Joan Montaner
Biographic Data
| ID | 3581404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan Montaner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan |
| FAMILY NAME | Montaner |
| SIGNATURE | MONTANER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4845-2279 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Closing the Sex-Based Differences in Stroke Care
Background: The evolution of ischemic stroke is different accordin'g to sex and is one of the main causes of death in women. Previous studies have shown that women are less likely to receive acute treatment, and stroke center type is an important predictor of door-to-needle times. We investigated whether women are attended in a similar way to men in the telestroke network with specialized stroke physicians. Methods: A prospective registry of isch…
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on HIV treatment gap lengths and viremia among people living with HIV British Columbia, Canada, during the Covid-19 pandemic
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the care of people living with HIV (PLWH). This study aims to characterize the impact of the pandemic on the length of HIV treatment gap lengths and viral loads among people living with HIV (PLWH) in British Columbia (BC), Canada, with a focus on Downtown Eastside (DTES), which is one of the most impoverished neighbourhoods in Canada. We analyzed data from the HIV/AIDS Drug Treatment Program from Ja…
Gender Gap in the Leadership of Health Institutions
Objective: To analyze whether the increased representation of women in the health field is accompanied by a greater presence in leadership positions in the public health system and whether there are differences according to the hospital level. Methods: A descriptive study of the distribution of leadership positions by sex and type of hospital within the health centers of a regional public health system. Results: In total, 74.01% of the profession…
Trends in discharges from the HIV/Aids ward at a tertiary Canadian Hospital from 2005 to 2014
Advances in HIV therapies have transformed HIV infection into a manageable chronic disease. Accordingly, hospital admission trends among people living with HIV may have evolved over time. This study describes discharge diagnoses from the dedicated HIV/AIDS ward at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. A retrospective database review of admissions to the HIV/AIDS ward between 1 July 2005 and 30 June 2014 was conducted. Primary discharge diagno…
Realizing Women Living with HIV’s Reproductive Rights in the Era of ART
Harder-to-reach people living with HIV experiencing high prevalence of all-type mental health disorder diagnosis
People living with HIV/AIDS (PHA) often concurrently cope with mental health disorders that may greatly influence HIV and other health-related outcomes. The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of self-reported mental health disorder diagnosis among a cohort of harder-to-reach HIV-positive individuals in British Columbia, Canada. Between 2007 and 2010, 1000 PHA who had initiated ART were enrolled in the Longitudina…
Is there a rural/urban gap in the quality of HIV care for treatment-naïve HIV-positive individuals initiating antiretroviral therapy in British Columbia
Rurally located people living with HIV (PLWH) face unique challenges associated with remoteness that may negatively affect their HIV care outcomes. The Programmatic Compliance Score (PCS) has been used previously as a quality of care metric, and is predictive of mortality for treatment-naïve individuals initiating combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). This study looked at whether the rurality of PLWH impacted their PCS. PCS was calculated fo…
Increased mortality among Indigenous persons in a multisite cohort of people living with HIV in Canada
Protocol of the impact of alternative social assistance disbursement on drug-related harm (Tasa) study
NCT02457949 Registered 13 May 2015
Barriers to Cervical Screening Among Sex Workers in Vancouver
Objectives. We longitudinally examined the social, structural, and geographic correlates of cervical screening among sex workers in Metropolitan Vancouver, British Columbia, to determine the roles that physical and social geography play in routine reproductive health care access. Methods. Analysis drew on (2010–2013) data from an open prospective cohort of sex workers (An Evaluation of Sex Workers’ Health Access). We used multivariable logistic r…
HIV Drug Resistance
Antiretroviral Drug Costs and Prescription Patterns in British Columbia, Canada
INTRODUCTION: Treatment options and therapeutic guidelines have evolved substantially since highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) became the standard of HIV care in 1996. We conducted the present population-based analysis to characterize the determinants of direct costs of HAART over time in British Columbia, Canada. METHODS: We considered individuals ever receiving HAART in British Columbia from 1996 to 2011. Linear mixed-effects regres…
Methadone Maintenance Therapy Decreases the Rate of Antiretroviral Therapy Discontinuation Among HIV-Positive Illicit Drug Users
Recent incarceration and use of a supervised injection facility in Vancouver, Canada
There are concerns that Vancouver's supervised injection facility (SIF) for injection drug users (IDU) is an amplifier of drug-related crime. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the possible association between SIF use and recent incarceration among IDU. We examined incarceration experiences among participants in the Scientific Evaluation of Supervised Injecting (SEOSI) prospective cohort. The relationship between recent incarceration and frequent S…
Predictors of non-fatal overdose among a cohort of polysubstance-using injection drug users
Directly observed therapy programmes for anti-retroviral treatment amongst injection drug users in Vancouver
Health related quality of life among persons with HIV after the use of protease inhibitors
Determinants of geographic mobility among participants in a population-based HIV/Aids drug treatment program
Determinants of geographic mobility among participants in a population-based HIV/Aids drug treatment program
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on HIV treatment gap lengths and viremia among people living with HIV British Columbia, Canada, during the Covid-19 pandemic
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the care of people living with HIV (PLWH). This study aims to characterize the impact of the pandemic on the length of HIV treatment gap lengths and viral loads among people living with HIV (PLWH) in British Columbia (BC), Canada, with a focus on Downtown Eastside (DTES), which is one of the most impoverished neighbourhoods in Canada. We analyzed data from the HIV/AIDS Drug Treatment Program from Ja…
Health related quality of life among persons with HIV after the use of protease inhibitors
Determinants of geographic mobility among participants in a population-based HIV/Aids drug treatment program
Predictors of non-fatal overdose among a cohort of polysubstance-using injection drug users
Directly observed therapy programmes for anti-retroviral treatment amongst injection drug users in Vancouver
Recent incarceration and use of a supervised injection facility in Vancouver, Canada
There are concerns that Vancouver's supervised injection facility (SIF) for injection drug users (IDU) is an amplifier of drug-related crime. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the possible association between SIF use and recent incarceration among IDU. We examined incarceration experiences among participants in the Scientific Evaluation of Supervised Injecting (SEOSI) prospective cohort. The relationship between recent incarceration and frequent S…
Methadone Maintenance Therapy Decreases the Rate of Antiretroviral Therapy Discontinuation Among HIV-Positive Illicit Drug Users
Antiretroviral Drug Costs and Prescription Patterns in British Columbia, Canada
INTRODUCTION: Treatment options and therapeutic guidelines have evolved substantially since highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) became the standard of HIV care in 1996. We conducted the present population-based analysis to characterize the determinants of direct costs of HAART over time in British Columbia, Canada. METHODS: We considered individuals ever receiving HAART in British Columbia from 1996 to 2011. Linear mixed-effects regres…
HIV Drug Resistance
Protocol of the impact of alternative social assistance disbursement on drug-related harm (Tasa) study
NCT02457949 Registered 13 May 2015
Barriers to Cervical Screening Among Sex Workers in Vancouver
Objectives. We longitudinally examined the social, structural, and geographic correlates of cervical screening among sex workers in Metropolitan Vancouver, British Columbia, to determine the roles that physical and social geography play in routine reproductive health care access. Methods. Analysis drew on (2010–2013) data from an open prospective cohort of sex workers (An Evaluation of Sex Workers’ Health Access). We used multivariable logistic r…
Harder-to-reach people living with HIV experiencing high prevalence of all-type mental health disorder diagnosis
People living with HIV/AIDS (PHA) often concurrently cope with mental health disorders that may greatly influence HIV and other health-related outcomes. The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of self-reported mental health disorder diagnosis among a cohort of harder-to-reach HIV-positive individuals in British Columbia, Canada. Between 2007 and 2010, 1000 PHA who had initiated ART were enrolled in the Longitudina…
Is there a rural/urban gap in the quality of HIV care for treatment-naïve HIV-positive individuals initiating antiretroviral therapy in British Columbia
Rurally located people living with HIV (PLWH) face unique challenges associated with remoteness that may negatively affect their HIV care outcomes. The Programmatic Compliance Score (PCS) has been used previously as a quality of care metric, and is predictive of mortality for treatment-naïve individuals initiating combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). This study looked at whether the rurality of PLWH impacted their PCS. PCS was calculated fo…
Increased mortality among Indigenous persons in a multisite cohort of people living with HIV in Canada
Trends in discharges from the HIV/Aids ward at a tertiary Canadian Hospital from 2005 to 2014
Advances in HIV therapies have transformed HIV infection into a manageable chronic disease. Accordingly, hospital admission trends among people living with HIV may have evolved over time. This study describes discharge diagnoses from the dedicated HIV/AIDS ward at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. A retrospective database review of admissions to the HIV/AIDS ward between 1 July 2005 and 30 June 2014 was conducted. Primary discharge diagno…
Realizing Women Living with HIV’s Reproductive Rights in the Era of ART
Gender Gap in the Leadership of Health Institutions
Objective: To analyze whether the increased representation of women in the health field is accompanied by a greater presence in leadership positions in the public health system and whether there are differences according to the hospital level. Methods: A descriptive study of the distribution of leadership positions by sex and type of hospital within the health centers of a regional public health system. Results: In total, 74.01% of the profession…
Closing the Sex-Based Differences in Stroke Care
Background: The evolution of ischemic stroke is different accordin'g to sex and is one of the main causes of death in women. Previous studies have shown that women are less likely to receive acute treatment, and stroke center type is an important predictor of door-to-needle times. We investigated whether women are attended in a similar way to men in the telestroke network with specialized stroke physicians. Methods: A prospective registry of isch…
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on HIV treatment gap lengths and viremia among people living with HIV British Columbia, Canada, during the Covid-19 pandemic
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the care of people living with HIV (PLWH). This study aims to characterize the impact of the pandemic on the length of HIV treatment gap lengths and viral loads among people living with HIV (PLWH) in British Columbia (BC), Canada, with a focus on Downtown Eastside (DTES), which is one of the most impoverished neighbourhoods in Canada. We analyzed data from the HIV/AIDS Drug Treatment Program from Ja…
Medicine (18 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (11 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Family medicine (6 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Drug (5 works)