The You Matter Project: Partnering With People In Prison To Co-Create STBBI Policies And Guidelines

Universally offering screening for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBIs) results in higher uptake of testing in correctional settings. However, there is no guidance on how to implement these policies in prisons in person-centred, culturally safe and trauma informed ways. To address this, the You Matter project has created a framework to incorporate the experiences and preferences of key stakeholders, including people with lived or living experience of incarceration, Correctional Health Services staff, and correctional officers, into the development of policies and guidelines for universal STBBI screening and linkage to care in Provincial Correctional Centres (PCCs).

BC CDC Presenters

10/19/2021 8:05:00 PM