The Aya Circle of Care Project

Funded by:
Ontario HIV Treatment Network
Duration:
2022-2025

This project aims to increase accessibility to racially and culturally informed HIV support, treatment, and care for Black communities living in the Greater Toronto Area ( GTA). With a particular focus on the Eastern GTA and Peel Region communities, we will  implement and evaluate a team-based intensive case management model of care that provides in-person individualized support to Black people living with HIV with complex needs . We are proposing a new model of HIV service delivery for Black people that integrates clinical case management within a community health centre setting which is racially and culturally designed to meet the needs of Black populations in the GTA. This service delivery model will centralize the social determinants of health and address health inequities and disparities experienced by Black populations in Ontario in order to improve linkage to HIV care, improve the quality of life for Black people living with HIV and assist in the reduction of HIV infections for Black communities.

The Aya Circle of Care Project

Funded by:
Ontario HIV Treatment Network
Duration:
2022-2025

This project aims to increase accessibility to racially and culturally informed HIV support, treatment, and care for Black communities living in the Greater Toronto Area ( GTA). With a particular focus on the Eastern GTA and Peel Region communities, we will  implement and evaluate a team-based intensive case management model of care that provides in-person individualized support to Black people living with HIV with complex needs . We are proposing a new model of HIV service delivery for Black people that integrates clinical case management within a community health centre setting which is racially and culturally designed to meet the needs of Black populations in the GTA. This service delivery model will centralize the social determinants of health and address health inequities and disparities experienced by Black populations in Ontario in order to improve linkage to HIV care, improve the quality of life for Black people living with HIV and assist in the reduction of HIV infections for Black communities.

Investigating Health-Related Quality of Life in Indigenous, African, Caribbean, and Black people living with HIV/AIDS in Ontario: OCS Data review
Brief eHealth Counselling Intervention Effectiveness
Inlight Student Mental Health Research, I Am Because We Are – The Ubuntu Black University Student Mental Wellness Project ( The Ubuntu Project).
The Kona Project: Reimagining Black Health in Canada
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Not Business as Usual: Building a Racially and Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Informed Transformative Approach to Addressing HIV in Black Canadian Communities.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response on chronic disease management and quality of life (QOL) in Indigenous and Black communities in Ontario