FIVE YEAR REPORT 

 

 
Summary of Research Finding   1995 to 2000

Full document available pdf format (6 MB)

First printing: August 2000
Revised: September 2000
Reprinted: July 2001

INTRODUCTIONS: download pdf file 

  • Thank you for five great years! by Mary Lou Miller and Steve Martindale
  • Hello from Baltimore! by Steffanie Strathdee
  • Welcome from the Principal Investigator by Bob Hogg
  • Community Advisory Committee
  • About the Vanguard Project
  • About the BC CfE and the VLAS

STAFF/PROJECT UPDATES: download pdf file

  • Vanguard Project Turns Five by Andrea Hamilton
  • Vanguard Team:
    • Amy Weber
    • Arn Schilder
    • Bonnie Devlin
    • Katherine Heath
    • Keith Chan
    • Kevin Craib
    • Magda Piaseczna
    • Martin Schechter
    • Michael Botnick
    • Michael Zarowny
    • Peter Cornelisse
    • Sharon Relova
    • Sophie Low-Beer
  • Vanguard Project Test Sites
  • Research as FABULOUS as you are! by "Sister C" (a.k.a. Garry Johnson)
  • Thank you, Mary Lou! by Terry Hutcheson and Kalev Hunt
  • John Ferrie (based on an article by Kristina Wray from The Loop)
  • Awards
  • Sex, Risk and Trust: A Qualitative Analysis (Michael Botnick's research)
    • Qualitative analysis underway
    • Life Event Stress Survey
  • Project Timeline
  • Print Materials
  • VIDUS: Vancouver Injection Drug User Study by Sue Currie
  • HIV Vaccine Trial Underway in Vancouver by Nancy McLean
  • The Centre
  • Three Bridges Community Health Centre
  • The Omega Cohort

PRESS COVERAGE: 

  • Vanguard Project on Television (video newsclips)
  • Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (by Rod Mickleburgh, The Globe and Mail)
  • Rapid HIV testing (by Janet Smith, The Georgia Straight)

PAPERS (with First Author listed): download pdf file 

  • Who's Most at Risk for HIV? (Steffanie Strathdee)
  • Two-Spirited Men Have a Specific Risk Profile (Katherine Heath)
  • HIV: The Millennium Bug (by Brian Willoughby)
  • Risk Behaviour Increasing (Steffanie Strathdee)
  • What a Difference a Decade Makes! (Kevin Craib)
  • What Makes Someone Willing to Participate in an HIV Vaccine Trial? (Steffanie Strathdee)

LETTERS (with First Author listed): download pdf file 

  • Letter to CMAJ (Robert Remis)
  • Response Letter to CMAJ (Bob Hogg)
  • A "Morning-After Pill" for Unprotected Anal Sex? (Sophie Low-Beer)

TALKS (with First Author listed): download pdf file

  • The Epidemic of HIV among Young Gay Men (John de Wit)
  • Young Gay and Bisexual Men at Risk (Steve Martindale)
  • Risk-Takers are More Likely to have been Sexually Abused (Steffanie Strathdee)
  • Violence: A Common Experience (Steve Martindale)
  • Bisexual Men More at Risk (Arn Schilder)
  • The Three Rs: Risk, Relapse and HIV Rates (Steffanie Strathdee)
  • Le Plastique, c'est Fantastique! (Steve Martindale)
  • Young Gay and Bisexual Men at Risk For Self-Harm (Michael Botnick)
  • Sex Trade Workers More at Risk (Mary Lou Miller and Garry Johnson)
  • Is Hep C being Spread through Sex? (Kevin Craib)
  • Rapid Testing Proves Popular (Mary Lou Miller and Steve Martindale)
  • Montreal and Vancouver Data Combined (Amy Weber)

POSTERS (with First Author listed): download pdf file 

  • Vanguard and VLAS Participants Compared (Peter Cornelisse)
  • Risky Sex Common among Young Gay and Bisexual Men (Steve Martindale)
  • Complementary Therapies Prove Popular (Erin Strutt)
  • Sexual Patterns over Time (Kevin Craib)
  • "Frequent Flyers" More at Risk (Mary Lou Miller)
  • Do the New AIDS Drugs Make You Less Worried about HIV? (Paul Van De Ven and Jonathan Elford)

INVITED SPEECHES: download pdf file 

  • Layers Of Vulnerability: Steffanie Strathdee at the House of Commons
  • "This Is Not A Dress Rehearsal": "Sister C" at the AIDS Impact conference
  • Barebacking ­ Rational Choice? Michael Botnick at the AIDS Vancouver Island AGM
  • The Bill Good Show: Steve Martindale, Andrew Barker and Justin Jagosh interviewed on CKNW