This collection brings together the Black Health articles supplied for the Knowledge Hub.
The importance of motherhood in HIV-positive women of reproductive age in Ontario, Canada
Motherhood is personally, culturally, and historically rooted. Recent publications have focused on medical issues related to pregnancy and HIV, with attention on fetal well-being. There is limited literature on the importance of motherhood for HIV-positive women.…
The epidemiology of sexually transmitted co-infections in HIV-positive and HIV-negative African-Caribbean women in Toronto.
Background: HIV disproportionately affects African-Caribbean women in Canada but the frequency and distribution of sexually transmitted infections in this community have not been previously studied. Methods: We recruited women based on HIV status through a Toronto…
“Everyone just keeps their eyes closed and their fingers crossed”: Sexual health communication among black parents and children in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Background: Black Canadian youth remain disproportionally affected by an array of social and health issues, including sexually transmitted infections. While research exists in support of the involvement of parents as a key means to prevent or…
Black gay men as sexual subjects: race, racialisation and the social relations of sex among Black gay men in Toronto
In this study of Black gay and bisexual men in Toronto, sexually active survey participants reported on their sexual behaviours with male partners of different ethnoracial backgrounds, and interview participants reflected on how their sexual relationships…
[Successful aging: perception of aged immigrant women from Black Africa in Montreal].
Objectives: This article focuses on older immigrant women from Black Africa living in Montreal. Its purpose is to present the meaning that they give to “successful aging” in their hosting country and to highlight the factors…
Optimizing Diabetes Literacy: Lessons from African Canadians in Calgary about Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis
Objective: With the aim of optimizing diabetes education, type 2 diabetes awareness, primary prevention and secondary prevention, we studied how African Canadians experience type 2 diabetes. Specifically, we studied stories told by African Canadians living in…
Race, gender, class, sexuality (RGCS) and hypertension
Informed by intersectionality theory, a tradition that theorizes intersecting power relations of racism, patriarchy, classism and heterosexism, this paper investigates the degree to which race, gender, class and sexuality manifest distinct and interconnected associations with self-reported…
Gender and Ethnicity Differences in HIV-related Stigma Experienced by People Living with HIV in Ontario, Canada
This study aimed to understand gender and ethnicity differences in HIV-related stigma experienced by 1026 HIV-positive individuals living in Ontario, Canada that were enrolled in the OHTN Cohort Study. Total and subscale HIV-related stigma scores were…
Expressed racial identity and hypertension in a telephone survey sample from Toronto and Vancouver, Canada: do socioeconomic status, perceived discrimination and psychosocial stress explain the relatively high risk of hypertension for Black Canadians?
Introduction: Canadian research on racial health inequalities that foregrounds socially constructed racial identities and social factors which can explain consequent racial health inequalities is rare. This paper adopts a social typology of salient racial identities in…
The changing demographics of women living with HIV/AIDS in southern Alberta from 1982 to 2006
Introduction : Women account for a growing proportion of HIV infections in Canada. This has implications with respect to prevention, diagnosis and treatment. obJeCTIVe: To describe the female population presenting for HIV care in southern Alberta…
