This collection brings together the Black Health articles supplied for the Knowledge Hub.
Physical Activity and Immigrant Status: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey
Background: The immigrant population in Canada is diverse and growing, yet little is known about their physical activity behaviour and how it changes as they adapt to a Canadian lifestyle. This study extends the surveillance of…
Mapping the social demography and location of HIV services across Toronto neighbourhoods
In this paper we map the location and distribution of HIV service providers across Toronto neighbourhoods. Our analysis identified an uneven distribution of services across Toronto and a number of communities that are less accessible to…
Disparities in the coverage of cancer information in ethnic minority and mainstream mass print media
Background: Significant disparities in cancer mortality exist as a function of ethnicity and race in North America. Little is known, how-ever, about the presentation of cancer information in mass media that targets ethnic minority groups. Objectives:…
The Role of Afro-Canadian Status in Police or Ambulance Referral to Emergency Psychiatric Services
Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that among patients admitted to a hospital with psychosis, Afro-Canadian patients would be more likely than Euro-Canadian or Asian-Canadian patients to be brought to emergency services by police or ambulance.…
Gendered and cultured relations: exploring African Nova Scotians’ perceptions and experiences of breast and prostate cancer.
Although breast and prostate cancer are those most frequently diagnosed in Canada, information about the ways in which gender, class, race, culture, and other social determinants impact the experience of African Canadians living with cancer is…
Predictors of Gonorrhea Reinfection in a Cohort of Sexually Transmitted Disease Patients in Alberta, Canada, 1991–2003
Objective: The objective of this study was to identify characteristics associated with reinfection in sexually transmitted disease (STD) patients in Alberta, Canada. Methods: A retrospective cohort of 5,701 STD patients with gonorrhea diagnosed between 1991 and…
Polymorphism of Human Papillomavirus Type 31 Isolates Infecting the Genital Tract of HIV-Seropositive and HIV-Seronegative Women at Risk for HIV Infection
The genomic polymorphism of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) for types other than 16 has not been extensively described. We describe here the genomic polymorphism of high-risk HPV type 31 in 79 women (62 HIV-seropositive, 17 HIV-seronegative)…
Determinants of depression among Ethiopian immigrants and refugees in Toronto
The purpose of this study was to determine the occurrence of and risk factors for depressive disorder in a random sample of 342 Ethiopian immigrants and refugees in Toronto. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview questionnaire was…
‘Racelessness’ in a Canadian context? Exploring the link between black students’ identity, achievement, and mental health.
The relationship between racial identity, academic achievement, and mental health for 107 Black Canadian university students was examined within Fordham’s “racelessness” framework. Fordham posited that to achieve success, educational or professional, in a society where Blackness…
The Ontario Uterine Fibroid Embolization Trial. Part 1. Baseline patient characteristics, fibroid burden, and impact on life.
Objective: To determine baseline characteristics of women undergoing uterine artery embolization (UAE) for symptomatic fibroids. Design: Multicenter, prospective, single-arm clinical treatment trial. Setting: Eight Ontario university and community hospitals. Patient(s): Five hundred fifty-five women undergoing UAE…
432 Somali Women’s Birth Experiences in Canada after Earlier Female Genital Mutilation
Background: Women with previous female genital mutilation (sometimes referred to as circumcision) are migrating, with increasing frequency, to countries where this practice is uncommon. Many health care professionals in these countries lack experience in assisting women…
Sickle cell disease of the spine in children
Objective : To determine the incidence of back pain in children admitted with sickle cell disease so as to increase awareness of this disease in black children presenting with back pain or discomfort. Design : A…
