This collection brings together the Child Welfare articles supplied for the Knowledge Hub.
Minding the gap: health and social care provider perceptions of parental communication and Black-Canadian youths’ sexual health.
Health and social care providers’ perceptions of Black-Canadian parent-youth sexual health communication has important implications for addressing knowledge gaps in the provision of services to young people and their parents. Providers’ perceptions are crucial as they…
More threatened than safe: What African, Caribbean and Black youth living in southern Ontario say about their interactions with law enforcement.
This study investigates the perspectives of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) youth living in Windsor, Ontario regarding their interactions with police. Twelve ACB youth were recruited using various methods through the Promoting and Owning Empowerment and…
Post-secondary pathways among second-generation immigrant youth of Haitian origin in Quebec.
The aim of this article is to develop a better understanding of the educational pathways experienced by Haitian youth in Montreal when it comes to their post-secondary studies. The qualitative analysis of their life stories within…
Perceived Neighborhood Quality and HIV-related Stigma amongAfrican Diasporic Youth; Results from the African, Caribbean, and Black Youth (ACBY) Study
Socio-environmental factors such as neighborhood quality are increasingly recognized drivers of HIV disparities. Additionally, HIV- related stigma heightens HIV vulnerability among youth in the African Diaspora. However, little research examines the intersection of neighborhood quality and…
Community Safety, Housing Precariousness and Processes of Exclusion: An Institutional Ethnography from the Standpoints of Youth in an ‘Unsafe’ Urban Neighbourhood
Using the alternative sociological approach, institutional ethnography, this article reveals how experiences growing up in social housing (re)produce conditions of oppression that exacerbate housing precariousness and other forms of exclusion. Data were generated through participant observation,…
“Bridging several worlds”: The process of identity development of second-generation Ethiopian and Eritrean young women in Canada.
This paper explores the social and cultural experiences of second-generation Ethiopian and Eritrean young women in relationship to expectations surrounding identity continuity by way of maintenance of traditional culture. From the analysis of ten in-depth interviews,…
Emergence of African species of dermatophytes in tinea capitis: A 17 ‐ year experience in a Montreal pediatric hospital
Background/Objectives: An increase in dermatophyte infections caused by African species is reported in countries receiving African immigrants. Our goal was to determine the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of tinea capitis in children infected with African species…
Ethnoracial differences in cannabis use among native-born and foreign-born high school students in Ontario
The objective of this study was to examine the association of ethnoracial background and immigrant status to cannabis use among students in Ontario, Canada. Data were derived from the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey,…
Sociodemographic correlates of urine culture test utilization in Calgary, Alberta
Background: Many clinical practice guidelines encourage diagnosis and empiric treatment of lower urinary tract infection without laboratory investigation; however, urine culture testing remains one of the largest volume tests in the clinical microbiology laboratory. In this…
The mediating role of cultural coping behaviours on the relationships between academic stress and positive psychosocial well-being outcomes
While culture's effect on the coping process has long been acknowledged in the stress-coping literature conceptually, empirical evidence and attempts to discern the specific relationship between culture and coping remain very scarce. Against this backdrop, the…
“A complex interface: Exploring sickle cell disease from a parent’s perspective, after moving from Sub-Saharan Africa to North America”
Introduction : Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited, multi-system, chronic disease with the highest prevalence affecting people of Sub-Saharan African descent. While major advances in SCD care have occurred over the last few decades in…
