Mobilizing Information, Preventing Infection

What will this grant do? This CIHR dissemination grant will provide an opportunity for the Our Youth, Our Response (OYOR) research team to share key research findings with front line, policy and government partners working in the fields of youth-oriented HIV and Hepatitis C (Hep C) prevention. This will involve a face-to-face consultation meeting with HIV/HCV prevention experts from Nova Scotia as well as a series of interactive webinars with experts from the other Atlantic Provinces and elsewhere in Canada. Who will be involved? The prevention experts included in these activities will include formal healthcare providers, front line community workers, university-based health researchers, and representatives of community-based organizations who work in HIV/Hep C prevention, and/or with youth. What will these activities involve? Through these activities, the prevention experts will help the OYOR research team mobilize their key findings and recommendations to assist researchers, community organizations, and healthcare providers improve youth-oriented HIV/Hep C prevention policies and programs. How will this event improve the health of Canadians? These activities have the potential to: 1. Improve the health of young Canadians by making youth-oriented HIV/Hep C prevention more effective by increasing awareness among prevention experts of the approaches that work best with youth populations; and 2. Make youth-oriented HIV/Hep C prevention more effective by providing prevention experts working in areas with limited resources with evidence-based recommendations for meeting the unique prevention needs and challenges faced by youth and those who work with youth.