Black Health

‘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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Sickle cell disease of the spine in children

August 1, 1999

Objective : To determine the incidence of back pain in children admitted with sickle cell disease so as to increase awareness of this disease in black children presenting with back pain or discomfort. Design : A retrospective review. Setting : The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, a tertiary care, university affiliated centre. Patients…
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Understanding use of condoms among Canadian ethnocultural communities: Methods and main findings of the survey

July 1, 1996

The aim of this study was to understand the intention to use a condom for each instance of sexual intercourse with a new partner in three of Canada's non-dominant ethnocultural communities: Latin American (N = 346), English-speaking Caribbean (N = 358), and South Asian (N = 355). All respondents were recruited from multiple ethnocultural venues…
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Black Health

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

The Ontario Uterine Fibroid Embolization Trial. Part 1. Baseline patient characteristics, fibroid burden, and impact on life.

432 Somali Women’s Birth Experiences in Canada after Earlier Female Genital Mutilation

Sickle cell disease of the spine in children

Understanding use of condoms among Canadian ethnocultural communities: Methods and main findings of the survey

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