Browse publications on Black health and health equity.
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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.…
An alpha-globin gene initiation codon mutation in a black family with HbH disease.
The molecular basis of hemoglobin H disease in a Black family of Canadian origin was investigated. Affected individuals had a combination of deletion and nondeletion a-thalassemia mutations on different chromosomes. Cloning and sequencing of the DNA…
The Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in a Quaternary Hospital in Canada
Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) prevalence in Canada has been estimated to be around 20% to 30%. However, H. pylori prevalence is declining in industrialized countries. We conducted a retrospective study on a population of patients…
