Sean B Rourke

Datos Biográficos

ID142302
NOMBRESean B Rourke
NOMBRESSean B
APELLIDORourke
FIRMAROURKE S B
AFILIACIONESSt. Michael's Hospital
ORCID0000-0001-6162-7358
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS79
TOTAL DE CITAS32
TOTAL COMO AUTOR79
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2004
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H3

  • Supporting youth living with HIV transitioning to adult HIV care

    Open AccessAlex Tran, J R Watson et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    A critical challenge for youth living with HIV is transitioning from pediatric to adult care, a period often marked by disrupted continuity and risks of stigma and isolation. Few Canadian programs address this gap. The HIV Youth Peer Engagement (HYPE) program, developed by the AIDS Committee of Durham Region seeks to address this issue using a peer-led model emphasizing education, mentorship, and community building. This article presents findings…

  • Awareness, acceptance, and impact of undetectable equals untransmittable (U = U) among people living with HIV across Canada

    Open AccessAlex Tran, J R Watson et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U = U) is a pivotal tool for HIV prevention, stigma reduction, and improving quality of life for people living with HIV. This study examined awareness, acceptance, and impact of U = U among people living with HIV across Canada, and explored differences across sociodemographic characteristics. From 2018-2024, 1,083 participants were recruited in-person and online using snowball sampling. Peer researchers conduc…

  • A prospective multi-site study to evaluate the performance and usability of an oral fluid-based HIV self-test in Canada

    Open AccessRichard A Galli, Darshanand Maraj et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Overall, 951 participants were recruited and consented with 911 available for all analyses. With respect to sociodemographics: 84% of participants were between 18-45 years of age, 73% had at least a college education, 48% were Cis-male, 45% were employed; and 26% identified as White, 23% as African, Caribbean or Black, 5% as Indigenous [First Nations, Métis or Inuit], 33% as Asian, and 6% as LatinX. Primary efficacy analysis on the 911 who comple…

  • Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities but not Academic Difficulties Alone is Associated with Neurocognitive Impairment in People Living with HIV

    Open AccessAneeka Ratnayake, Lucette A Cysique et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Diagnosing HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) is a complex process aimed at determining the role of HIV versus other causes of neurocognitive impairment. In treated people with living long-term HIV infection, this process is further complicated by the presence of multiple medical and psychiatric comorbidities and varied educational history. Evidence-based research is therefore needed to refine the 2007 HAND diagnostic criteria on how t…

  • Racial disparities in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and uptake among white, Black, and Indigenous men in Canada

    Open AccessWale Ajiboye, Wangari Tharao et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2025Referencias: 14

    Community-based and public health interventions are immediately needed to increase PrEP awareness, access, and uptake for Black and Indigenous communities in Canada

  • Intersecting gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation identities and HIV stigma

    Jason M Lo Hog Tian, Abbey McFarland et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2025Referencias: 65

    Stigma remains a significant burden for people living with HIV and while studies have examined the impacts of gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation on stigma separately, little is known about how these factors may intersect and potentially exacerbate levels of stigma. This study examines how these intersecting social positions may relate to levels of internalised, enacted and anticipated HIV stigma. Participants were recruited in Ontario, Alb…

  • Mindfulness and cognitive training interventions that address intersecting cognitive and aging needs of older adults

    Open AccessAllen Eaton, Sean B Rourke et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Work2024

    Mindfulness and cognitive training interventions are promising models to address impacts (e.g., anxiety and stress) of cognitive impairment among older adults. Combining strategies may yield better outcomes than models offered in isolation. However, there are numerous uncertainties about these interventions, potential for combination, and implementation. Social workers are well placed to offer these interventions. Findings From an initial search …

  • The impact of determinants of health on the relationship between stigma and health in people living with HIV

