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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social determinants of health, mental health, and substance use among key populations affected by sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in Canada

April 30, 2024

Objectives: We assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social determinants of health, mental health, substance use, and access to mental health and harm reduction services among key populations disproportionately impacted by sexu ally transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI). Methods: Online surveys (2021‒2022) were conducted in Canada among people who use drugs or alcohol…
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“We are mothers, sisters, and lovers too”: Examining young Black women’s experiences navigating sex and sexual health

April 9, 2024

In Canada, there is a lack of research that addresses the sexual health and well being of African, Caribbean, and Black young women. This paper aims to gather perspectives of young Black women to address the social contexts of how young Black women navigate issues related to sex and sexual health.Young Black women experience unique…
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Stage of diagnosis and survival for prostate cancer among immigrant men in Ontario, Canada

February 29, 2024

Introduction: We previously identified specific immigrant groups (West African and Caribbean) with increased incidence of prostate cancer in Ontario, Canada. In this population-level retrospective cohort study, we used administrative databases to compare stage of diagnosis, 5-year overall survival and prostate cancer-specific survival for immigrants versus long-term residents of Ontario. Methods: We linked several provincial-level databases…
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Safety of BEN guidelines in clozapine treatment: A Canadian perspective

January 22, 2024

Objective: Unidentified benign ethnic neutropenia (BEN) has been recognized as a factor contributing to clozapine underutilization and discontinuation. Guidelines were implemented to accommodate BEN in Canada, and our main objective was to evaluate clozapine’s safety in a sample of Canadian psychiatric patients with BEN. Method: A retrospective chart review was conducted at the Centre for…
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Predicting time to serologic diagnosis of AQP4+NMOSD based on clinical factors and social determinants of health

December 27, 2023

Background: Early serologic diagnosis and initiation of targeted therapy are associated with better outcomes in aquaporin-4 IgG positive (AQP4+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Objective: To determine predictors of time to serologic diagnosis of AQP4+NMOSD. Methods: In CANOPTICS, a multi-centre, Canadian cohort study of NMOSD, we retrospectively evaluated time from the first clinical attack to…
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“It’s like We’re Still in Slavery”: Stress as Distress and Discourse among Jamaican Farm Workers in Ontario, Canada

December 25, 2023

For more than fifty years, Jamaican farm workers have been seasonally employed in Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP). In Canada, these workers live and work in conditions that make them vulnerable to various health issues, including poor mental health. This ethnographic study investigated Jamaican SAWP workers’ mental health experiences in Southern Ontario.…
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Looking at Diabetes Through Different Lenses: Focus Groups Conducted With Somali Canadian Families and Their Health-care Providers

November 25, 2023

Objectives : In Toronto, many families with Somali backgrounds have children living with type 1 diabetes (T1D). At our clinic, children with African and Caribbean backgrounds have higher glycated hemoglobin than children from European backgrounds. In this study, we explored the experiences and perspectives of Somali Canadian families with children living with T1D, as well…
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Multi ‑ level strategies to improve equitable timely person ‑ centred osteoarthritis care for diverse women: qualitative interviews with women and healthcare professionals

September 29, 2023

Background: Women are more likely to develop osteoarthritis (OA), and have greater OA pain and disability compared with men, but are less likely to receive guideline-recommended management, particularly racialized women.OA care of diverse women, and strategies to improve the quality of their OA care is understudied. The purpose of this study was to explore strategies…
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Factors Associated with the Usefulness of Public Health Communication in the Context of COVID-19: Lessons Learned from the African, Caribbean, and Black Communities in Ottawa, Ontario

September 4, 2023

Public health communication is critical for promoting behaviours that can prevent the transmission of COVID-19. However, there are concerns about the effectiveness of public health communication within Canada’s African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) communities. In the community sample of ACB people in Ottawa, Ontario, we asked community members if they perceive public health messages related…
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Black queer identities and pandemic survival experiences in Canada

July 1, 2023

COVID-19 has affected Black people and all aspects of Black life in many ways; this is especially true among LGBTQ+ people. How have Black queer people managed during this pandemic and what does resilience look like for them? Many continue to experience exclusion and systemic marginalization and have suffered greatly from isolation and other social…
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