HiFi Lab develops and tests culturally-responsible intervention strategies that can be integrated and targeted to address determinants of HIV infection among African and African diaspora communities. Our research projects employ a range of research traditions, designs and methods including randomized controlled trials, structural equation modeling, ethnography and systematic reviews.
Principal Investigator: LaRon E. Nelson
Key Personnel: Lance McCready, University of Toronto
Dionne Gesink, University of Toronto
Kathy Morales, Toronto West Hospital
Barbara Chyzzy, Ryerson University
Chia Tha Thach, University of South Florida
Partner Organizations: Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre
Young Parent’s No Fixed Address
Jessie’s: June Callwood Centre for Womens
Black Daddies Club
The Hospital for Sick Children, Young Families Program
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Humewood House
Rosalie Hall
Overview:
Summary of Findings:
Publications:
Nelson, L. E., Thach, C. T., & Zhang, N. (2014). Gender equity predicts condom use among adolescent and young adult parents in Toronto, Canada. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 23: 19-26. DOI: 10.3138/cjhs.2451.
Presentations:
Nelson, L. E., McCready, L. T., Gesink, D., Morales, K. A., Morrison-Beedy, D., & Boakye-Yiadom, N. Associations between co-parenting, gender equity attitudes and sexual risk among adolescent mothers and the biological fathers of their children. Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Thompson, G., & Nelson, L. E. Adolescent Parenting: Opportunity for Positive Change. Adolescent Pregnancy Interagency Network Annual Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Nelson, L. E, & Thompson, G. Bridging Adolescent Clinical Care and Research: Strategies for Success.Adolescent Pregnancy Interagency Network Annual Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Nelson, L. E. Parenting Inequity and Sexual Risk: The Case for Family Wellness among Teen Moms and Dads.The Hospital for Sick Children. Social Work Rounds. Toronto, Ontario.
Nelson, L. E. Finding Fathers not Fault: Examining Barriers to Engaging the Fathers of Children Born to Teen Moms. Toronto Public Health Lunch and Learn Series. Toronto, Ontario.
Nelson. L. E. Sex, Parenting, and The Hood: Toward Healthy Relationships for Black Teen Moms and Dads.Annual Meeting of the Black Physician’s Association of Ontario. Toronto, ON.