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  • Black Canadians’ Coping Responses to Racial Discrimination

    On the basis of a cultural coping framework, the present study examined coping responses to racial discrimination among 190 Black Canadians. The study assessed the respondents’ coping with both general (i.e., problem- and emotion-focused coping) and Africultural coping strategies (i.e., spiritual-centered, collective, and ritual-centered coping) across three different racial discrimination vignettes (i.e., interpersonal, institutional, and…

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  • Street Youth in Toronto, Canada: An Investigation of Demographic Predictors of HIV Status Among Street Youth Who Access Preventive Health and Social Services

    Street youth are increasingly at risk for HIV infection due to high-risk sexual behaviors and injection drug use. The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which demographic characteristics of street youth in Toronto were predictive of HIV status. Age, gender, and ethnicity, education, length of time street involved, and income were…

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  • Pursuit of university education among the children of immigrants in Canada: the roles of parental human capital and social capital

    Using the 2002 Ethnic Diversity Survey, this article examines the roles of parental human capital and social capital in the pursuit of university education among immigrant youth in Canada. We find segmented patterns across the largest minority groups in Canada, with the Chinese and the south Asians, such as Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, obtaining the…

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  • Catatonia is frequent in black immigrants admitted to Psychiatry in Canada.

    Objective: To assess the prevalence of catatonia in a sample of patients of African ancestry admitted to Psychiatry in Canada. Methods: Retrospective chart review of 20 consecutive black francophone inpatients assessed by the same psychiatrist. Results: The sample consisted of 12 men and eight women aged 1759 years. Catatonic symptoms were prominent in 30% of…

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  • Ethnic Differences in Educational Attainment Among the Children of Canadian Immigrants

    Using the 2002 Ethnic Diversity Survey, this article examines the ethnic differences in university education attainment among the children of immigrants in Canada. We found that most groups achieve clear upward mobility across generations, while such upward pattern is not observed among Blacks and Filipinos. Asians (with the exception of Filipinos) attain higher academic achievements…

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  • HIV prevention risks for Black women in Canada.

    The future availability of HIV vaccines can increase options available to Canadian Black women for risk reduction. However, current conceptual frameworks do not adequately address barriers to HIV prevention for this population, and may be inadequate to address challenges with vaccines. This study explored knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV vaccines and associated prevention methods to…

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  • Ethnic diversity and pathways to care for a first episode of psychosis in Ontario

    To examine ethnic variations in the pathways to care for persons accessing early intervention (EI) services in Ontario. Method: The pathways to care and the duration of untreated psychosis were assessed for first-episode psychosis patients who entered specialized EI services in Ontario. The sample was assigned to the following ethnic classifications: the White (Caucasian), Black…

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  • A comparison of foetal and infant mortality in the United States and Canada.

    Background: Infant mortality rates are higher in the United States than in Canada. We explored this difference by comparing gestational age distributions and gestational age-specific mortality rates in the two countries. Methods: Stillbirth and infant mortality rates were compared for singleton births at 522 weeks and newborns weighing 5500g in the United States and Canada…

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  • Ethnic di ff erences in self-rated and functional health: does immigrant status matter?

    The current study examines self-rated health status and functional health differences between first-generation immigrant and Canadian-born (CB) persons who share the same ethnocultural origin, and the extent to which such differences reflect social structural and health-related behavioural contexts. Multivariate analyses of data from the 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey indicate that first-generation immigrants of Black…

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  • Psychosocial stressors and buffers affecting black women in Montreal

    Black women in Canada have not been the focus of intensive mental health research, even though data suggests they may be vulnerable to mental health disparities. The present study utilizes in-depth qualitative methods to explore the psychosocial experience of Black women in Montreal. Twelve women participated in semi-structured interviews that aimed to elicit principal psychosocial…

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