Resources

Research Reports

Research Priorities in HIV and Rehabilitation

• Scoping the Field: Identifying Key Research Priorities in HIV and Rehabilitation (PDF: 306 KB)
  Fact Sheet (PDF: 66 KB )
  Executive Summary(PDF: 16 KB)
• Canada-UK HIV Rehabilitation Research Collaborative (CUHRRC)
  An overview of the Canada-UK HIV and Rehabilitation Research Collaborative (CUHRRC), including the meeting of 25 participants held in London, UK, in October 2009, as well as updates on current research initiatives with the CUHRRC.
• Employees’ Perspectives on Intermittent Work Capacity: What Can Qualitative Research Tell Us in Ontario? (available in English only) (PDF: 85KB)

Availability of Rehabilitation Services along Ontario’s Continuum of Care

This critical research, by Michel D. Landry from The Rehabilitation Policy & Health Human Resource Research Unit, Department of Physical Therapy, at the University of Toronto, provides information on the trends and changes in access to rehabilitation services and other health care services in Ontario.

Policy Brief: Availability of Rehabilitation Services Along Ontario’s Continuum of Care

Final Report: Availability and Access to Rehabilitation Services Along Ontario’s Continuum of Care

Integrated models of rehabilitation available at the point of care

• Report on interviews with select programs

Work related to episodic disability

• Navigating the Maze: Improving Coordination and Integration of Disability Income and Employment Policies and Programs for People living with HIV/AIDS - A Discussion Paper
  (PDF: 1.1 MB)
• Episodic Disability Fact Sheet
• HIV & Disability Insurance in Canada: An Environmental Scan (PDF: 426 KB)
• HIV as an Episodic Illness: Revising the CPP(D) Program (PDF: 1000 KB)
• What stops us from working?
  New ways to make work pay, by fixing the treatment
  of earnings under the Ontario Disability Support Program (available in English only) (PDF: 1.2MB)

Phase II

• Unpredictable Episodes of Illness in the Experiences of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PDF: 663 KB)

Phase I

• Looking Beyond the Silos (PDF: 814 KB)

Policy Paper

• Policy Issues on Rehabilitation in the Context of HIV Disease: A Background and Position Paper (completed June 2000) (PDF: 361 KB)

Funded by CWGHR

• An Interprofessional Problem-Based Learning Course on Rehabilitation Issues in HIV (completed July 2003) (PDF: 75 KB)
• AIDS Committee of Toronto
  Employment ACTion Program: Needs Assessment Study (completed April, 2003) (PDF: 1023 KB)
• University of Toronto - Development of a National Survey of Rehabilitation Professionals on Services for People living with HIV Disease (completed March, 2003) (PDF: 273 KB)
• McMaster University, School of Rehabilitation Science - Persons with HIV/AIDS (PWHA's) as Educators in the Health Sciences: Impact of a Training Program on Learners and PWHA's (completed December, 2002) (PDF: 282 KB)
• Development and Evaluation of an Interprofessional Educational Programme on Rehabilitation of Clients with HIV/AIDS for Students in the Health Sciences Professions - Final Report to Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (completed January 2002) (PDF: 173 KB)
• HIV/AIDS Interagency Coalition on Mental Health Issues - The Challenging Depression and HIV Project (completed October, 2001) (PDF: 161 KB)
• Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation - Issues of Engagement in Rehabilitation among persons with HIV/AIDS who are at High Risk for Declining Health (completed spring, 2001) (PDF: 434 KB)
• Canadian AIDS Society - AIDS in the Workplace
  Manual Development Phase I (completed November, 2000) (PDF: 170 KB)
• Canadian AIDS Society - Capacity Building and Training Strategy on Benefits Counselling Issues for Canadian AIDS Service Organizations (completed November, 2000) (PDF: 274 KB)

Positive Participation: People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Labour Force

Fact Sheet for AIDS Service Organizations: This fact sheet provides an overview of the different barriers that often hinder a person living with HIV/AIDS from becoming or remaining employed. It also identifies facilitators that can help overcome these barriers, in an effort to help community-based organizations, including AIDS service organizations, to better understand the employment needs of their clients and to identify gaps in service provision and systems level action.

Fact Sheet for Employers: This fact sheet provides an overview of the different workplace barriers that can hinder an employee living with HIV/AIDS from working to his or her full potential. It also identifies facilitators that can help overcome these barriers, in an effort to help employers to retain qualified, experienced staff, and build a healthy, diverse and productive workplace.

Fact Sheet for Those Engaged in Policy Work: This fact sheet provides an overview of the different barriers that can hinder a person living with HIV/AIDS from entering or remaining in the labour force. It also identifies facilitators that can help overcome these barriers, in an effort to help policy-makers at all levels to better identify and understand the gaps in relevant legislation and policy.

 

Workplace Surveys

COCQ-SIDA (Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida) is a coalition of AIDS community organizations in Quebec and has conducted two surveys, one among the Quebec population and the other among Quebec employers, in order to identify attitudes and behaviours in the Quebec workplace towards persons living with HIV or living with another chronic or episodic illness.

• Highlights: Report on the Survey of HIV/AIDS in the workplace (completed June 2009) (PDF: 276 KB)
• Survey Report Summary: Telephone Survey on Attitudes and Behaviours in the Workplace Related to Persons Living with HIV/AIDS or Living With Another Chronic And Episodic Illness (completed July 2009) (PDF: 425 KB)
• Survey Report Summary: Hiring and Employers' Attitudes (completed November 2009) (PDF: 416 KB)

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