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A Descriptive Intersectional Analysis Of Anticipated Discrimination In Transgender And Non-Binary People In Canada, Rachel Girimonte Jul 2023

A Descriptive Intersectional Analysis Of Anticipated Discrimination In Transgender And Non-Binary People In Canada, Rachel Girimonte

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Background: Anticipating discrimination may lead to poor physical and mental health outcomes for transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) individuals. It is important to take an intersectional approach to understand how anticipated discrimination is unequally distributed among TGNB Canadians.

Methods: Among a Canadian community sample of TGNB people aged ≥14 years, the Intersectional Discrimination Index – Anticipated discrimination (InDI-A) measure was validated. Multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) and multiple linear regression were used to compare mean anticipated discrimination across ethnoracial and sex/gender intersections.

Results: A one-factor model of the InDI-A was supported with a satisfactory fit. Racialized participants, …


An Exploration Of The Relationships Between Markers Of Social Status And Position And Hiv Risk Behaviours In African, Caribbean, And Other Black Populations, Shamara M. Baidoobonso Jun 2013

An Exploration Of The Relationships Between Markers Of Social Status And Position And Hiv Risk Behaviours In African, Caribbean, And Other Black Populations, Shamara M. Baidoobonso

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African, Caribbean, and other Black (ACB) people are a priority group for HIV prevention in Canada, but little is known about the epidemiology of HIV risk in this population. The overall goal of this thesis is to guide HIV prevention interventions for ACB communities. It focuses on social factors that impact HIV vulnerability.

This research used data from the Black, African, and Caribbean Canadian Health Study—a mixed methods study that used 30 semi-structured interviews, and a cross-sectional survey using a structured, self-administered quantitative questionnaire to collect information about HIV and health from 188 ACB people.

The first manuscript compares risk …