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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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  • HIV Prevention for Black Women: Structural Barriers and Opportunities

    Black women bear a disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS in North America. The purpose of this investigation was to explore Black Canadian women’s perspectives on HIV risk and prevention. Four 90-minute focus groups (n526) and six key informant interviews were conducted in Toronto with Black women of African and Caribbean descent and low socioeconomic status. Data…

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  • The use of traditional medicine by Ghanaians in Canada.

    Background: Research into health and health-care seeking behaviour amongst immigrant populations suggests that culturally-based behaviours change over time towards those prevalent in the host culture. Such acculturation of immigrant groups occurs as part of the interaction of immigrants with mainstream culture. This study examined the acculturation of Ghanaian immigrants in Greater Toronto Area (Canada) focusing…

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  • Results of the Ontario Survey on the Prevalence and Control of Hypertension

    Background: Available information on the prevalence and management of hypertension in the Canadian population dates back to 1986–1992 and probably does not reflect the current status of this major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We sought to evaluate the current prevalence and management of hypertension among adults in the province of Ontario. Methods: Potential respondents…

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  • Pathways to suicidality across ethnic groups in Canadian adults: the possible role of social stress

    Background: Ethnicity is an important determinant of mental health outcomes including suicidality (i.e. suicidal ideation and suicide attempt). Understanding ethnic differences in the pathways to suicidality is important for suicide prevention efforts in ethnically diverse populations. These pathways can be conceptualized within a social stress framework. Method: The study examines ethnic differences in the pathways…

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  • Mothers Raising Children with Sickle Cell Disease at the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Illness Stigma

    This qualitative study used the long interview method with Canadian mothers of African and Caribbean descent to understand the underresearched experience of raising a child with sickle cell disease (SCD). Mothers’ realities were explored through three levels of social organization: daily caregiver coping (micro level); community views of SCD, such as stigma (meso level); and…

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  • Reliability and convergent and discriminant validity of the Child Oral Health Impact Profile (COHIP Child’s version)

    Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to assess the reliability as well as the convergent and discriminant validity of the Child Oral Health Impact Profile (COHIP). The questionnaire consisted of five domains that assessed oral health, functional well-being, social-emotional well-being, school environment, and self-image. COHIP was designed to measure self-reported oral health-related quality…

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  • Determinants of Black women’s health in rural and remote communities.

    The On the Margins project investigated health status, health-care delivery, and use of health services among African-Canadian women residing in rural and remote regions of the province of Nova Scotia.A participatory action research approach provided a framework for the study.Triangulation of data-collection methods — interviews, focus groups, and questionnaires — formed the basis of data…

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  • Health Service Utilization by Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto

    The purpose of this study was to examine the health service utilization patterns of Ethiopian immigrants and refugees in a random sample of 342 adults residing in Toronto. The results suggested that 85% of the study participants used one or more type of health services, most often from a family physician. However, only 12.5% of…

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