This collection brings together the Black Health articles supplied for the Knowledge Hub.
Are you in pain if you say you are not? Accounts of pain in Somali-Canadian women with female genital cutting.
As a rite of passage to womanhood, 2 million girls undergo female genital circumcision (FGC)—the tradition of cutting, and often removing parts of the vulva—every year. The current study is the first to focus on the…
Do cancer incidence and mortality rates differ among ethnicities in Canada?
Background: Cancer incidence rates have been shown to vary by ethnicity, and the increasing awareness of and interest in reporting ethnic health inequalities have been growing internationally. The objective of this study was to assess cancer…
Concurrent sexual partnerships and HIV testing among heterosexual Black men in Ontario, Canada: findings from the weSpeak study.
Background: African, Caribbean, and Black men constitute the second-highest category of males living with HIV in Ontario, which increased from 15.4% to 17% between 2011 and 2016. Previous studies have attributed this disproportionately higher rate to…
Studying the social determinants of COVID-19 in a data vacuum.
Race-based and other demographic information on COVID-19 patients is not being collected consistently across provinces in Canada. Therefore, whether the burden of COVID-19 is falling disproportionately on the shoulders of particular demographic groups is relatively unknown.…
Racial oases as spaces of positive racial identity socialization among African Canadian post-secondary students
This article focuses on the need identified by African Canadian students for a “racial oasis”– a physical space designed to increase their exposure to positive racial identities – which can support them in developing a community…
Examining HIV-related stigma among African, Caribbean, and Black church congregants from the Black PRAISE study in Ontario, Canada
HIV-related stigma impedes adoption and implementation of effective HIV prevention and treatment strategies. It may also exacerbate racial/ethnic HIV disparities. Given high levels of religious observance within African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) communities and the social…
Determinants of infant feeding practices among Black mothers living with HIV: a multinomial logistic regression analysis.
Background: Infant feeding practices are imperative for babies’ and mothers’ health and emotional wellbeing. Although infant feeding may seem simple, the decisions surrounding it are complex and have far-reaching implications for women globally. This is an…
“I don’t care if they call me black”: the impact of organisation and racism in Canadian and Swedish nursing homes
Nursing homes for seniors are an integral part of the Canadian and Swedish welfare states; however, daily work takes place within different organisational contexts. In contrast to Sweden, Canadian nursing homes are larger, have lower staffing…
Black-white racial disparities in household food insecurity from 2005 to 2014, Canada.
Objectives: To understand the differential vulnerability to household food insecurity of the Black population as compared with white counterparts in Canada. Methods: Using data for households with Black and white respondents in pooled Canadian Community Health…
Recruitment Strategies Used in a Survey of African Immigrant Maternal Mental Health in Alberta, Canada
African immigrant women are underrepresented in health research on maternal mental health. Thus, there is a need to highlight successful recruitment strategies to engage African women in health-oriented research. This paper offers insights on recruitment strategies…
