"You have to make it cool": How heterosexual Black men in Toronto, Canada, conceptualize policy and programs to address HIV and promote health.
<h4>Background</h4>Black Canadian communities are disproportionately impacted by HIV. To help address this challenge, we undertook research to engage heterosexual Black men in critical dialogue about resilience and vulnerability. They articulated the necessity of making health services &...
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| author | Roger Antabe Kimberley Robinson Winston Husbands Desmond Miller Andre Harriot Kwesi Johnson Josephine Pui-Hing Wong Maurice Kwong-Lai Poon John Wasikye Kirya Carl James |
| author_facet | Roger Antabe Kimberley Robinson Winston Husbands Desmond Miller Andre Harriot Kwesi Johnson Josephine Pui-Hing Wong Maurice Kwong-Lai Poon John Wasikye Kirya Carl James |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Black Canadian communities are disproportionately impacted by HIV. To help address this challenge, we undertook research to engage heterosexual Black men in critical dialogue about resilience and vulnerability. They articulated the necessity of making health services 'cool'.<h4>Methods</h4>We draw on the analyses of focus groups and in-depth interviews with 69 self-identified heterosexual Black men and 12 service providers who took part in the 2016 Toronto arm of the weSpeak study to explore what it means to make health and HIV services 'cool' for heterosexual Black Canadian men.<h4>Results</h4>Our findings revealed four themes on making health services cool: (1) health promotion as a function of Black family systems; (2) opportunities for healthy dialogue among peers through non-judgmental interactions; (3) partnering Black men in intervention design; and (4) strengthening institutional health literacy on Black men's health.<h4>Conclusions</h4>We discuss the implications of these findings for improving the health of Black Canadians. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d6e5b9f2a5274670a9454ae8f549c9ae2023-01-13T05:31:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-011712e027860010.1371/journal.pone.0278600"You have to make it cool": How heterosexual Black men in Toronto, Canada, conceptualize policy and programs to address HIV and promote health.Roger AntabeKimberley RobinsonWinston HusbandsDesmond MillerAndre HarriotKwesi JohnsonJosephine Pui-Hing WongMaurice Kwong-Lai PoonJohn Wasikye KiryaCarl James<h4>Background</h4>Black Canadian communities are disproportionately impacted by HIV. To help address this challenge, we undertook research to engage heterosexual Black men in critical dialogue about resilience and vulnerability. They articulated the necessity of making health services 'cool'.<h4>Methods</h4>We draw on the analyses of focus groups and in-depth interviews with 69 self-identified heterosexual Black men and 12 service providers who took part in the 2016 Toronto arm of the weSpeak study to explore what it means to make health and HIV services 'cool' for heterosexual Black Canadian men.<h4>Results</h4>Our findings revealed four themes on making health services cool: (1) health promotion as a function of Black family systems; (2) opportunities for healthy dialogue among peers through non-judgmental interactions; (3) partnering Black men in intervention design; and (4) strengthening institutional health literacy on Black men's health.<h4>Conclusions</h4>We discuss the implications of these findings for improving the health of Black Canadians.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278600 |
| spellingShingle | Roger Antabe Kimberley Robinson Winston Husbands Desmond Miller Andre Harriot Kwesi Johnson Josephine Pui-Hing Wong Maurice Kwong-Lai Poon John Wasikye Kirya Carl James "You have to make it cool": How heterosexual Black men in Toronto, Canada, conceptualize policy and programs to address HIV and promote health. PLoS ONE |
| title | "You have to make it cool": How heterosexual Black men in Toronto, Canada, conceptualize policy and programs to address HIV and promote health. |
| title_full | "You have to make it cool": How heterosexual Black men in Toronto, Canada, conceptualize policy and programs to address HIV and promote health. |
| title_fullStr | "You have to make it cool": How heterosexual Black men in Toronto, Canada, conceptualize policy and programs to address HIV and promote health. |
| title_full_unstemmed | "You have to make it cool": How heterosexual Black men in Toronto, Canada, conceptualize policy and programs to address HIV and promote health. |
| title_short | "You have to make it cool": How heterosexual Black men in Toronto, Canada, conceptualize policy and programs to address HIV and promote health. |
| title_sort | you have to make it cool how heterosexual black men in toronto canada conceptualize policy and programs to address hiv and promote health |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278600 |
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