Arts-based HIV and STI prevention intervention with Northern and Indigenous youth in the Northwest Territories: study protocol for a non-randomised cohort pilot study

Indigenous youth are disproportionately represented in new HIV infection rates in Canada. Current and historical contexts of colonisation and racism, disconnection from culture and land, as well as intergenerational trauma resulting from the legacy of residential schools are social drivers that elev...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Lys, Candice, Logie, Carmen, MacNeill, Nancy, Loppie, Charlotte, Dias, Lisa V., Masching, Renée, Gesink, Dionne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing 2016
Subjects:
indigenous youth
HIV prevention
STI prevention
arts-based intervention
colonialism
Northwest Territories
Canada
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/74438
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012399
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Summary:Indigenous youth are disproportionately represented in new HIV infection rates in Canada. Current and historical contexts of colonisation and racism, disconnection from culture and land, as well as intergenerational trauma resulting from the legacy of residential schools are social drivers that elevate exposure to HIV among Indigenous peoples. Peer-education and arts-based interventions are increasingly used for HIV prevention with youth. Yet limited studies have evaluated longitudinal effects of arts-based approaches to HIV prevention with youth. The authors present a rationale and study protocol for an arts-based HIV prevention intervention with Northern and Indigenous youth in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada.

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