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Learning from the South: Microfinancing for HIV-Positive Women in Ontario Learning from the South, a community-based research project, is designed to implement and evaluate the impacts of a microfinancing intervention involving HIV-positive women living in ...
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jgloberman@ohtn.on.ca 2009-02-02
The East African Health Study in Toronto (EAST): A Survey of HIV and Health-Related Behaviour, Beliefs, Attitudes and Knowledge Communities from countries where HIV prevalence is high are also disproportionally affected by HIV/AIDS in Canada. In Ontario, trends indicate HIV prevalence among individuals from ...
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ashley.johns@utoronto.ca 2009-01-29
A collaborative process to achieve access and equity in primary health care access for Black women and women of colour Objective: Collect data on barriers and facilitators to primary health care access for Black women/Women of colour to develop a pilot program. Participants: 226 service users ...
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Charmaine.williams@utoronto.ca 2009-01-28
Promoting Equity in Access to HIV Vaccines among Black Women in Canada “Sisters, Mothers, Daughters and Aunties: Promoting Equity in Access to Future HIV Vaccines for Black Women in Canada” is a collaboration between Women’s Health in ...
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p.newman@utoronto.ca 2008-11-27
THE ROLE OF COMMON CO-INFECTIONS IN HIV SUSCEPTIBILITY, IMMUNO-PATHOGENESIS AND SECONDARY TRANSMISSION. The HIV-1 (HIV) pandemic has claimed over 20 million lives, and 40 million people are currently infected1. Most HIV transmission is sexual, and despite the ...
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rupert.kaul@utoronto.ca 2008-11-16
Behind Closed Doors: Using Ethnograhpy to Understand Ontario's Family Health Teams The project will study 6FHTs in the first phase and 5 FHTs and 1 CHC in the second phase to understand how becoming a ...
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jsimpson@swchc.on.ca 2008-09-30
Evaluation of the Ottawa Safe Inhalation Program The Evaluation of the Ottawa Safe Inhalation will document the impact of the Safe Inhalation Program in terms of changes in service access, drug use ...
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jsimpson@swchc.on.ca 2008-09-30
I Track Study One of the key components of the new Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada is knowledge development, which will enhance our understanding of the HIV ...
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mtapper@srchc.com 2008-06-24
Health Status and Health Needs of Older Immigrant Women Individual, Community, Societal and Policy Links The study highlights these eight key findings about the health status, health trends, and health and social service-seeking behaviours of older immigrant women in Toronto, ...
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mtapper@srchc.com 2008-06-20
Coming Together: Homeless Women, Housing and Social Support Coming Together: Homeless women, Housing and Social Support” is an arts-based community research project exploring how women and transwomen who are marginally housed build support ...
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comingtogetherproject@gmail.com 2008-06-16
Women's HIV Empowerment Through Life Tools for Health (wHEALTH) Over the past several years, HIV/AIDS has become one of the most serious epidemics worldwide, with significant impact on mortality, morbidity, overall quality of life ...
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iona@mcmaster.ca 2008-06-06
CIHR Team in HIV and Co-infections The HIV-1 (HIV) pandemic has claimed over 20 million lives, and 40 million people are currently infected. Most HIV transmission is sexual, and despite the ...
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rupert.kaul@utoronto.ca 2008-06-05
SCREEN - Seniors in the Community Risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition SCREEN is a valid and reliable nutrition risk screening tool for use with older adults. It can be self or interviewer administered. A ...
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2008-05-26
Promoting Resilience: A Community Health Center Approach The purpose of this qualitative and interpretive study is to contribute to a body of applied knowledge related to strengthening resilience among vulnerable populations using ...
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mel25@yorku.ca 2008-05-08
Comparison of Models of Primary Health Care in Ontario (COMP-PC) This cross-sectional mixed-method study comprehensively evaluated four primary health care (PHC) models currently functioning in Ontario: Community Health Centres (CHC), Family Health Networks (FHN), Health ...
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sefler@scohs.on.ca 2008-04-25
Perceptions and experiences of immigrant women's well-being, distress and mental health Women newcomers and health care providers participated in interviews and focus groups about barriers to accessing mental health care in primary care settings. We also ...
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mhynie@yorku.ca 2008-04-24
Striving for Best Practices and Equitable Mental Health Care Access for Racialized Communities in Toronto The objective of this study was to explore barriers and opportunities faced by service providers in the provision of appropriate mental health services to racialized ...
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yshakya@accessalliance.ca 2008-04-17
Collecting Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatment Data for the HIV Information Infrastructure Program Funded by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) of the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, the HIV Information Infrastructure Program has been developed ...
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2008-04-15
The Lesbians and Breast Cancer Project The Lesbians and Breast Cancer Project involves gathering the stories of lesbians from across Ontario who have experienced a breast cancer diagnosis. The project ...
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2008-04-15
Homelessness, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System This Canada-wide study is the first of its kind to study the inter-relationships and connections between homelessness and the criminal justice system, as well as ...
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2008-04-15
The Stop Study This study is called The STOP (Stop Smoking Therapy for Ontario Patients) Study: The effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy in Ontario Smokers. The purpose of ...
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2008-04-15
Father Involvement Research Alliance - Gay Fathers Cluster The LGBTQ Parenting Network heads up the Gay Fathers Research Cluster of this national, SSHRC-CURA funded project on Father Involvement. We have interviewed gay fathers ...
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2008-04-15
Settlement and Family Violence Outreach Curriculum Development for South Asian Newcomer Families The Service Coalition in the South Asian Community is a three year pilot project comprised of 11 service delivery partners and two coordinating partners, CASSA ...
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2008-04-15
Getting a Grip on Arthritis®: An Educational Intervention for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Arthritis in Primary Care Objective: Arthritis and related conditions affect over 4.5 million Canadians aged 15 years and older and in 2003 accounted for close to 9 million physician ...
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slineker@arthritis.ca 2008-02-15
Social Determinants of the Incidents and Management of Diabetes Project How social determinants of health affect the management of diabetes among vulnerable populations. ...
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adajani@lhchc.com 2007-08-14