-+*Research Team: Lacey VanEvery (MPH candidate, McMaster University) working with the host agency the Canadian Indigenous Nursing Association (CINA) What is this project about? This project looked at the role of nurses in better supporting Indigenous people living with HIV – particularly around mental health and psycho-social issues. It had three key elements: To explore […]
-+*Research Team: Doe O’Brien-Teengs (PhD candidate, Lakehead University) working with the host agency the Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy (Oahas) What is this project about? The Developing Research from Within project brought together Oahas staff in order to conceptualize and prioritize research ideas regarding HIV and Indigenous peoples in Ontario. This consultation was facilitated by Doe
-+*Positive Spaces, Healthy Places: HIV, Housing and Health Research in Action is the culmination of ten years of research and the first initiative in Canada to examine the relationship between housing and health for people living with HIV. Results from Positive Spaces, Healthy Places demonstrate that people living with HIV in unstable and unsafe housing
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-+*The introduction of combination antiretroviral treatment (cART) has led to a large decrease in the incidence of HIV-Associated Dementia (HAD). However, cART has not been shown to decrease the incidence of all neurocognitive impairment, and minor forms of neurocognitive impairment still persist at similar rates pre- and post-cART. These types of neurocognitive impairments can have
