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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

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:

Strengthening Primary Care in Northern, Rural and Remote Communities

Healthcare Excellence Canada launched the Strengthening Primary Care in Northern, Rural and Remote Communities program (Strengthening Primary Care) to strengthen access to team-based primary care in northern, rural and remote communities.

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