Black Health

Mapping the social demography and location of HIV services across Toronto neighbourhoods

July 4, 2005

In this paper we map the location and distribution of HIV service providers across Toronto neighbourhoods. Our analysis identified an uneven distribution of services across Toronto and a number of communities that are less accessible to HIV-related services. We subsequently identified three neighbourhood-level characteristics of the populations living within these communities (i.e. concentrated economic disadvantage,…
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Disparities in the coverage of cancer information in ethnic minority and mainstream mass print media

July 1, 2005

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…
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The Role of Afro-Canadian Status in Police or Ambulance Referral to Emergency Psychiatric Services

July 1, 2005

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…
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Gendered and cultured relations: exploring African Nova Scotians’ perceptions and experiences of breast and prostate cancer.

July 1, 2005

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…
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Predictors of Gonorrhea Reinfection in a Cohort of Sexually Transmitted Disease Patients in Alberta, Canada, 1991–2003

May 18, 2005

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…
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Polymorphism of Human Papillomavirus Type 31 Isolates Infecting the Genital Tract of HIV-Seropositive and HIV-Seronegative Women at Risk for HIV Infection

October 14, 2004

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…
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Determinants of depression among Ethiopian immigrants and refugees in Toronto

July 1, 2004

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%,…
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‘Racelessness’ in a Canadian context? Exploring the link between black students’ identity, achievement, and mental health.

July 1, 2003

The relationship between racial identity, academic achievement, and mental health for 107 Black Canadian university students was examined within Fordham’s “racelessness” framework. Fordham posited that to achieve success, educational or professional, in a society where Blackness is devalued, Blacks adopt a strategy of racelessness—they downplay their Black identity, disengage from their culture of origin, and…
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The Ontario Uterine Fibroid Embolization Trial. Part 1. Baseline patient characteristics, fibroid burden, and impact on life.

September 16, 2002

Objective: To determine baseline characteristics of women undergoing uterine artery embolization (UAE) for symptomatic fibroids. Design: Multicenter, prospective, single-arm clinical treatment trial. Setting: Eight Ontario university and community hospitals. Patient(s): Five hundred fifty-five women undergoing UAE for fibroids. Intervention(s): Baseline questionnaires completed before UAE. Main Outcome Measure(s): Questionnaires were analyzed for demographic, medical, and gynecologic…
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432 Somali Women’s Birth Experiences in Canada after Earlier Female Genital Mutilation

December 4, 2000

Background: Women with previous female genital mutilation (sometimes referred to as circumcision) are migrating, with increasing frequency, to countries where this practice is uncommon. Many health care professionals in these countries lack experience in assisting women with female genital mutilation during pregnancy and birth, and they are usually untrained in this aspect of care. Somali…
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