2024
A Manifesto for transformative action on HIV among Black communities in Canada
Owino M, Dryden O, Este D, Etowa J, Husbands W, Nelson L, Ojukwu E, Peters E, Tharao W. A Manifesto for transformative action on HIV among Black communities in Canada. Canadian Journal Of Public Health 2024, 115: 245-249. PMID: 38389034, PMCID: PMC11027760, DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00856-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCanadian communitiesBlack communityHIV epidemicSystemic anti-Black racismCommunity advocatesBlack personsWhite CanadiansAnti-Black racismCommunity leadershipHIV crisisHIVWhite supremacyBlack livesSocio-economicBlack researchersPublic institutionsCommunityService providersTransformative actionInterim CommitteeCanadaManifestoProgramPolicyProviders
2023
Structural violence and the uncertainty of viral undetectability for African, Caribbean and Black people living with HIV in Canada: an institutional ethnography
Odhiambo A, O’Campo P, Nelson L, Forman L, Grace D. Structural violence and the uncertainty of viral undetectability for African, Caribbean and Black people living with HIV in Canada: an institutional ethnography. International Journal For Equity In Health 2023, 22: 33. PMID: 36797746, PMCID: PMC9935247, DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01792-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural violenceACB peopleBlack peopleSocial fabricInstitutional practicesBlack communityHealth policy actorsPrecarious immigration statusSocial determinantsAnti-Black racismHIV/AIDSCriminalization of HIVPolicy actorsInstitutional ethnographyHIV discourseSocial workersHousing instabilityDepth interviewsImmigration statusSocial worldBiomedical discoursePrivileged individualsFrontline workersFood insecurityRacial discrimination
2022
Unmasking legislative constraints: An institutional ethnography of linkage and engagement in HIV healthcare for African, Caribbean, and Black people in Ontario, Canada
Odhiambo A, Forman L, Nelson L, O’Campo P, Grace D. Unmasking legislative constraints: An institutional ethnography of linkage and engagement in HIV healthcare for African, Caribbean, and Black people in Ontario, Canada. PLOS Global Public Health 2022, 2: e0000714. PMID: 36962554, PMCID: PMC10021522, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInstitutional ethnographyBlack immigrantsHIV healthcareInstitutional practicesAnti-Black racismOntario Health Insurance PlanPublic healthcare systemStructural violenceState agentsSocial workersHuman rightsHealth service accessBlack peopleLegislative frameworkHealth scholarshipImmigrantsLegislative barriersLegislative constraintsExamination policyService accessEthnographyImmigrationEngagementHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemicMandatory HIV