Grant: Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General Stream
University of Victoria (British Columbia)
$33,000.00
Oral Narratives of Vancouver's HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Preserving the Past Through Storytelling to Address Present & Persistent Challenges
EF 2016-17
Résumé
Historically, AIDS shaped Vancouver's gay community immensely through the loss, trauma, and intense grassroots activism associated with the epidemic. As an ongoing health crisis, HIV/AIDS continues to shape this community as transmission among Vancouver's gay population remains disproportionately high; recent increases in HIV diagnoses among young gay men (aged <30) offer further cause for concern. Despite the continued impact of HIV/AIDS, little work has been done in Vancouver to document the experiences of gay men and their allies in the early AIDS years. This project aims to initiate the documentation of the experiences of early survivors of the epidemic and their allies in Vancouver. Our research objectives are to: 1) Examine the messages that older gay men and their allies have for younger gay men, health care providers, and health researchers; 2) Analyze how the experiences of AIDS survivors and their allies can be shared to improve care for those living with HIV presently and invigorate contemporary HIV prevention efforts; 3) Articulate how the accounts and experiences of indigenous men, and other people of colour, differ from those of white men; 4) Examine how the experiences of participants resonate with, or diverge from, other national settings; 5) Preserve the history of this time by archiving participants' stories. Our interdisciplinary, community-based team will conduct and record up to 30 peer-facilitated oral history interviews with 15-25 older gay men (born before 1970) of varying HIV statuses and ethnicities and 5-10 allies who contributed to the grassroots response to the epidemic. Interviews will be highly open-ended and participants will be encouraged to share their stories about HIV/AIDS, including how the epidemic manifested in their lives and their community and how their perspectives on HIV have changed over time. Interviews will be subjected to a thematic analysis and a variety of archival, research, and arts-based outputs will be generated.
Programme
Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General Stream
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
British Columbia, Canada
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
Tel que publié
Id
352641
Name
Lachowsky Nathan J
Region
British Columbia
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Gender and Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research (merged)
Projecttitle
Oral Narratives of Vancouver's HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Preserving the Past Through Storytelling to Address Present & Persistent Challenges
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
University of Victoria (British Columbia)
Cihramount2
$33,000
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General Stream
Keyworddelim
Archiving; Community-Based Research; Gay Men; Hiv/Aids; Intergenerational; Oral History; Qualitative Methods; Storytelling Methodology
Abstract
Historically, AIDS shaped Vancouver's gay community immensely through the loss, trauma, and intense grassroots activism associated with the epidemic. As an ongoing health crisis, HIV/AIDS continues to shape this community as transmission among Vancouver's gay population remains disproportionately high; recent increases in HIV diagnoses among young gay men (aged <30) offer further cause for concern. Despite the continued impact of HIV/AIDS, little work has been done in Vancouver to document the experiences of gay men and their allies in the early AIDS years. This project aims to initiate the documentation of the experiences of early survivors of the epidemic and their allies in Vancouver. Our research objectives are to: 1) Examine the messages that older gay men and their allies have for younger gay men, health care providers, and health researchers; 2) Analyze how the experiences of AIDS survivors and their allies can be shared to improve care for those living with HIV presently and invigorate contemporary HIV prevention efforts; 3) Articulate how the accounts and experiences of indigenous men, and other people of colour, differ from those of white men; 4) Examine how the experiences of participants resonate with, or diverge from, other national settings; 5) Preserve the history of this time by archiving participants' stories. Our interdisciplinary, community-based team will conduct and record up to 30 peer-facilitated oral history interviews with 15-25 older gay men (born before 1970) of varying HIV statuses and ethnicities and 5-10 allies who contributed to the grassroots response to the epidemic. Interviews will be highly open-ended and participants will be encouraged to share their stories about HIV/AIDS, including how the epidemic manifested in their lives and their community and how their perspectives on HIV have changed over time. Interviews will be subjected to a thematic analysis and a variety of archival, research, and arts-based outputs will be generated.
Competitiondate
201606
Approvedterm2
1 yr 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Lachowsky, Nathan J; Howard, Terry
Approvedterm
1 an 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $33,000~ $0~
