List of acronyms: Population-specific HIV/AIDS status report: HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted and blood borne infections among youth in Canada

List of Acronyms

ACYRN

Aboriginal Community Youth Resilience Network

AHS

Adolescent Health Survey

AIDS

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

APS

Aboriginal People’s Survey

ARYS

At-Risk Youth Study

Black CAP

Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention

CAAN

Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network

CAHR

Canadian Association for HIV Research

CANFAR

Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research

CAS

Canadian AIDS Society

CCDIC

Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control

CCHS

Canadian Community Health Survey

CCSA

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse

CEGEP

Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel

CIHR

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

CIS

Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect

CPHO

Chief Public Health Officer

CPS

Child Protective Services

E-SYS

Enhanced Street Youth Surveillance in Canada

FQRSC

Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture

HBV

Hepatitis B Virus

HBSC

Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study

HCV

Hepatitis C Virus

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

IDU

Injection Drug Use

LGBTTQ

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual, Two-spirit, Queer/Questioning

MAP

Maltreatment and Adolescent Pathways Longitudinal Study

MSFHR

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

MSM

Men who have Sex with Men

NCCAH

National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health

NLSCY

National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

NPHS

National Population Health Survey

PHA

People Living With HIV and AIDS

PPT

Planned Parenthood of Toronto

OHTN

Ontario HIV Treatment Network

OSDUHS

Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey

RHS

First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey

SSHRC

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

STBBI

Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections

TRUTH

Teens Resisting Urban Trans/Homophobia

TTS

Toronto Teen Survey

WHO

World Health Organization

YCCS

Youth Custody and Community Services

YCJA

Youth Criminal Justice Act

YITS

Youth in Transition Survey

YPP

Youth Pathways Project

YSS

Youth Smoking Survey