    Open AccessJason M Lo Hog Tian, J R Watson et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    Determinants of health are important drivers of health states, yet there is little work examining their role in the relationship between HIV stigma and health. This study uses moderation analysis to examine how determinants of health affect the relationship between enacted, internalized, and anticipated stigma and mental health. Quantitative data was collected on 337 participants in Ontario, Canada at baseline (t1) between August 2018 and Septemb…

  • The Role of Dimensions of Social Support in the Relationship Between Stigma and Mental Health

    Open AccessJason M Lo Hog Tian, J R Watson et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024

  • The cost of anticipating stigma

    Jason M Lo Hog Tian, J R Watson et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2023

    Levels of HIV stigma remain high, however there is a limited understanding around how different types of stigma interact to impact health. This study uses data from two time points to examine how enacted and internalized stigma lead to worse health through anticipated stigma as a mediator. We recruited 341 participants in Ontario, Canada to complete the HIV Stigma Index survey at baseline (t1) from September 2018 to August 2019 and follow up (t2)…

  • Using concept mapping to explore the challenges associated with affording and accessing medications among people living with HIV in Ontario, Canada

    Beth Rachlis, Seungwon Nam et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021

    Antiretroviral medications are expensive, and people living with HIV often experience challenges accessing and paying for medication due to various obstacles. We used concept mapping to explore the challenges people living with HIV in Ontario, Canada, face when accessing medication. In brainstorming, 68 participants generated 447 statements in response to the focus prompt “Some people living with HIV have trouble getting and paying for prescripti…

  • An exploration of the fertility desires and intentions of men living with HIV in Ontario, Canada

    Mark H Yudin, Logan Kennedy et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021

    Planning families is an important issue within the HIV community. The primary objective of this study was to explore the fertility desires and intentions of men living with HIV (MLWH). A cross-sectional survey containing 77 questions in 10 domains was developed, validated and administered to MLWH. The sample was stratified by sexual orientation, ethnicity, and city of residence. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine sociodemogr…

  • Assessing HIV provider knowledge, screening practices, and training needs for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. A short report

    Hetta Gouse, Catherine J Masson et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021

    Management of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) is becoming increasingly important with HIV-positive people living normal life spans. We aimed to establish the level of HAND awareness among doctor and nurse occupational health practitioners, screening used to detect impairment, factors limiting screening for HAND, and training needs. One-hundred-and-five members of the nursing and physician professional societies for occupational hea…

  • Reporting on patients living with HIV “disengaging from care”. Who is actually “lost to follow-up”

    Hartmut B Krentz, Paul McPhee et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021

    Retention in care remains an important concern for health care providers. However, accurately identifying who is or is not retained in care can be problematic. Not all patients believed to be engaged in care are actually in care, and not all patients believed to be disengaged are truly disengaged. Identifying the status of individuals within populations is important for clinical, administrative and surveillance concerns. As part of the Linkage an…

  • Four-Year Trajectories of Health-Related Quality of Life in People Living with HIV

    Open AccessPhan Sok, Mary V Seeman et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Despite significant advances in antiretroviral therapy, unmet basic needs can negatively impact health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in people living with HIV, especially as they age. We aimed to examine the effect of unmet basic needs across age groups on changes in HRQoL over a 4-year period in persons with HIV. Physical and mental HRQoL scores from the Positive Spaces, Healthy Spaces cohort interviewed in 2006 (n = 538), 2007 (n = 506), and …

  • An observed, prospective field study to evaluate the performance and acceptance of a blood-based HIV self-test in Canada

    Open AccessRichard A Galli, Jason M Lo Hog Tian et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The addition of a regulatory-approved self-test into the Canadian HIV testing landscape could significantly increase HIV testing rates. Having a blood-based HIV self-test approved in Canada can offer an accurate, acceptable, and simple alternative to facility-based HIV testing, particularly when impacted by Coronavirus pandemic restrictions

  • Impact of experienced HIV stigma on health is mediated by internalized stigma and depression

