Summary findings from Tracks surveys implemented by First Nations in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, 2018-2020.

Background: The Public Health Agency of Canada's integrated bio-behavioural surveillance system-Tracks surveys-assesses the burden of HIV, hepatitis C and associated risks in key populations in Canada. From 2018-2020, Tracks surveys were successfully implemented by First Nations Health Services Organizations in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Methods: First Nations-led survey teams invited community members who identified as First Nations, Inuit or Métis to participate in Tracks surveys and testing for HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis.

Dietary counselling for dyslipidemia in primary care: results of a randomized trial.

This study compared the effectiveness of physician advice versus dietitian advice for a fat-reduced diet, and of dietitian advice for a fat-reduced diet versus a soluble fibre-enhanced diet in patients with moderate dyslipidemia. A total of 111 men and women took part in this 26-week, three-group, randomized, clinical trial. The physician advice fat-reduced diet group (n = 38) and the dietitian advice fat-reduced diet group (n = 35) received dietary advice based on the American Heart Association (AHA) Step II guidelines.