Black PRAISE (Pastors Raising Awareness and Insight of Stigma through Engagement)
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Completed Studies
Exploring the role of Social Work in supporting people affected by HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
-+*Research Team: Andrew Eaton (nominated principal investigator), Jocelyn Watchorn (co-principal investigator), Shelley Craig (co-principal investigator), John McCullagh, David McClure, Chantal Mukandoli, Robert Wallace What is this research about? The researchers surveyed older HIV-positive adults (over 50 years of age) in Toronto about their knowledge of HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND) and social work services. The
World Pride Sex Drugs and Alcohol Survey
-+*Research Team: Paul Shuper (principal investigator), Duncan MacLachlan, John Maxwell, Tim Guimond, Barry Adam What is this research about? Toronto’s hosting of World Pride Celebrations in 2014 was an unprecedented opportunity to survey a large group of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men about their patterns of alcohol and substance use,
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Improving Maternal and Neonatal Care for Women with HIV
-+*Research Team: Tony Antoniou (Principal Investigator); Mona Loutfy; Ahmed Bayoumi, Rick Glazier; Mark Yudin; Jason Brophy; Wangari Tharao; Shari Margolese; Khatundi Masinde What is this research about? With advances in HIV care, women living with HIV can live healthy, active lives; over two-thirds wish to become mothers. With appropriate prenatal care, transmission from mother to
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Engaging Marginalized Populations in the Conduct of HIV Community Based Research
-+*Research Team: Soo Chan Carusone (nominated principal investigator), Carol Strike (co-principal investigator), Adrian Guta (co-principal investigator), Curtis Cooper, Liz Creal, Karen de Prinse What is this research about? Drug use is a risk factor for acquiring HIV and for negative health outcomes in people living with HIV. People who use drugs are strongly impacted by
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Prison-Based Needle and Syringe Program Guidelines
-+*Community-based Research-in-Residence Recipient: Emily van der Meulen Community Partners: PASAN (a community based AIDS-service organization for prisoners and former prisoners) and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network What is this research about? The prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) in Canadian federal prisons is estimated to be much higher than in the general population (10X
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Wise Funding Practice
-+*Research Team: Margaret Robinson (principal investigator), Heather Castleden (co-applicant), Jessica Demeria (co-applicant), Jonathan Salsberg, Wanda Whitebird, Art Zoccole, Doris O’Brien-Teengs. What is this research about? Research funding programs aim to be objective and to fund feasible, high-quality research with the best chance for useful outcomes. Unfortunately, commonly used measures of feasibility, quality and usefulness privilege
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PROUD (Participatory Research in Ottawa, Understanding Drugs)
-+*Research Team: Claire Kendall (co-Principal Investigator), Zack Marshall (co-Principal Investigator), with the PROUD Peer Research and Community Advisory Board. (OHTN Applied Research Chair Mark Tyndall was the initial principal investigator on this project.) Research Website: http://theproudproject.com/ What is this research about? PROUD, Participatory Research in Ottawa, Understanding Drugs, aims to understand the overall health and
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A Needs Assessment of Hidden and Hard-to-Reach Populations in Northern Ontario and Niagara
-+*Research Team: Richard Rainville (nominated principal applicant), Stacey Mayhall (principal investigator), Glen Walker, Gerry Croteau, Holly Gauvin, Tim Guimond, Jean Bacon, Diana Campbell What is this research about? The populations that use the services of Community Based AIDS Organizations (CBAO) in Northern Ontario and in the small urban centre of Niagara are disproportionately people who