HIV and Hepatitis C Specialist Support Team (SST)
2SLGBTQI+ Community, Public Health, and Sexual Health
Provided by Northern Health
The HIV and Hepatitis C Specialized Support Team (SST) supports the people and families of those diagnosed with HIV or HCV. The team also supports individuals at risk for HIV and syphilis by providing access to prevention options such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP). This support is provided in person, by phone, text, fax, email or Telehealth.
You can refer yourself to the specialized support team, or you can be referred by a family doctor, specialist doctor, community agency, nurse, detox staff, or hospital staff.
Services provided by the HIV and Hepatitis C Specialist Support Team (SST) include:
- Connect newly diagnosed patients to primary care (or interim medical care) or those wishing to reconnect with care, or those travelling through Prince George from outlying communities.
- Support patients to be ready for treatment, adherence, and ongoing engagement in their care.
- Advise on drug selection and side effect management, and help patients get access to HIV and/or HCV medications, including streamlining ordering, coordinating dispense frequence, and adherence aides (e.g. blister packs).
- Advocate for access to programs and support patients and clinicians in completing medical forms for income assistance, disability and tax credits, and diet supplements.
- Assess individual and family needs and establish connections with appropriate services (e.g. housing, counselling, transportation, food security).
- Coordinate and support communications between health care and service providers around complex client needs and goals.
- Connect with clients by phone, telehealth, or in person, and follow patients as they build capacity to manage their health and strengthen their connections to care.
- Assist with access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV.
1-888-645-6495
Public email: sst@northernhealth.ca
Website: https://www.northernhealth.ca/health...
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Health professional referral
- Health Authority personnel referral
- Social worker referral
- Community service organization referral
- Self-referral
- Family physician or nurse practitioner referral
- Specialist referral
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Northern Health:
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- Northern Health Primary Care Network Virtual Clinic
- Network of Regional to Tertiary Healthcare (NORTH) Heart Function Clinic
Availability
Service area: Northern Health Area + show cities
Service Types Provided
2SLGBTQI+ Community
Public Health
Ways to Access
- Provided by phone
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.