Social determinants of health

Research with a Purpose: Stigma, Mental Health and HIV Across the Lifespan

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...

A House is Not Always a Home: A Needs and Assets Assessment

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...

An Analysis of Responses of Human Resources Professionals on Supporting Persons with Episodic Disabilities

Organization: Realize (previously CWGHR)
Publication date: 2011
Format: Word document
Resource Type: Fact sheet, Needs assessment

HIV/AIDS and Indigenous Populations in Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa

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...

Joint NGO Statement to UN Human Rights Council,16th Session re: sexual orientation, gender identity and human rights

Organization: HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
Format: PDF

"…[We] speak to issues of sexual orientation, gender identity and human rights, on behalf of 119 NGOs (21 ECOSOC-accredited) from over 60 countries (see attached list), and more than 300+ participants from 23 countries who endorsed the Joint Statement...

Commonwealth HIV and AIDS Action Group letter re murder of David Kato, gay human rights activist in Uganda

Organization: HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
Format: PDF

Commonwealth HIV and AIDS Action Group letter re murder of David Kato, gay human rights activist in Uganda

Becoming Properly Comprehensive: Engaging with ‘Structure’ in HIV Prevention

Organization: The CIHR Social Research Centre in HIV Prevention (SRC)
Publication date: 2011
Format: Video
Resource Type: Presentation

Responding to UNAIDS calls for comprehensive prevention in order to arrest and turn back the HIV epidemic, this paper considers the benfits as well as the difficulties of adopting a structural approach to HIV prevention. It considers the importance of moving beyond...