This collection brings together the Black Health articles supplied for the Knowledge Hub.
Labour Market Discrimination: the Lived Experiences of English-Speaking Caribbean Immigrants in Toronto
The study examined the lived experiences of immigrants in Toronto from Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, with emphasis on their perceptions and experiences of labour market discrimination. The study employs a qualitative methodology and adopts…
Comparison of black–white disparities in preterm birth between Canada and the United States
Background: A higher risk of preterm birth among black women than among white women is well established in the United States. We compared differences in preterm birth between non-Hispanic black and white women in Canada and…
Sexual inactivity and sexual satisfaction among women living with HIV in Canada in the context of growing social, legal and public health surveillance
Introduction: Women represent nearly one-quarter of the 71,300 people living with HIV in Canada. Within a context of widespread HIV-related stigma and discrimination and on-going risks to HIV disclosure, little is known about the influence of…
Sub-Saharan African immigrants living with HIV in Canada: a narrative inquiry.
Purpose – Canadian epidemiological data suggest an increasing number of HIV infections among people from HIV-endemic countries, including sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, there are few studies that focus on the lived experience of HIV illness among Canadian…
Symptom profiles and explanatory models of first-episode psychosis in African-, Caribbean- and European-origin groups in Ontario.
Aim: To assess variability in symptom presentation and explanatory models of psychosis for people from different ethnic groups. Methods: Clients with first-episode psychosis ( n = 171) who identified as black African, black Caribbean or white…
Adequacy of prenatal care among women living with human immunodeficiency virus: a population-based study.
Background: Prenatal care reduces perinatal morbidity. However, there are no population-based studies examining the adequacy of prenatal care among women living with HIV. Accordingly, we compared the prevalence of adequate prenatal care among women living with…
Pathways to First-Episode Care for Psychosis in African-,Caribbean-, and European-Origin Groups in Ontario
Objective: To compare the pathways to care and duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) for people of Black-African, Black-Caribbean, or White-European origin with first-episode psychosis (FEP). Methods: We recruited a sample of 171 patients with FEP of…
Facilitating refugees’ access to family doctors
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the patient level characteristics of government-assisted refugees (GARs) who had acquired family doctors after leaving specialized refugee clinics (RC). Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional telephone survey of…
The Changing Epidemiology of Pediatric Hemoglobinopathy Patients in Northern Alberta, Canada
Background: Hemoglobinopathies are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Accurate epidemiologic data reflecting the number of hemoglobinopathy patients are lacking in Canada. Immigration patterns are shifting such that regions where these diseases were rare are seeing…
Religious Involvement and Health-Related Behaviors Among Black Seventh-Day Adventists in Canada
Background: Most studies that involve Black Seventh-Day Adventists (SDAs) have been conducted in the United States. We sought to examine the association between religious involvement and lifestyle practices among Black SDAs in Canada. Method: A convenience…
Temporal trends in cardiovascular disease risk factors among white, South Asian, Chinese and black groups in Ontario, Canada, 2001 to 2012: a population-based study.
Objectives: To determine ethnic-specific temporal trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Ontario between 2001 and 2012. Design: A population-based repeated cross-sectional study. Setting: Ontario, Canada. Participants: 219 276 participants of the Canadian Community Health Survey (205…
Black–White Health Inequalities in Canada
Little is known about Black–White health inequalities in Canada or the applicability of competing explanations for them. To address this gap, we used nine cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey to analyze multiple health outcomes…
