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1. Advancing research for HIV prevention among African, Caribbean and Black men

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Husbands, Winston, Etowa, Josephine, Oakes, Wesley, Omorodion, Francisca, Luginaah, Isaac, Etowa, Egbe, Ghose, Bishwajit, and Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing

Subjects
Ontario, Male, Observational Study, HIV, Black People, HIV Infections, men's health, Vulnerable Populations, Health Risk Behaviors, weSpeak study, Cross-Sectional Studies, African, Caribbean, and Black men, Humans, mixed method study, Research Article
Abstract

In Ontario, African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) men account for almost 60% of the estimated number of HIV-positive people (through heterosexual contact), although they constitute less than 5% of the province's population. However, current HIV research, programming and policy in Ontario are not aligned with heterosexual ACB men's healthcare needs and interests, and fail to engage them in community responses to HIV. weSpeak is a multisite (Ottawa, Toronto, London, and Windsor) project that is aims to: 1.assess the sociocultural and socio-political conditions that contribute to HIV related health disparities among ACB men,2.examine social and behavioral vulnerabilities to HIV among ACB men, including their social identities related to race, class, gender and sexualities,3.community engagement and mobilization part of the project, and4.generate, appraise and share new knowledge, and support its translation into intervention and practice. This will be a mixed method study comprising focus groups, in-depth interviews, and a survey to meet the data objectives. All data collection activities will take place at the same time in 4 cities in 3 sequential phases: 1.focus groups,2.in-depth interviews, and3.a questionnaire survey. Service providers will participate in the concept mapping exercise to review the research findings and develop program, policy, and community-based initiatives to promote resilience and meaningfully engage heterosexual ACB men in community responses to HIV survey. This study will provide evidence on: 1.heterosexual ACB men's experience of structural disadvantage and psychological factors is associated with HIV vulnerability.2.heterosexual ACB men with greater internal resilience and social resources show greater risky behaviors, and3.a conceptual Model of HIV vulnerability linking the potential internal and external factors that interact to influence HIV vulnerability. This study will lead to better understanding of the structural determinants and the psychosocial risk factors of HIV transmission among ACB men in Ontario which will aid in designing evidence-based intervention programs, and thereby reduce their higher vulnerability to HIV and its associated consequences.

Published
2021

3. Resourceful masculinities: exploring heterosexual Black men's vulnerability to HIV in Ontario, Canada.

Author

Husbands, Winston, Oakes, Wesley, Mbulaheni, Tola, Ongoïba, Fanta, Pierre-Pierre, Valérie, and Luyombya, Henry

Subjects
*HIV infections, *MASCULINITY, *MEN'S health, *RACISM, *RESEARCH funding, *PSYCHOLOGY of Black people, *THEMATIC analysis, *PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability
Abstract

Objectives: Heterosexually active Black men are alleged to endorse masculine norms that increase their and their female partners' vulnerability to HIV. These norms include Black men's inability or reluctance to productively engage their own health-related personal and interpersonal vulnerabilities. We draw on data from the iSpeak research study in Ontario, Canada, to assess whether and how heterosexual Black men cope with personal and inter-personal vulnerability, namely that heterosexual Black men: avoid emotionally supportive relationships with other men (and women), which diminishes their capacity to productively acknowledge and resolve their health-related challenges; are reticent to productively acknowledge and address HIV and health on a personal level; and are pathologically secretive about their health, which compounds their vulnerability and precipitates poor health outcomes. Design: iSpeak was implemented in 2011 to 2013, and included two focus groups with HIV-positive and HIV-negative self-identified heterosexual men (N = 14) in Toronto and London, a focus group with community-based health promotion practitioners who provide HIV-related services to Black communities in Ontario (N = 6), and one-on-one interviews with four researchers distinguished for their scholarship with/among Black communities in Toronto. Participants in the men's focus group were recruited discretely through word-of-mouth. Focus groups were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Team members independently read the transcripts, and then met to identify, discuss and agree on the emerging themes. Results: We demonstrate that iSpeak participants (a) engage their personal and interpersonal vulnerabilities creatively and strategically, (b) complicate and challenge familiar interpretations of Black men's allegedly transgressive masculinity through their emotional and practical investment in their health, and (c) demonstrate a form of resourceful masculinity that ambiguously aligns with patriarchy. Conclusion: We conclude with a range of actionable recommendations to strengthen the discursive framework for understanding heterosexual Black men in relation to HIV and health, and substantively engaging them in community responses to HIV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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