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Home : Infectious Diseases : Hepatitis C and STI Surveillance & Epi : E-SYS Quick Facts : Filling the Gaps in Our Knowledge of Youth Health : Enhanced Surveillance of Canadian Street Youth(E-SYS) |
E-SYS Quick FactsFilling the Gaps in Our Knowledge of Youth Health:
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“E-SYS is a collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada's Surveillance and Epidemiology Section (Community Acquired Infections Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control), participating surveillance sites and the youth who provide the data and samples collected.” |
Participants aged from 15 to 24 years inclusively are recruited through drop-in centres and outreach work. Interviewers collect the information required by administering two questionnaires. Street youth who consent to participate in E-SYS are also asked to provide urine and blood samples for STI and BBI testing.
Benefits of E-SYS Findings from this surveillance system support the development of programs and policies to improve the health of street youth. In addition to providing the public health benefits of monitoring trends in STIs, BBIs and risk behaviours, E-SYS facilitates counselling, testing and treatment for these infections in this hard-to-reach population.
Findings from this surveillance system support the development of programs and policies to improve the health of street youth. In addition to providing the public health benefits of monitoring trends in STIs, BBIs and risk behaviours, E-SYS facilitates counselling, testing and treatment for these infections in this hard-to-reach population.
Findings from E-SYS have significant implications for intervention in the street youth population. Street youth require both basic care and ongoing support if they are to remove themselves from their current situation and to have a chance of fulfilling life goals. Intervening in schools or partnering with the education system and youth-connected organizations to identify youth at risk of becoming streetinvolved may be a step in the right direction. A comprehensive approach involving foster care agencies, social workers, homeless youth services, the juvenile justice system, and integrating health programs and interventions are needed to improve the quality of life of street youth in Canada.
For further information please contact:
Olayemi Agboola, Epidemiologist
Surveillance and Epidemiology Section
Community Acquired Infections Division (CAID)
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and
Control (CIDPC)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Jeanne Mance Building, AL 1906B
Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9
Tel. 613-941-8422
Fax. 613-957-0381
www.publichealth.gc.ca/sti
www.santepublique.gc.ca/its
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