Whistler is a resort community with high numbers of reported cases of Chlamydia infection, and a proportionately large population of transient, at-risk, young adults, who many not access sexual health services effectively.
The project will develop and evaluate a pilot program of outreach screening for Chlamydia infection in Whistler. The program will bundle sexual health education with a contextually appropriate recruitment campaign to offer free Chlamydia testing in non-clinic settings where young people congregate. Tailored screening events will be held to offer Chlamydia screening to individuals who are at-risk, asymptomatic or symptomatic, but not currently accessing clinic-based testing. The project will refine and advance the design of a subsequent full-scale, on-going, community-wide program.
Principle investigator: Dr Marisa Collins, UBC
For more information on the project: http://www.med.ubc.ca/news/News/UBC_program_helps_fund_research_by_B_C__family_docs.htm
http://www.vancouverfoundation.bc.ca/successstories/ubcfamilypractice.htm
