Indigenous Peoples

World AIDS Day 2020

November 30, 2020Announcements, Epidemiology, Fact Sheet, Indigenous Peoples, News, WAD, World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day, December 1, which also launches the start of Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week in Canada, is an opportunity to contemplate what we have achieved and what challenges still lie ahead.

As we continue to deal with the reality …

Unmet needs of Indigenous peoples living with HIV

Danielle GiliauskasOctober 23, 2019Care, Engagement, Indigenous Peoples, Interventions Across the Cascade, News, People Living with HIV, Prevention, Priority Populations, Rapid Responses, Slider

Looking up into a forest of trees with sky in the background

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Questions

What are the unmet needs of Indigenous peoples living with HIV?
What interventions, strategies, and programs have been used to address these needs?

Key take-home messages

In 2016, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples accounted for 4.9%

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A cross-jurisdictional review of HIV testing intervals for population groups at high risk of HIV infection

Danielle GiliauskasApril 25, 2019African, Caribbean and Black Communities, Care, Engagement, Indigenous Peoples, Men who Have Sex with Men, Prevention, Priority Populations, Rapid Responses, Slider, Uncategorized, Women*

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Question

At what intervals do high-income jurisdictions encourage population groups at high risk of HIV infection to come forward for routine testing?

Key take-home messages

Most guidelines recommend at least annual HIV testing of population groups at high

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Synthesized HIV/AIDS Research Evidence (external link)

OHTNOctober 16, 2017Care, Co-infections, Employment, Engagement, External Links, Food Security, Housing, Indigenous Peoples, Intimate Partner Violence, Men who Have Sex with Men, Mental Health, Neurocognitive Disorders, Other Comorbidities, People Living with HIV, People who use Drugs, Prevention, Stigma, Substance Use

How Far Have We Come: How Far Still to Go? HIV Snapshot 2015

OHTNSeptember 22, 2017Indigenous Peoples, NX Conference Report, People who use Drugs, Women*

Mark Gilbert of the OHTN presented a snapshot of key trends for HIV in Ontario with a focus on the North, drawing on data collected by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study (OCS) and Public Health Ontario. It’s important …

Understanding Intertwining Epidemics (Syndemics)

OHTNSeptember 22, 2017Indigenous Peoples, NX Conference Report

The OHTN’s Mark Gilbert presented an overview of “syndemics.” The term syndemic recognizes that social and medical conditions interact, and that multiple conditions can be epidemics, particularly in marginalized communities. Together, these overlapping epidemics create a “perfect storm” that increases …

Strategies for responding to colonization and oppression

OHTNSeptember 21, 2017HIV Endgame Conference, Indigenous Peoples

Resilience after colonization

Speaking on a panel about resilience, Janet Smylie, of St. Michael’s Hospital, explained that, while resilience models are a step forward from problem and illness-based approaches, “If the adverse situation is oppression, maybe it’s not so good …

An Introduction to syndemics and intersectionality

OHTNSeptember 21, 2017Engagement, HIV Endgame Conference, Indigenous Peoples

“Syndemics” and “intersectionality”

“Syndemics” is a word that describes multiple and overlapping epidemics – such as HIV and hepatitis C. Although the OHTN loosely extended the term “syndemics” to include social and cultural factors in HIV Endgame: Stopping the Syndemics …

HIV Endgame: How can we navigate colonial trauma?

OHTNAugust 15, 2017HIV Endgame Conference, Indigenous Peoples, Mental Health, People Living with HIV

HIV Endgame: How does chronic stress affect us?

OHTNAugust 15, 2017African, Caribbean and Black Communities, HIV Endgame Conference, Indigenous Peoples, Mental Health, Other Comorbidities, People Living with HIV, Prevention

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INTRODUCTION

Background and Purpose
Governance of the Action Plan
Acknowledgements

ACTION PLAN

Section 1. Governance and Policy
1. 1.1. Diversity, Racial Equity and Inclusion Strategy
2. 1.2. OHTN Action Plan to confront Anti-Black Racism
3. 1.3. Review of OHTN Policie
4. 1.4. OHTN Board Composition and Recruitment
5. 1.5. OHTN Board Capacity Building
6. 1.6. OHTN Board’s Accountability to Black Community
Section 2. Workplace Equity
1. 2.1. Recruitment and Hiring of Black Employees
2. 2.2. Black Employee Retention and Professional Growth
3. 2.3. OHTN Employee Capacity Building
4. 2.4. Code of Conduct
Section 3. Data
1. 3.1. Race-Based Data Collection
2. 3.2. Access to Data
3. 3.3. Community Engagement
4. 3.4. Health Data Linkage
Section 4. Programs
1. 4.1. Communications
2. 4.2. Health and Racial Equity Review of Programs
3. 4.3. Black Community Engagement

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