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Background and Contexts:

  • A keynote by Dr. Winston Husbands at the 2022 CAHR Conference – It is an important contextual piece of information for weSpeak + health of Black communities in Canada — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0dkejHs2Yc 
  • Husbands, W., Oakes, W., Mbulaheni, T., Ongoïba, F., Pierre-Pierre, V., & Luyombya, H. (2020). Resourceful masculinities: Exploring heterosexual Bijulack men’s vulnerability to HIV in Ontario, Canada. Ethnicity & Health, 25(1), 17-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2017.1395817

weSpeak Results:

  1. Husbands, W., Etowa, J., Oakes, W., Omorodion, F., Luginaah, I., Etowa, E., Ghose, B., & Wong, J. P. (2021). Advancing research for HIV prevention among African, Caribbean and Black men: Protocol for a multisite cross-sectional study in Ontario (weSpeak study). Medicine (Baltimore), 100(18), e25662–e25662. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000025662
  2. Etowa, J., Kakuru, D. M., Gebremeskel, A., Etowa, E. B., & Kohoun, B. (2022). De-problematizing masculinity among heterosexual African, Caribbean, and Black male youth and men. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 113(4), 611–621. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00596-3
  3. Konkor, I., Lawson, E. S., Antabe, R., McIntosh, M. D., Husbands, W., Wong, J., & Luginaah, I. (2020). An Intersectional Approach to HIV Vulnerabilities and Testing Among Heterosexual African Caribbean and Black Men in London, Ontario: Results From the weSpeak Study. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 7(6), 1140–1149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00737-3
  4. Antabe, R., Konkor, I., McIntosh, M., Lawson, E., Husbands, W., Wong, J., Arku, G., & Luginaah, I. (2021). “I went in there, had a bit of an issue with those folks”: everyday challenges of heterosexual African, Caribbean and black (ACB) men in accessing HIV/AIDS services in London, Ontario. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 315–315. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10321-x
  5. Konkor, I., Mkandawire, P., Luginaah, I., Husbands, W., Omorodion, F., Wong, J., & Etowa, J. (2021). Access to healthcare services among heterosexual Black men in Ontario, Canada. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 20(1), 58–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2021.1908923
  6. Antabe, R., McIntosh, M., Lawson, E., Husbands, W., Wong, J. P., Arku, G., & Luginaah, I. (2023). Black heterosexual men’s resilience in times of HIV adversity: Findings from the “weSpeak” study. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 182–182. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15103-1
  7. Antabe, R., Robinson, K., Husbands, W., Miller, D., Harriot, A., Johnson, K., Wong, J. P., Poon, M. K., Kirya, J. W., & James, C. (2022). “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, 17(12), e0278600–e0278600. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278600
  8. Antabe, R., Miller, D., Kohoun, B., Okonufua, O., & Husbands, W. (2022). Black Resilience: A Strategic Asset for Engaging Heterosexual Black Canadian Men in Community Responses to HIV. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 9(3), 756–766. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01011-w
  9. Konkor, I., Mkandawire, P., Antabe, R., Luginaah, I., Husbands, W., Wong, J., Lawson, E., Etowa, J., Omorodion, F., & McIntosh, M. D. (2021). Sexual Debut Among Heterosexual Men of African and Caribbean Descent: Are the Youth Initiating Sex Earlier than the Older Generation? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(6), 2359–2369. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01855-z
  10. Konkor, I., Antabe, R., Mkandawire, P., McIntosh, M. D., Lawson, E. S., Husbands, W., Wong, J., & Luginaah, I. (2022). Knowledge of sexual partner’s HIV serostatus and the practice of safer sex among heterosexual men of African descent in London, Ontario. Ethnicity & Health, 27(2), 375–387. DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2020.1734776
  11. Luginaah, N. A., Konkor, I., Lawson, E. S., Mkandawire, P., Husbands, W., Omorodion, F., Etowa, J., Antabe, R., & Wong, J. (2022). Concurrent sexual partnerships and HIV testing among heterosexual Black men in Ontario, Canada: findings from the weSpeak study. Ethnicity & Health, 27(8), 1825–1840. DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2020.1734776  
  12. Etowa, J., Ghose, B., Loemba, H., Etowa, E. B., Husbands, W., Omorodion, F., Luginaah, I., & Wong, J. P. (2021). Factors Associated with Condom Knowledge, Attitude, and Use among Black Heterosexual Men in Ontario, Canada. TheScientificWorld, 2021, 1–9. doi: 10.1155/2021/8862534
  13. Etowa, E. B., Wong, J. P., Omorodion, F., Etowa, J., & Luginaah, I. (2023). Addressing HIV Misconceptions among Heterosexual Black Men and Communities in Ontario. Healthcare (Basel), 11(7), 997. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11070997
  14. Etowa, J., Omorodion, F., Mbagwu, I., Etowa, E., & Ghose, B. (2022). Understanding the Factors Associated with HIV and STIs Diagnosis among Black Heterosexual Men in Ottawa and Windsor, Ontario. Journal of Public Health Research, 11(2), jphr.2022.2048. doi: 10.4081/jphr.2022.2048
  15. Omorodion, F. I., Etowa, E. B., Kerr, J., Ghose, B., & Etowa, J. (2022). Correlates of Casual Sex Amidst Vulnerability to HIV Among ACB Heterosexual Men in Ottawa and Windsor, Ontario Canada. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 9(2), 444–455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-00975-z
  16. Jangu, N. W., Omorodion, F. I., & Kerr, J. (2023). The Perception of Religious Leaders on HIV and Their Role in HIV Prevention: A Case Study of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) Communities in Windsor, Ontario. Journal of Religion and Health, 62(3), 1616–1635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01426-z