Engage Study

The Engage Study aims to find out more about people’s decisions and attitudes toward beginning highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). It is a project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and is led by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS with the help of many collaborators and co-investigators.

Participation in the study involves filling out a baseline survey and another follow-up survey 6 to12 months later. The surveys will assess the treatment attitudes, behaviours and beliefs of HIV-positive individuals who are newly starting treatment in BC.

Specific objectives of Engage are:

To determine the characteristics of people who are initiating HAART in BC at a time when there is expanded testing and treatment throughout the province.
To identify factors associated with late HAART initiation and retention in care.
To determine the role of HIV-related care (routine access to care, physician experience, physical and social barriers to care) and use of community-based organizations on HAART uptake and retention.

If you received an Engage postcard from your doctor, or picked one up in your community, please read the “Participate” section of the website to get more information on how you can take part in the study and what participating involves.

Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.

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St. Paul's Hospital 608–1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Tel: 604-806-8477 | Fax: 604-806-9044
General inquiries: info@bccfe.ca
Media inquiries: communications@bccfe.ca
(Please do not use any of these email addresses to send personal information or book an appointment. To book appointments or contact the H2H clinic, please call 604-416-1517 or fax: 604-564-4893. Do not send your or your client's personal information via email.)

© Copyright BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
St. Paul's Hospital 608–1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Tel: 604-806-8477 | Fax: 604-806-9044
General inquiries: info@bccfe.ca
Media inquiries: communications@bccfe.ca
(Please do not use any of these email addresses to send personal information or book an appointment. To book appointments or contact the H2H clinic, please call 604-416-1517 or fax: 604-564-4893. Do not send your or your client's personal information via email.)

Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.