The PSHP team is currently recruiting 200 – 300 people who have tested HIV negative in the past year. Participants’ results will be compared to our already established group of 600 people living with HIV/AIDS.

We are recruiting through testing sites, ASO’s, community organisations and clinics and asking our HIV positive participants, friends and colleagues to help us recruit through their HIV negative social networks.

This comparison group will help to provide more accurate estimates of the nature / strength of the housing stability and health relationships.

The Study: We want to find out if people who are HIV-negative experience similar health and housing issues as people who are HIV-positive.

To Qualify: You must have tested negative for HIV in the past 12 months.

What’s Involved? You will be interviewed twice over a period of two years. You will receive $40 for each interview. We will keep your identity strictly confidential.

Background: We have already learned that people with HIV who have trouble paying their rent or are worried about losing their housing have poorer health and lower quality of life than those with access to stable affordable housing.

Now researchers funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research are looking for HIV negative individuals from across Ontario to participate in the Positive Spaces Healthy Places study about HIV and health.

If you would like to participate or want more information, please call the following confidential numbers:

Toronto: 416-642-0181

Toll Free: 1-866-301-2548