DiSHI: the Digital & Sexual Health Initiative
We are a public health research team at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, where we focus on finding practical solutions to real-world health problems that improve the overall health of communities. Our team includes researchers, implementers, and people from the communities that we work with and serve who face challenges accessing appropriate health services. Our main research focus is on programs and services related to digital public health and sexual health. For example, a lot of our research has focused on GetCheckedOnline, BC’s digital testing service for sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infections.
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Research Areas
We use implementation science and equity-focused approaches to conduct applied public health research related to digital health, sexual health, and 2SLGBTQ+ health in British Columbia. Our research informs and is informed by the ongoing work of implementing services and engaging with service users and communities.
Our main areas of active research are internet-based testing and digital health.
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