MAX Ottawa Community Health Survey 2023

Pour remplir ce sondage en français: maxottawa.ca/sondage2023

MAX Ottawa is working with community partners to shape the health and social services available for 2-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, and queer people (which we’ll call “queer and trans” in this survey) in the national capital region. This survey and your answers are a part of the process to help guide that work.

Some of the questions may be personal and/or sensitive to you and you will always have the option of not responding. Your answers will remain strictly confidential and anonymous and we will not ask for any personally identifiable information.

The survey should take a few minutes to complete.

Please share a bit about yourself. This will help us understand how to use the rest of your answers in shaping health services for our community.

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* 1. What is your gender? (Select all that apply)

Man

Woman

Trans Man

Trans Woman

Non-binary

Two-Spirit

I prefer to use another term:

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* 2. Who do you have sexual or romantic relationships with? (Select all that apply)

Men

Women

Trans men

Trans women

Non-binary people

Two-Spirit people

I don’t have romantic or sexual relationships

Prefer not to answer

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* 3. What’s your age?

Under 18

18-25

26-35

36-45

46-55

56 +

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* 4. Do you identify as a member of an Indigenous community (First Nations, Inuit, or Métis)?

Yes

Not sure / Prefer not to answer

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* 5. What's your HIV status?

Negative and not on PrEP

Negative and on PrEP

Positive and undetectable

Positive and detectable

I don’t know my HIV status

Prefer not to answer

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* 6. Do you have a primary healthcare provider?

Yes

Not currently

I have never had a primary care provider

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* 7. Do you have any trouble getting the kind of healthcare you want or need?

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* 8. When going to a primary healthcare provider, are there topics you’d like to bring up, but sometimes feel like you can’t?

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* 9. When going to a primary healthcare provider, is there anything specific that would improve your experience?

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* 10. What types of health services have you used (or tried to use) in the last two years? (Select all that apply)

Primary care (routine vaccines, specialist referrals, checkups, etc.)

Mental health support like psychotherapy, counselling, support groups, etc.

Mental health diagnosis and medication

Sexual health resources like condoms, safer sex supplies, safer drug supplies, etc.

Sexual health services like PrEP, testing, and treatment

Gender-affirming care

Family planning

Other:

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* 11. What types of queer- or trans-specific health services do you typically need from a provider? (Select all that apply)

Primary care (routine vaccines, specialist referrals, checkups, etc.)

Mental health support like psychotherapy, counselling, support groups, etc.

Mental health diagnosis and medication

Sexual health resources like condoms, safer sex supplies, safer drug supplies, etc.

Sexual health services like PrEP, testing, and treatment

Gender-affirming care

Family planning

None of the above

Other:

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* 12. Have you heard of any of these resources? (Select all that apply)

	Yes, and I currently use it	Yes, but I do not use it	No	Not sure
Ottawa Public Health Sexual Health Clinic	Ottawa Public Health Sexual Health Clinic Yes, and I currently use it	Ottawa Public Health Sexual Health Clinic Yes, but I do not use it	Ottawa Public Health Sexual Health Clinic No	Ottawa Public Health Sexual Health Clinic Not sure
GayZone	GayZone Yes, and I currently use it	GayZone Yes, but I do not use it	GayZone No	GayZone Not sure
Get-A-Kit	Get-A-Kit Yes, and I currently use it	Get-A-Kit Yes, but I do not use it	Get-A-Kit No	Get-A-Kit Not sure
The PrEP Clinic	The PrEP Clinic Yes, and I currently use it	The PrEP Clinic Yes, but I do not use it	The PrEP Clinic No	The PrEP Clinic Not sure
GoFreddie	GoFreddie Yes, and I currently use it	GoFreddie Yes, but I do not use it	GoFreddie No	GoFreddie Not sure
Come to Hugo	Come to Hugo Yes, and I currently use it	Come to Hugo Yes, but I do not use it	Come to Hugo No	Come to Hugo Not sure
Trans Health Ottawa	Trans Health Ottawa Yes, and I currently use it	Trans Health Ottawa Yes, but I do not use it	Trans Health Ottawa No	Trans Health Ottawa Not sure

GayZone is a community partnership offering sexual health testing and treatment, social programming, and health programming to queer and trans men. In 2020, the sexual health testing was moved into the Ottawa Public Health sexual health clinic. We are looking to bring these services back out into the community, but want to make sure it meets our community’s current needs.

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* 13. What is the biggest reason you would use GayZone? (Select all that apply)

Expanded hours on evenings or weekends

A location that is closer to me

Getting care without stigma or discrimination

Accessing both social and sexual health services

I don’t need the services at GayZone

Other (please specify)

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* 14. What are the services that you would like to see offered at GayZone? (Select all that apply)

Rapid STI testing

Self-service STI testing

STI treatment

PrEP and PEP support

Physical activity classes (ex. yoga)

Life skills classes (ex. cooking, financial management)

Support groups

Social programs

Other (please specify)

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* 15. How do you feel about the name GayZone?

I love it and want it to stay the same

I don’t love it and it should be changed

I don’t care about the name as long as the services are available

Is there anything else you want to share about this?

MAX Ottawa Community Health Survey 2023

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* 1. What is your gender? (Select all that apply)

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* 2. Who do you have sexual or romantic relationships with? (Select all that apply)

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* 3. What’s your age?

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* 4. Do you identify as a member of an Indigenous community (First Nations, Inuit, or Métis)?

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* 5. What's your HIV status?

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* 6. Do you have a primary healthcare provider?

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* 7. Do you have any trouble getting the kind of healthcare you want or need?

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* 8. When going to a primary healthcare provider, are there topics you’d like to bring up, but sometimes feel like you can’t?

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* 9. When going to a primary healthcare provider, is there anything specific that would improve your experience?

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* 10. What types of health services have you used (or tried to use) in the last two years? (Select all that apply)

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* 11. What types of queer- or trans-specific health services do you typically need from a provider? (Select all that apply)

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* 12. Have you heard of any of these resources? (Select all that apply)

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* 13. What is the biggest reason you would use GayZone? (Select all that apply)

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* 14. What are the services that you would like to see offered at GayZone? (Select all that apply)

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* 15. How do you feel about the name GayZone?

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* 16. What’s your favourite thing about being queer or trans in Ottawa?

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* 17. What do you think is the biggest challenge/thing missing for queer and trans people in Ottawa?

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* 18. What is your postal code?

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* 19. Is there anything else you’d like to add?