The Power Of Grassroots Innovations: CAAT’s Pioneering Study In Stigma Reduction Is Setting New Trends In CBR And Mental Health Research
CHAMP: Community Champions HIV/AIDS Advocates Mobilization Project’s innovative design and groundbreaking method of engaging both the affected individuals/communities and community leaders from faith, media, social justice, and arts sectors have contributed to the development of important research addressing stigma of mental illness in Canada. This summer, Josephine
CAAT Research Highlights October 2011
CAAT Research Highlights Alan Li, Principal Investigator, CAAT Research Team Exciting CAAT news from the research front! This year CAAT has succeeded in getting our first CIHR CBR operational funding for our new research study CHAMP: “Community Champions HIV Advocates Mobilization Project”. The CHAMP study was developed as a strategic community-based action r
Improving Mental Health Service Access for Immigrant, Refugee and Non-status PHAs Research Study
Improving Mental Health Service Access for Immigrant, Refugee & Non-Status PHA Research Study Report 2008
Mobilizing Ethno-racial Leaders Against HIV/AIDS Stigma Research Study
Mobilizing Ethno-racial Community Leaders Against HIV/AIDS stigma Evidence of Needs & Rationale for Project Immigrants and refugees represent a growing proportion of Ontario’s overall population, and experience elevated prevalence and incidence rates of HIV infection relative to the general population. In 2005, immigrants and refugees comprised close to 20% of t
Medical Inadmissibility Study report
The economic burden of immigrants with HIV: When to say no? 2009 Medical Inadmissibility Study report, June 2009
Mobilizing Ethnoracial Communities Against HIV Stigma
This CAAT research study aims to generate knowledge on how we can work effectively with faith-based, media and social justice allies within 5 ethno-racial communities (East and Southeast Asian, South Asian, African, Caribbean and Spanish Speaking) in the Greater Toronto Area to work together on HIV issues, in order to increase effectiveness of HIV prevention […
Transformation Through Collective Action Summary Report
Best Practices in Migration, HIV and Mental Health Summary Report November, 2008 This summary report presents the highlights of the action research project, Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Immigrants, Refugees and Non-status People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Greater Toronto Area, conducted by the Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment. This study foll
Strengtheing PHA Capacity Building Initiatives Forum Report
Report on a forum to share best practices to improve planning and coordination, November 2007 The Toronto Community Planning Initiative planning consultations the Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment study on mental health service across issues affecting immigrant/refugee PHAs, and the OHTN’s Living and Serving II study, all identified the need to assess and adva
Status, Access & Health Disparities: Literature Review
A Literature Review Report on Relevant Policies and Programs Affecting People Living with HIV/AIDS who are Immigrants, Refugees or Without Status in Canada (May 2006)
Literature Review and Program Scan of Mental Health issues
Intersecting sexuality, gender, race & citizenship: Mental health issues faced by Immigrants & Refugees living with HIV/AIDS, August 2004