The OHTN offers community-based research funding to support community-based agencies, their staff, and people living with HIV/AIDS in undertaking research and evaluation activities. These activities must have a meaningful impact in the short- to medium- term for those most affected by HIV. Funding may aid community members to:
- Develop and modify effective programs and services
- Develop new policies and practices
- Generate preliminary data to make the case for additional research
- Build research partnerships with other stakeholders including researchers, policy/decision makers, community-based organizations, and people living with HIV/AIDS
- Support effective knowledge translation and exchange
Recently Completed Projects
Access, Identity and Men (AIM): Sexual Health among South Asian Men who have Sex with Men
– Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP)
Prison-Based Needle and Syringe Program Guidelines – Community-based Researcher-in-Residence Award, Emily van der Meulen
Developing a psychoeducational support group of serodiscordant couples – AIDS Committee of Toronto
Evaluation of a peer-based model of support for HIV Prevention (HIPS) – Street Health
Restorative Justice/Harm Reduction pilot project – Rittenhouse
Taking the sexy health carnival on the pow-wow trail – Native Youth Sexual Health Network
A needs assessment of hidden and hard to reach populations in Northern Ontario and Niagara – Reseau Access Network
Comparing models for engaging marginalized populations in Community Based Research – Casey House
Exploring the role of social work in supporting people affected by HAND – AIDS Committee of Toronto
Supporting the supporters: Promoting resilience among people living with HIV/AIDS service providers – Regent Park Community Health Centre
Size Matters: An investigator of needle gauge on illicit injection outcomes – South Riverdale Community Health Centre
Developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for the AIDS Committee of Toronto – AIDS Committee of Toronto
Examining the hospital experiences of people living with HIV/Hepatitis C who use substances – Casey House
Legal needs assessment for Trans Ontarians – HIV/AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario
Participatory Program Evaluation Project – The Toronto People With AIDS Foundation
Waterloo Region Gay/Bi/Trans Men Who Have Sex With Men Situational Assessment (2 parts) – AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo & Area
This is Not Art Therapy – The Toronto People With AIDS Foundation
The ART of conversation: Developing a peer telephone support program for people living with HIV who use substances and are facing challenges with antiretroviral adherence following hospitalization – AIDS Committee of Toronto
Youth, HIV, and Housing: A study exploring the barriers and challenges experienced by unstably housed youth living with HIV – Fife House Foundation
Adaptation of AFFIRM for newcomer African, Caribbean and Black men who have sex with men – BlackCap
Identifying wise practices in building communities resilience: the ethno-racial treatment support networkd (ETSN) program education project – Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment
Visioning health II: Developing culturally-grounded strength based health intervention for HIV-positive indigenous women who have been incarcerated – PASAN
Bringing HealthCare to the Streets – Elevate NWO