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Building nutritional health: HIV, injection drug use, poverty and nutrition in Vancouver's downtown community

Publication type: 
Policy Paper / Action Plan
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Author(s): 
McCulloch, Wendy; Howard, Elizabeth; Ivan, Alison
Agency: 
AIDS Vancouver HIV, IDU and Nutrition Working Committee
Sponsor: 
Funded by the AIDS Care, Treatment and Support Program, HIV/AIDS Policy, Coordination and Programs D
Date: 
1999
Pages: 
38
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Summary: 
Research project involving community members (HIV+ IDUs) in all aspects designed to allow community members to discuss their experiences of getting food, to have people who provide food and community members talk about barriers to nutrition for HIV+ IDUs, to create recommendations to improve nutrition, and to make partnerships between food providers and community members to implement the recommendations.
Keywords: 
HIV/AIDS; Injection Drug Users; Nutrition; DTES; Service Providers