Browse publications on Black health and health equity.
Fifteen-year trends in self-reported racism and link with health and well-being of African Canadian adolescents: a secondary data analysis
Background: We assessed the prevalence and trends in racial discrimination among African Canadian adolescents in British Columbia. The association between racial discrimination and self-rated health, access to mental health services, substance use, suicidal thoughts and attempts,…
Prevalence and correlates of depression among Black individuals in Canada: The major role of everyday racial discrimination
Background: Depression is a common mental health problem causing significant disability globally, including in Canada. Prevalence estimates for depression within Black communities in Canada are unknown. This study determined the prevalence of depression in a sample…
Black Resilience: A Strategic Asset for Engaging Heterosexual Black Canadian Men in Community Responses to HIV
Black people’s disproportionate burden of HIV in Canada has raised questions about whether they are sufficiently resilient to HIV, and how to promote resilience. In this paper, we critically examine the issue of resilience among heterosexual…
Correlates of Casual Sex Amidst Vulnerability to HIV Among ACB Heterosexual Men in Ottawa and Windsor, Ontario Canada
Heterosexual exposure is the second highest means of HIV transmission; and African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) men face greater risks. Black men can reduce the disproportionately high HIV prevalence in their communities by changing their socially…
Sexual Debut Among Heterosexual Men of African and Caribbean Descent: Are the Youth Initiating Sex Earlier than the Older Generation?.
Although age at first sex is considered a measure of sexual risk and vulnerability for HIV infection, there is a dearth of literature on age at sexual debut in the Canadian context. This study examined time…
Leaving no one behind? An equity analysis of the HIV care cascade among a cohort of people living with HIV in Manitoba, Canada
Background: Manitoba is a central Canadian province with annual rates of new HIV infections consistently higher than the Canadian average. National surveillance statistics and data from the provincial HIV care program suggest that epidemiological heterogeneity exists…
Untangling racism: Stress reactions in response to variations of racism against Black Canadians
The ability to effectively contend with racism is likely undermined by factors that promote uncertainty regarding racist motives. A national policy of multiculturalism exists in Canada, which is intended to encourage cultural diversity, but can also…
Social and economic influences on disparities in the health of racial and ethnic group Canadian immigrants
Objective: To examine social, economic, and migratory influences on the health of racial and ethnic minority groups in Canada, with a special focus on Caribbean immigrants. Methods: Combined annual cycles (2011–2016) of the Canadian Community Health…
Access to healthcare services among heterosexual Black men in Ontario, Canada
While there is a growing body of literature on Black people’s access to HIV services in Canada, the question of how this access varies across Canada’s urban jurisdictions has hitherto never arisen in research and policy.…
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…
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…
Determinants of Adherence to National Infant Feeding Guidelines by Black Mothers Living with HIV
Objective: Worldwide, 160,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2018; half of these were infected through breastfeeding. Infant feeding guidelines are distinct depending on each country’s resources and national or sub-national guidelines. Because of divergent…
