Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
  A not-for-profit coalition of individuals and organizations which provides leadership, support and advocacy for Aboriginal people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, regardless of where they reside. The goal of CAAN is to provide Aboriginal people with accurate and up-to-date information about the nature of the disease, the risks of contracting it, and the issues of care/treatment and support for those infected is the challenge that CAAN employees and directors face each day of their involvement with the agency.
• Videos: YouthCO’s Aboriginal Youth Program
  Short videos produced by YouthCO’s Aboriginal Youth Program, youth volunteers.
• Document: “Position Statement: Cultural Safety for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people”
  Canadian Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, CANAC

Women

• HIV Care Round: The HIV Positive Woman: Fertility, Pregnancy and Ovarian Aging
• HIV Update Women, HIV & Aging: Current & future challenges
• HIV Update: Women and HIV: Structural Inequities & Gendered Gaps in Cascade of Care
• Webinar: We are Unique! Caring for Women Living with HIV
  Dr. Mary Kestler (Oak Tree Clinic) and Alana LaMalice discuss issues related to caring for women living with HIV. [60min]
• Video Lecture: Women, HIV and Adherence Challenges and Interventions
  Dr. Neora Pick (Oak Tree Clinic & UBC Department of Medicine, Divison of Infectious Diseases) presents on the challenges associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy for women. [52min]
• Video Lecture: Perinatal Care Experiences of Mothers Living with HIV in Ontario: What Works and What Doesn’t
  Allyson Ion (School of Social Work, McMaster University) discusses perinatal care experiences of mothers living with HIV. [43min]
• Guide: MaterniKit
  A review of the important aspects of the management of HIV and pregnancy, as well as pregnancy and family planning. CATIE, 4th Edition, 2013.

LGBTQ2S (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, 2-Spirited)

• HIV Care Round: The Momentum Men’s Health Study: What have we learned about HIV risk behaviour and Treatment as Prevention among gay, bisexual and other MSM in Vancouver?
• HIV Care Round: Transgender People and HIV: Care and prevention in a changing landscape for trans health
• HIV Care Round: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in MSM – Ready for Prime Time
• Taking Charge – A Handbook for Health Care and Social Service Providers Working with Trans people
  Created with support from Public Health Agency of Canada, 2011.
• Provincial Health Services, Annual Report Chapter 4: Drivers of the HIV Epidemic among Gay and Bisexual Men (2014)

Children and Youth

• HIV Care Round: Peers in the Clinic: Integrating Clinical Care & Community
• Webinar: Connecting with Youth – HIV Testing, Care and Support for Under 30
  Dr. David Moore (BCCDC PHSA HIV Program), Clynton James Cheveyo Olausen-Walker (YouthCO) and Sarah Chown (YouthCO) discuss issues related to supporting youth affected by HIV.
• Video Lecture: The Inner City Youth Program: Unique intensive case management model
  Dr. Steve Mathias (Inner City Youth Program) presents on the Inner City Youth Program and the Inner City Youth’s Intensive Case Management Model. [51min]
• Video Lecture: Transitioning HIV-infected Youth to Adult Care
  Dr. Ariane Alimenti (Oak Tree Clinic) discusses youth, who were perinatally infected with HIV, transitioning to adult care. [46min]
• Reading: Growing up with HIV
  About children growing up with HIV (CATIE, The Positive Side, Winter 2013).
• Videos: YouthCO’s Aboriginal Youth Program
  Short videos produced by YouthCO’s Aboriginal Youth Program, youth volunteers.

Aging

• Webinar: The Next Wave: Realities of Aging with HIV
• Forefront: Aging and HIV: Insights from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS)
• HIV Care Round: How to optimize HIV patient’s bone health: a multidisciplinary approach
• HIV Care Round:HIV and Diabetes: New Treatment Options
• Video Lecture: Comorbidities related to Aging with HIV, Part 1
  Dr. Marianne Harris (AIDS Research Program, St. Paul’s Hospital) presents on neurocognitive impairments, renal dysfunction and bone disease in people aging with HIV. [47 min]
• Video Lecture: Comorbidities related to Aging with HIV, Part 2
  Dr. Silvia Guillemi (John Rudy Immunodeficiency Clinic & BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS) discusses issues of inflammation, cardiovascular disease and frailty in aging in the context of aging and HIV. [53 min]
• Video Lecture: Aging with Grace – Menopause and Women Living with HIV
  Dr. Mary Kestler (UBC Division of Infectious Disease, St. Paul’s Hospital; Oak Tree Clinic, BC Women’s Hospital and Health Care) presents on women aging and living with HIV. [27 min]

Disclosure & Criminalization of HIV

• Webinar: Navigating the Medico-Legal Borderland
• Video Lecture: Criminalization of Non-Disclosure of HIV to Sexual Partners (2012 Law)
  Micheal Vonn (BC Civil Liberties Association) discusses the clinical implications of the 2012 Supreme Court of Canada on non-disclosure of HIV status as a criminal offense. [59 min]
• Handout: “Disclosure: Telling Someone You Are Living with HIV”
  A resource for HIV-positive individuals, created by Positive Living Society of B.C. [PDF]
• Video: “Positive Women: Exposing Injustice”
  Documentary film by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network about the challenges and stigma faced by four women living with HIV who face criminal charges for non-disclosure of HIV. [45 min]

Refugees

• HIV Care Rounds: Caring for refugees living with HIV: experiences from the Bridge Clinic