Social determinants of health

Training Workers Outside of the HIV World on Women and HIV (2012)

Organization: Positive Women’s Network
Publication date: 2012
Format: PDF
Resource Type: Presentation

PWN members have consistently reported experiencing HIV-related discrimination from service providers not directly involved in the HIV field. Since 2006, PWN has delivered free HIV trainings throughout BC, targeting service providers who work with women living with...

Equitable Access to Rehabilitation: Realizing Potential, Promising Practices, and Policy Directions

Organization: Realize (previously CWGHR)
Publication date: 2012
Format: PDF
Resource Type: Report

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...

Fueling the Epidemic: HIV Related Stigma and Discrimination

Organization: Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development
Publication date: 2012
Format: PDF
Resource Type: Fact sheet

Thirty years into the HIV epidemic, HIV-related stigma and discrimination continue to be pervasive in the lives of people living with HIV. HIV-related stigma and discrimination occur throughout the world – however, they manifest differently and in varying degrees in...