    Open AccessJason M Lo Hog Tian, J R Watson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    We developed a mediation model to explain how HIV-related stigma negatively impacts health. We found that that enacted stigma, or experiences of prejudice or discrimination, can lead to internalized stigma, or internalization of negative thoughts regarding one's HIV status and/or increased depressive symptoms which then may lead to worse overall health. Highlighting the importance of internalized stigma and depression has the potential to shape t…

  • Supervised consumption service use and recent non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada

    Open AccessAyden I Scheim, Zachary Bouck et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2021

  • The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services Cohort Study of People Who Inject Drugs in Toronto, Canada (OiSIS-Toronto)

    Open AccessAyden I Scheim, Ruby Sniderman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2021Citada por: 1Referencias: 1

    The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services cohort in Toronto, Canada (OiSIS-Toronto) is an open prospective cohort of people who inject drugs (PWID). OiSIS-Toronto was established to evaluate the impacts of supervised consumption services (SCS) integrated within three community health agencies on health status and service use. The cohort includes PWID who do and do not use SCS, recruited via self-referral, snowball sampling, and communi…

  • Universities without Walls

    Open AccessFrancisco Ibáñez-Carrasco, Catherine Worthington et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    (1) Background: Although HIV has not diminished in importance in Canada, the field of HIV research remains small, and the graduate students who decide to pursue careers within it feel isolated and uncertain about their professional skills and opportunities. Universities Without Walls (UWW) was created in 2009 to help redress these shortcomings. This paper presents a case study of UWW, a non-credit training program for emerging HIV researchers in …

  • Housing Stability and Neurocognitive Functioning in Homeless Adults With Mental Illness

    Open AccessVicky Stergiopoulos, Adonia Naidu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2019

    Objective: This study examined the association of housing stability with neurocognitive outcomes of a well-characterized sample of homeless adults with mental illness over 18 months and sought to identify demographic and clinical variables associated with changes in neurocognitive functioning. Method: A total of 902 participants in the At Home/Chez Soi study completed neuropsychological measures 6 and 24 months after study enrollment to assess ne…

  • Potential use of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a remote and mid-size Canadian setting

    Open AccessSanjana Mitra, Beth Rachlis et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Our findings suggest that SIS could play a role in addressing the harms of injection drug use in remote and mid-sized settings particularly for those who inject in public, as well as women and those who inject alone, who report higher expected frequency of SIS use. Design preferences of local PWID, in addition to differences according to gender should be taken into consideration to maximize the uptake of SIS, alongside existing health and social …

  • Challenges with access to healthcare from the perspective of patients living with HIV

    Shabnam Asghari, Jillian Hurd et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    Accessing healthcare can be difficult but the barriers multiply for people living with HIV (PLHIV). To improve access and the health of PLHIV, we must consider their perspectives and use them to inform standard practice. A better understanding of the current literature related to healthcare access from the perspective of PLHIV, can help to identify evidence gaps and highlight research priorities and opportunities. To identify relevant peer-review…

  • Prevalence and predictors of food insecurity among people living with HIV affiliated with Aids service organizations in Ontario, Canada

    Tsegaye Bekele, Jason Globerman et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    Up to half of people living with HIV in resource-rich settings experience moderate to severe food insecurity. Food insecurity, in turn, has been linked to adverse health outcomes including poor antiretroviral adherence, poor HIV viral suppression, frailty, and mortality. We estimated the prevalence of food insecurity among 649 adults living with HIV and recruited from community-based AIDS service organizations in Ontario, Canada. Food security wa…

  • High retention in HIV care at a tertiary care centre in Toronto, Canada

    Leah Szadkowski, María Luisa Calvache Quesada et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    Poor retention in HIV care is associated with poor clinical outcomes and mortality. Previous studies of predictors of poor retention have been conducted with a wide variety of populations, using different measures of retention, and occasionally have conflicting results. We studied demographic and psychosocial factors associated with inter-visit interval length in a setting of universal health care and modern cART. Patients attending ≥2 appointmen…