SOC309Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: African Diaspora, Trans Man, Intersectionality
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Intersectional approaches to health in the african diaspora. Disproportionately impacts african, caribbean, and black (acb) communities. African, caribbean, and black (acb) communities: 2. 8% of canadian population, 17. 3% of the reported hiv cases in 2013 and 1. 1% of aids cases in canada in 2006, an infection rate 12. 6x higher than other groups. National provincial local: the acb populations accounts for 17% of the people living with hiv and aids and 27% of the new. Hiv infections in ontario: afri(cid:272)a(cid:374) a(cid:374)d cari(cid:271)(cid:271)ea(cid:374) people a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t for (cid:1005)(cid:1004)% of toro(cid:374)to(cid:859)s populatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:455)et 33% of the (cid:272)it(cid:455)(cid:859)s new infections. Women are a growing proportion of positive hiv test reports in canada. Young women (15-29) account for 41% of positive hiv reports in females. Youth aged 15-29 accounted for 28% of all positive hiv test reports in canada between 1985 and. 2005: this can be due to substance abuse, low ses, homelessness.
