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A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Aboriginal People Living with HIV and Previous Incarceration
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HIV and AIDS are diseases that are increasingly diagnosed in incarcerated and previously incarcerated Aboriginal persons with little academic inquiry having been done in this field. In this study, I engaged four previously incarcerated Aboriginal men and women in order to understand their...
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A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Point-of-Care HIV Testing Alongside People who were Tested while in a Correctional Facility or at a Bathhouse
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With a call to increase the accessibility of HIV testing in Canada, point-of-care testing for HIV is being readily adopted. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2012) outlines the importance of protecting the human rights of those being tested through ensuring: informed consent, confidentiality,...
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A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Transitions into and out of Alberta Correctional Facilities for People Living with HIV
DownloadSpring 2023
In this monograph-style thesis, experiences of transitions into and out of Alberta correctional facilities for people living with HIV were explored using narrative inquiry. The inquiry is informed by my experiences of working as a registered nurse within an Alberta correctional facility: the...
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A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences Related to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Access Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (YMSM) in Canada
DownloadSpring 2024
Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in Canada and globally are disproportionately impacted by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective strategy for reducing transmission and acquisition of HIV infection among high-risk populations, including YMSM....
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Analysis of risk factors for Tuberculosis Recurrence using a population-based TB/HIV integrated surveillance database in Chiang Rai, Thailand
DownloadSpring 2011
TB recurrence is defined as a new episode of bacteriologically positive TB in a patient previously declared “successfully completed treatment.” Our study objective was to identify risk factors of recurrence among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected TB patients. Based on a population-based TB/HIV...
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Fall 2021
Despite the wide-spread availability of modern, combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), neurocognitive impairment persists among some people living with HIV (PWH). Among the multiple, interrelated HIV-associated, comorbid, and demographic factors related to neurocognitive problems in HIV today...
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Characterization of Galectin-9+ and TIGIT+ Natural Killer Cells in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infected Individuals
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NK cells play an integral role in mediating immune responses to viral infections; however, their function is compromised during chronic diseases such as HIV-1, partly due to an increase in expression of inhibitory receptors. Thus, one of the reasons for the reduced immune responses elicited by NK...
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Elucidating how HIV-1 infection influences CD4, CD8 and regulatory T cell phenotype and function
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is still a global health issue. Although the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) to suppress viral replication has transformed HIV infection from a lethal disease to a chronic and manageable infection, it does not cure HIV. CD8 T...
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Fall 2014
In this thesis a mathematical model of HIV transmission and diagnosis is used to estimate the total size of the HIV-positive population and the HIV incidence from HIV case report data for the Province of Alberta. Worldwide, estimates of the size of the HIV-positive population are used to...