Plain language summary - Sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis populations: Summarizing rates and trends
December 2024
Indigenous people experience disproportionately high rates of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs). This document summarizes, in plain language, the rates and trends of nationally notifiable STBBIs among First Nations peoples, Inuit, and Métis peoples. It is one in a series of three plain language summaries derived from the background paper, Sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in Indigenous populations, which provides a comprehensive review of the literature on STBBIs among First Nations peoples, Inuit, and Métis peoples and ways of reducing STBBI transmission in Indigenous communities. The background paper is intended to complement a suite of documents prepared by the National Collaborating Centres for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) and Infectious Diseases (NCCID) over the period 2021-2022 to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the availability and delivery of health services related to STBBIs among Indigenous people in Canada. Knowledge translation products (e.g., infographics, factsheets, plain language summaries, etc.) from these documents can be found on the NCCIH’s and NCCID’s websites.
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