This narrative review summarizes Canada’s progress in resolving drinking water advisories on federally-funded First Nations reserves (Canada’s Target 6.1.1 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6), as well as climate change threats to water safety. The findings emphasize the need for public health efforts focused on health equity, upholding Indigenous rights, and climate resilience.
Publications
Thinking about burden of disease with equity in mind
Standard burden of disease measures identify differences in disease patterns and trends for a population, but do not always look for differences within the population. We need a different approach to thinking about and measuring burden of disease—one that considers the social determinants of health and the effects of inequity.
Programs for Injection Drug Users: A Harm Reduction Approach
Primary HIV prevention interventions in prisons and upon release
Integrating HIV Prevention with Care: Antiretroviral Treatment for Prevention
Effectiveness of Outreach and Care Coordination Interventions in Engaging and Retaining Hard-to-Reach People Living with HIV/AIDS in Medical Care
Antiretroviral Adherence Concepts and Strategies for Adults Accessing HIV Care
Susceptibility of Solvent Users to HIV and Hepatitis C
Outreach with Vulnerable Populations
Outreach Planning Guide for Infectious Disease Practitioners who work with Vulnerable Populations
The Outreach Planning Guide focuses on the challenges of planning and managing an outreach program to help deliver information, services and referrals to populations that practitioners often have difficulty reaching, especially those vulnerable to HIV and other STBBIs.
HIV/AIDS and Food Security in Resource Rich Settings
Key Points: Food security is a key determinant of health, and is achieved when all people have the physical and economic means to access, at all times, sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Good nutritional status is critically important for immune function…
Antiviral Targeting and Distribution Strategies during the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic