Engage focuses on the sexual health of gay, bisexual, queer, and other cisgender and trans men who have sex with men. Engage began as a longitudinal study in Vancouver (known as “Momentum”) and has expanded over the past decade to include Toronto (where the study is also known as “MESH”) and Montreal (where the study is also known as “MECS”). Engage is led by David Moore and Nathan Lachowsky in Vancouver, Trevor Hart, Daniel Grace, Jody Jollimore, and Darrell HS Tan in Toronto, and Joseph Cox in Montreal. Engage has an extensive network of co-investigators, collaborators, trainees, and community partners across Canada. To date, the Engage team has published over 50 peer reviewed journal articles and hosted several community events to share key findings. Data from Engage has also played a role in shaping federal policy around blood donation.
Engage recently began data collection for a new cross-sectional study focused on the use of doxycycline to prevent syphilis and chlamydia (Doxy for prevention). We are actively recruiting “seed” participants in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. To learn more about how to participate in each of these cities, please visit the links below for each recruitment site.
Inequality continues to create conditions where some people are more at risk for HIV transmission than others.
New options to prevent HIV transmission, such as PEP and PrEP, are changing the way we think about safer sex.
HIV testing is becoming easier, faster, and able to detect HIV infection sooner.
A new generation of young gay, bi, queer and other men who have sex with men are growing up with no experience/memory of the AIDS crisis.
People diagnosed with HIV today have about the same life expectancy as people who are HIV negative.
Early HIV treatment has been shown to improve health outcomes and significantly lower chances of HIV transmission.
Why participate in Engage 2.0?
Get “engaged” in your sexual health by receiving a full STI screening.
Help improve your local community’s sexual health and well-being by contributing to local knowledge on these topics so that prevention and treatment of STI can be improved.
Each participant is given $50 in cash for completing a study visit. You also have the opportunity to receive $15 for each additional person that you recruit who completes the study, up to 6 people maximum. Participants can earn up to $140 total!
Do you already have a voucher to participate? Want to find out more about how to get involved? Choose a study site near you to get started.