Mobile STBBI Screening and Treatment
In Labrador West and Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, a mobile team provides culturally safe education, testing, treatment and follow-up for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections.
- Topics
- Primary and community care
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis priorities
- Cultural Safety
- Audience
Healthcare leader
Community organization
Point of care provider
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About this Promising Practice
Rural, remote and northern communities in Labrador experience inequitable access to sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBI) education, screening, treatment and follow-up.
A mobile team including physicians, nurse practitioners, laboratory staff, and Opioid Dependence Treatment team members deliver culturally safe, wrap-around services including:
Harm reduction education and supplies.
Point-of-care (POC) testing, and onsite specimen collection.
Treatment and follow-up as necessary
Program: Strengthening Access to Primary Care in Northern, Rural and Remote Communities
Location: Labrador West & Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
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