Organization:
Positive Women’s Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Article
Article published on TheBody.com concerning the murder of Cicely Bolden, a black woman who disclosed her HIV+ status to a partner and was murdered.The PWN resources in Sage can be reproduced and adapted for non-commercial use with credit to the author. Please note...
Organization:
UBC/BCCDC
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This report provides a brief overview of a study conducted by a research teamaffiliated with the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Centrefor Disease Control and funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. The aimof the study was to explore why...
Organization:
Canadian AIDS Society
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Needs assessment
This resource presents the results of an on-line survey conducted with members of the Canadian AIDS Society from across Canada. Among its contents are the following: key challenges in finding affordable and suitable housing; an overview of housing programs that are...
Organization:
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
Thirty years into the HIV epidemic, HIV-related stigma and discrimination continue to be pervasive in the lives of people living with HIV. HIV-related stigma and discrimination occur throughout the world – however, they manifest differently and in varying degrees in...
Organization:
AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Stigma, mental health and HIV across the lifespan constitute ACT’s health promotion priorities for the agency’s Strategic Plan (2010-2015). The health promotion priorities are intended to guide and inform the direction and content of ACT’s programs and services during...
Organization:
Realize (previously CWGHR)
Publication date: 2011
Format:
Word document
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
Organization:
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2011
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
There is relatively little reliable information on prevalence rates of HIV within trans communities. This being said, more and more research is attempting to fill this gap. These studies are uncovering new facets of a startling reality that trans communities from...
Organization:
Realize (previously CWGHR)
Publication date: 2011
Format:
Word document
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
Organization:
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2011
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
In both high-income and low- or middle-income countries, indigenous peoples face some of the heaviest burdens of ill health. In particular, indigenous populations face a higher vulnerability to HIV due to a range of factors including stigmatization, structural racism...
