A5086614495- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Sex work and related issues
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
University of Toronto
2022-2024
Public Health Ontario
2022-2024
La Trobe University
2024
3M (United States)
2024
Carleton University
2020-2022
In efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, jurisdictions across globe, including Canada, enacted containment measures that affected intimacy and sexual relations. This article examines how public health during COVID-19 impacted practices minority men— gay, bisexual, queer other men who have sex with men—and they adopted modified guidelines transmission HIV sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We conducted 93 semi-structured interviews (n = 93) in Montreal, Toronto Vancouver, between...
One hope surrounding long-acting HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is reaching new users who could most benefit, as well improving the experiences of oral PrEP may desire to switch modalities. Gay, bisexual, queer, and other men have sex with (GBQM) continue make up over half diagnoses in Canada, uptake has plateaued among this population. Approval injectable anticipated, but there a paucity research inform health promotion implementation. Between June October 2021, we conducted 22...
Background Our objective was to understand what gay, bisexual, and queer men (GBQM) who had experience using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) thought about the ‘Undetectable equals Untransmittable’ (U=U) message how it informed their sexual decision-making over time. Methods We conducted annual longitudinal qualitative interviews (2020–22) with 17 current or former PrEP users as part of a mixed-methods implementation science study examining barriers facilitators awareness, access, adherence....
Abstract Objective Epidemics impact individuals unevenly across race, gender, and sexuality. In addition to being more vulnerable COVID-19 infection, evidence suggests racialized gender sexual minorities experienced disproportionate levels of discrimination stigma during the epidemic. Drawing on Critical Race Theory (CRT), we examined experiences gay, bisexual, queer, other men who have sex with (GBQM) colour facing COVID-19. Design Engage-COVID-19 is a mixed methods study examining GBQM...
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective biomedical intervention used by HIV-negative people to prevent acquisition. Despite increased use of PrEP worldwide, several barriers implementation have resulted in insufficient uptake, inadequate adherence, and frequent discontinuation. Our objective was interrogate the social, political, economic conditions shaping delivery among gay, bisexual, queer other men who sex with (GBQM) Ontario, Canada.
Abstract In March 2020, in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, Canadian provincial governments instituted a variety of public health measures that included social distancing and isolation, which may have had unintended consequeses. According Loneliness Sexual Risk Model, gay, bisexual, other men who sex with (GBM) often cope loneliness through risky sexual behaviors. Previous studies demonstrated such as isolation led increases loneliness; thus, these also elevated risk‐taking among some GBM....
Research documenting the impact of COVID-19 on Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) populations in Canada is limited. Our objectives were to investigate lockdown measures lives trans, nonbinary, other gender nonconforming (TGNC) people. Engage a mixed methods study examining queer, men who have sex with (GBQM) living Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Canada. Using purposive sampling, we conducted in-depth qualitative interviews (between November 2020–February...
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic led to the widespread adoption of virtual care—the use communication technologies receive health care at home. We explored differential impacts rapid transition during on health‐care access and delivery for gay, bisexual queer men (GBQM), a population that disproportionately experiences sexual mental disparities in Canada. Adopting sociomaterial theoretical perspective, we analysed 93 semi‐structured interviews with GBQM ( n = 93) Montreal, Toronto Vancouver,...
The Canadian HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) guidelines recommend both daily and on-demand dosing for gay, bisexual, queer men (GBQM), meeting additional risk criteria. However, limited research explored how GBQM implement pausing, on-demand, discontinuation, resumption of PrEP, including the contextual factors affecting decision-making. Using a relationally situated implementation science framework, we examined tailor PrEP use to changing social sexual circumstances. We conducted 109...
Critical scholarship has illustrated how COVID-19 public health policies can enact racism, classism, and cis-heteronormativity, perpetuating harms among vulnerable communities. We sought to examine the accounts of gay, bisexual, queer men (GBQM) in Canada on normative ideologies played out directives what impacts these orders had their lives. Two rounds semi-structured interviews with GBQM Montreal (n = 30), Toronto 33), Vancouver 30) were conducted between November 2020-February 2021...
<p>In efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, jurisdictions across globe, including Canada, enacted containment measures that affected intimacy and sexual relations. This article examines how public health during COVID-19 impacted practices minority men- gay, bisexual, queer other men who have sex with men-and they adopted modified guidelines transmission HIV sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We conducted 93 semi-structured interviews (<em>n</em> = 93) in Montreal,...
<p>There are many reasons why individuals engage in prosocial behavior; communal sexual altruism is based on the notion that some practice safer sex interest of promoting well-being their community/in-group. Given definitions what constitutes "safer sex" have changed with advances human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, we investigated importance (herein "altruism") among urban gay, bisexual, and other minority men (GBM) contemporary context. Using a sample 2449 GBM examined...
<p>There are many reasons why individuals engage in prosocial behavior; communal sexual altruism is based on the notion that some practice safer sex interest of promoting well-being their community/in-group. Given definitions what constitutes "safer sex" have changed with advances human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, we investigated importance (herein "altruism") among urban gay, bisexual, and other minority men (GBM) contemporary context. Using a sample 2449 GBM examined...
<p>Research documenting the impact of COVID-19 on Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) populations in Canada is limited. Our objectives were to investigate lockdown measures lives trans, nonbinary, other gender nonconforming (TGNC) people. Engage a mixed methods study examining queer, men who have sex with (GBQM) living Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Canada. Using purposive sampling, we conducted in-depth qualitative interviews (between November...
<p>Research documenting the impact of COVID-19 on Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) populations in Canada is limited. Our objectives were to investigate lockdown measures lives trans, nonbinary, other gender nonconforming (TGNC) people. Engage a mixed methods study examining queer, men who have sex with (GBQM) living Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Canada. Using purposive sampling, we conducted in-depth qualitative interviews (between November...
<p>In efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, jurisdictions across globe, including Canada, enacted containment measures that affected intimacy and sexual relations. This article examines how public health during COVID-19 impacted practices minority men- gay, bisexual, queer other men who have sex with men-and they adopted modified guidelines transmission HIV sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We conducted 93 semi-structured interviews (<em>n</em> = 93) in Montreal,...
Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use has been attributed to heightened rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), ostensibly due increased condomless anal sex (CAS) and greater frequency STI testing. Few qualitative studies have assessed how gay, bisexual queer men (GBQM) who PrEP perceive STIs these attitudes evolved post-PrEP uptake. We investigated the perspectives current former users on STIs. Methods Annual, in-depth longitudinal interviews were conducted with 38 in...
The Internet and HIV biomedical technologies are considered as significant technological advances underpinning “barebacking”, or condom-less anal sex among gay, bisexual, other men who have with (MSM). Online chatrooms, discussion boards, geosocial networking applications (“apps”) regarded having facilitated new opportunities to meet connect barebackers. Virtual spaces enabled the proliferation of online discourses specific barebacking, such “bugchasing” “giftgiving” refer intentional...
Abstract There are many reasons why individuals engage in prosocial behavior; communal sexual altruism is based on the notion that some practice safer sex interest of promoting well‐being their community/in‐group. Given definitions what constitutes “safer sex” have changed with advances human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, we investigated importance (herein “altruism”) among urban gay, bisexual, and other minority men (GBM) contemporary context. Using a sample 2449 GBM examined...