Please join with the staff of Victoria Cool Aid Society's emergency shelters to support people in our community suffering from HIV/AIDS in this year's Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life. We work at Streetlink Emergency Shelter, Sandy Merriman House, Next Steps and the Divine Intervention. We also work closely with VARCS and AIDS Vancouver Island and will be supporting both organizations and our clients living with HIV.
The Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life is a project of the Canadian AIDS Society in partnership with the British Columbia Persons with AIDS Society, AIDS Committee of Toronto, and community-based AIDS organizations across Canada.
Join us!
When: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 @ 6 pm Where: City of Victoria, Centennial Square
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July 28, 2010 - Dr. Chris Fraser - The Times-Colonist recently reported on emerging research concerning health care for the homeless. This research sought to determine the reasons why individuals experiencing homelessness would have unmet health needs with Canada’s universal health care system.
As a physician specializing in inner-city medicine at Cool Aid’s Community Health Centre, I work as part of a health care team to provide a medical home for the homeless and marginalized in Victoria.
The Toronto study by Dr. Stephen Hwang and researchers with the Centre for Research on Inner City Health suggests possible strategies to reduce the barriers these populations face in accessing health care, including special programs that provide primary care for homeless populations, and health care services that are non-stigmatizing towards those experiencing homelessness, and the experiences that often accompany homelessness, such as abuse, violence, substance use and mental illnesses.
At the Health Centre that is exactly what we do. Cool Aid provides health care and social services for over 4,000 people by providing a unique approach to inner-city medicine that emphasizes low-barrier access to interdisciplinary primary health care services for economically vulnerable clients with complex medical needs and multiple barriers to accessing care.
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July 28, 2010 - Dr. Chris Fraser - The Times-Colonist recently reported on emerging