Although breast and prostate cancer are those most frequently diagnosed in Canada, information about the ways in which gender, class, race, culture, and other social determinants impact the experience of African Canadians living with cancer is lacking. This study began to address this gap by exploring cultured and gendered dimensions of African Nova Scotians' experiences…
Background: Significant disparities in cancer mortality exist as a function of ethnicity and race in North America. Little is known, how-ever, about the presentation of cancer information in mass media that targets ethnic minority groups. Objectives: 1) To evaluate the volume and type of cancer coverage and the readability of cancer articles in Canadian mainstream…
Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that among patients admitted to a hospital with psychosis, Afro-Canadian patients would be more likely than Euro-Canadian or Asian-Canadian patients to be brought to emergency services by police or ambulance. Methods: Data on psychotic patients admitted to the psychiatry ward in 1999 were extracted from records of a general…
Black Canadians share many aspects of the historical experiences of African Americans, but there are also important differences. One similarity between these two groups is the persistent academic underachievement of Black adolescents. Although this is a subject of widespread concern in both countries, it has received little empirical scrutiny in Canada. We address this shortcoming…
Racial profiling has become one of the most controversial issues facing the Canadian criminal justice system. In a recent article, Thomas Gabor dismisses much of the evidence of racial profiling in Canada as "baseless" and "inflammatory." We address Gabor's critique by highlighting findings from a Toronto survey which suggest that black youth are much more…
This paper investigates the assimilation and iteration of racial stereotypes among Black Canadians by inspecting open-ended interviews with eight Black or mixed-race respondents who are adjudicated young offenders. The focus of this investigation is on whether, and to what extent, this assimilation can be observed in interviewees' discourse and, moreover, whether the speakers' self-concepts entail…
Objective: The objective of this study was to identify characteristics associated with reinfection in sexually transmitted disease (STD) patients in Alberta, Canada. Methods: A retrospective cohort of 5,701 STD patients with gonorrhea diagnosed between 1991 and 2003 were followed for incident gonorrhea. Rates of reinfection were estimated and multivariate logistic regression was used to identify…
Background: Imported malaria is an increasing problem. The arrival of 224 African refugees presented the opportunity to investigate the diagnosis and management of imported malaria within the Quebec health care system. Methods: The refugees were visited at home 3–4 months after arrival in Quebec. For 221, a questionnaire was completed and permission obtained for access…
The genomic polymorphism of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) for types other than 16 has not been extensively described. We describe here the genomic polymorphism of high-risk HPV type 31 in 79 women (62 HIV-seropositive, 17 HIV-seronegative) by PCR-sequencing of the long control region (LCR), E6 and E7. LCR polymorphism was generated by 25 (6.4%) single-nucleotide…
The purpose of this study was to determine the occurrence of and risk factors for depressive disorder in a random sample of 342 Ethiopian immigrants and refugees in Toronto. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview questionnaire was used to measure depression. The results suggested a lifetime prevalence of depression among Ethiopian immigrants and refugees of 9.8%,…
