HIV-related stigma among African, Caribbean, and Black youth in Windsor, Ontario

Black youth experience disproportionately poor health outcomes throughout Ontario's healthcare system, including the mental health and addictions system. The Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth (SAPACCY) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) seeks to address this disparity by providing clinical services to youth who identify as Black and/or as having African and/or Caribbean heritage, and their families, who are struggling with problematic substance use and/or mental health concerns. The clinical team works from an Afrocentric, culturally responsive lens to promote recovery and support Black youth in working through their mental health and addiction concerns. The program offers mental health and addictions counselling and psychotherapy, psychiatric consultation, psychoeducation, resource navigation, advocacy, and case management services to assist youth and their families/caregivers in reducing harm, moving toward recovery, and making healthy choices for themselves and their family. This paper will discuss SAPACCY’s approach to helping clients build resilience and resistance to anti-Black racism.

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The Social Environment of Daily Life and Perceptions of Police and/or Court Discrimination among African, Caribbean, and Black Youth

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice/La Revue canadienne de criminologie et de justice pénale ◽

10.3138/cjccj.2017.0003 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 59 (3) ◽

pp. 346-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Amy Peirone ◽

Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale ◽

Kenny Gbadebo ◽

Jelani Kerr

Keyword(s):

Social Environment ◽

Daily Life ◽

Black Youth ◽

The Social ◽

African Caribbean ◽

Perceptions Of Police

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Condom Use at Most Recent Intercourse Among African, Caribbean, and Black Youth in Windsor, Ontario

International Journal of Sexual Health ◽

10.1080/19317611.2016.1198444 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 228-242 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale ◽

Jelani Kerr ◽

Robert Mihan ◽

Rhulangane Mungwete ◽

Keyword(s):

Condom Use ◽

Black Youth ◽

African Caribbean

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623 Distributions of B-type natriuretic peptide levels are similar amongst patients with systolic heart failure of White European, South Asian, or African Caribbean origin

European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements ◽

10.1016/s1567-4215(05)80395-9 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 143-144

Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Natriuretic Peptide ◽

South Asian ◽

Systolic Heart Failure ◽

African Caribbean

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Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Among British Female University Students

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000049 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 55-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Viren Swami ◽

Angela Nogueira Campana ◽

Rebecca Coles

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Ethnic Differences ◽

Cosmetic Surgery ◽

South Asians ◽

Ethnically Diverse ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Lower Body ◽

Body Appreciation ◽

African Caribbean

Although patients of cosmetic surgery are increasingly ethnically diverse, previous studies have not examined ethnic differences in attitudinal dispositions toward cosmetic surgery. In the present study, 751 British female university students from three ethnic groups (Caucasians, South Asians, and African Caribbeans) completed measures of acceptance of cosmetic surgery, body appreciation, self-esteem, and demographic variables. Initial between-group analyses showed that Caucasians had lower body appreciation and self-esteem than Asian and African Caribbean participants. Importantly, Caucasians had higher acceptance of cosmetic surgery than their ethnic minority counterparts, even after controlling for body appreciation, self-esteem, age, and body mass index. Further analyses showed that ethnicity accounted for a small proportion of the variance in acceptance of cosmetic surgery, with body appreciation and self-esteem emerging as stronger predictors. Possible reasons for ethnic differences in acceptance of cosmetic surgery are discussed in Conclusion.

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