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HIV and related health inequities affecting Black communities in Canada

Call for Papers

HIV and related health inequities affecting Black communities in Canada: Towards transformative understanding and action

Guest Editors: David Este (University of Calgary), Notisha Massaquoi (University of Toronto), Maureen Owino (York University), Winston Husbands (University of Toronto)

Forty years into Canada’s HIV epidemic, Black communities are disproportionately burdened by HIV – Black Canadians account for one of every four new diagnoses, and Black people living with HIV are more likely than their white counterparts to die of HIV.  On the other hand, diagnoses among white Canadians have been falling for the past 15 years at least. Have Canadian responses to HIV and associated health-related inequities failed Black Canadians? What may a transformative agenda to address HIV and health among Black communities involve?

The Canadian Journal of Public Health and the Interim Committee on HIV among Black Canadian Communities invite papers for a special section of the journal that critically explores how HIV and related health inequities have affected Black communities over the last 40 years, current trends in HIV and health, and the likely elements of a transformative approach to addressing HIV and health. We welcome papers that address HIV or HIV-related inequities in any of the following five areas:

  1. the patterns, trends, causes, effects, and implications of HIV and related health inequities within/among Black communities,
  2. how Black communities (including Black people who are living with HIV) understand, resist or mitigate the effects of HIV and related health inequities,
  3. the likely relationship among health policy, research and Black communities’ exposure to HIV and related health inequities,
  4. the elements of a transformative agenda to substantively address HIV and health among Black communities, and
  5. how Black communities may exercise leadership in policy, research and programs to change the trajectory of HIV and related health inequities.

We also welcome papers on HIV-related issues affecting African Americans, but authors must demonstrate their relevance to Black Canadian communities. Where appropriate, we encourage authors to explore sex, gender and other intersecting factors in their analyses.

This special section will include only original papers (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods; systematic reviews; intervention research; innovations in policy and practice; and commentary).

Instructions for authors submitting papers to CJPH are available on the CJPH website. Please include the following in the cover letter of your submission: “In response to the Call for Papers for the Special Section on HIV, Health and Black Canadian Communities”.

Please contact Karen Craven, CJPH Managing Editor, with any questions about the special section or suitability of an article topic.

Deadline for full manuscript submissions: 15 May 2024

Please submit manuscripts through the CJPH portal.

Anticipated publication date: Early 2025