Canada

The relationship between HIV-related stigma and HIV knowledge in African, Caribbean and Black communities in Ontario:Reports from the Keep It Alive! (KIA) evaluation study

July 1, 2013

Keep it alive! (KIA) was a community-based social marketing campaign developed and implemented by the African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO) from 2006-2009. KIA was designed to increase awareness of HIV and reduce HIV-related stigma in African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities, promote safer sex and HIV-testing, and to raise ACCHO’s profile…
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Associations Between HIV-Related Stigma, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, and Depression Among HIV-Positive African, Caribbean, and Black Women in Ontario, Canada.

July 1, 2013

African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) women are greatly overrepresented in new HIV infections in comparison with Canada’s general population. Social and structural factors such as HIV-related stigma, gender discrimination, and racial discrimination converge to increase vulnerability to HIV infection among ACB women by reducing access to HIV prevention services. Stigma and discrimination also present barriers…
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HIV risk perception and distribution of HIV risk among African, Caribbean and other Black people in a Canadian city: mixed methods results from the BLACCH study.

July 1, 2013

Background: African, Caribbean, and other Black (ACB) people are a priority population for HIV prevention in Canada. However, little is known about the epidemiology of HIV risk within this population. This study aimed to address this knowledge gap by presenting service providers' and ACB community members' perceptions of HIV risk among ACB populations, describing the…
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Awareness of palliative care and end-of-life options among African Canadians in Nova Scotia.

July 1, 2013

Purpose: To assess, using qualitative methods, the knowledge African Canadians living in Nova Scotia have regarding their options for palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care. Design: This project engaged caregivers in a Black community in Nova Scotia, Canada, in an exploration of palliative and EOL care. A group of six caregivers who cared for someone who…
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“Everyone just keeps their eyes closed and their fingers crossed”: Sexual health communication among black parents and children in Nova Scotia, Canada.

July 1, 2013

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 modify harmful behaviours among youth, less is known about how parent–child communication can serve as a prevention intervention strategy…
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[Successful aging: perception of aged immigrant women from Black Africa in Montreal].

July 1, 2013

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 they consider essential to experience “a maximum of satisfaction and happiness” during this stage of their life. It is…
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“Sisters, Mothers, Daughters and Aunties”: HIV vaccine acceptability among African, Caribbean and other Black women in Toronto

July 1, 2013

Objectives : Black women in Canada are at disproportionately high risk for HIV. We assessed HIV vaccine acceptability and correlates of acceptability among Black women from African and Caribbean communities in Toronto. Methods : “Sisters, Daughters, Mothers, and Aunties” was a community-based research project. Black women of African and Caribbean descent were recruited using venue-based…
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Optimizing Diabetes Literacy: Lessons from African Canadians in Calgary about Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis

May 13, 2013

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 Calgary, Alberta, Canada, about significant events and experiences at the time of their diagnosis with type 2 diabetes. Methods:…
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Race, gender, class, sexuality (RGCS) and hypertension

April 24, 2013

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 hypertension in nationally-representative survey data from Canada. Binary logistic regression is used to model the main effects of, and…
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Gender and Ethnicity Differences in HIV-related Stigma Experienced by People Living with HIV in Ontario, Canada

December 27, 2012

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 measured using the revised HIV-related Stigma Scale. Correlates of total stigma scores were assessed in univariate and multivariate linear…
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