Jordan Ramnarine
Biographic Data
| ID | 3558561 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jordan Ramnarine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jordan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ramnarine |
| SIGNATURE | RAMNARINE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3737-3228 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Re-imagining poppers regulation in Canada
Alkyl nitrites, commonly known as poppers, remain widely used in Canada despite regulatory prohibitions that restrict their sale as prescription-only substances. This incongruence between policy and practice has contributed to unregulated supply chains, product contamination, and missed opportunities for harm reduction - particularly among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, who use poppers at higher rates. This commentary examine…
Forced to adapt
TGD individuals face healthcare trade-offs due to systemic barriers. • Trade-offs include sacrificing geographic convenience, preferred care, affordability, and high-quality care pathways. • Structural constraints, not individual choices, drive healthcare trade-offs among TDG patients. • Findings call for policy reforms in insurance, training, and telehealth access. • Study reframes trade-offs as outcomes of structural neglect, not resilience
Barriers to HIV Care among Transgender Sex Workers of Colour in the USA and Canada
Objectives: In 2018, HIV prevalence among transgender women of color in the USA was 14.11%, with similar severe trends observed in Canada. This highlights the persistent challenge of HIV/AIDS in both countries, particularly for transgender sex workers of color (TSWOC), who face significant barriers to accessing crucial HIV/AIDS care services due to stigma, systemic discrimination, and biased healthcare practices. To address these issues, a scopin…
The Medical System Is Not Built for Black [Women’s] Bodies”
While often framed as historical or ‘post’colonial, the pervasive legacies of anti-Black racism, rooted in the afterlives of slavery and the dehumanization of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) voices, continues to shape the health experiences of young ACB women in Ontario, Canada. Using an intersectional framework, this qualitative study utilized focus groups (n = 24) to understand factors influencing access to sexual and reproductive health se…
Reclaiming representAsian
Emancipatory futures in epidemiology
Barriers to HIV Care among Transgender Sex Workers of Colour in the USA and Canada
Objectives: In 2018, HIV prevalence among transgender women of color in the USA was 14.11%, with similar severe trends observed in Canada. This highlights the persistent challenge of HIV/AIDS in both countries, particularly for transgender sex workers of color (TSWOC), who face significant barriers to accessing crucial HIV/AIDS care services due to stigma, systemic discrimination, and biased healthcare practices. To address these issues, a scopin…
The Medical System Is Not Built for Black [Women’s] Bodies”
While often framed as historical or ‘post’colonial, the pervasive legacies of anti-Black racism, rooted in the afterlives of slavery and the dehumanization of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) voices, continues to shape the health experiences of young ACB women in Ontario, Canada. Using an intersectional framework, this qualitative study utilized focus groups (n = 24) to understand factors influencing access to sexual and reproductive health se…
Reclaiming representAsian
Emancipatory futures in epidemiology
Re-imagining poppers regulation in Canada
Alkyl nitrites, commonly known as poppers, remain widely used in Canada despite regulatory prohibitions that restrict their sale as prescription-only substances. This incongruence between policy and practice has contributed to unregulated supply chains, product contamination, and missed opportunities for harm reduction - particularly among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, who use poppers at higher rates. This commentary examine…
Forced to adapt
TGD individuals face healthcare trade-offs due to systemic barriers. • Trade-offs include sacrificing geographic convenience, preferred care, affordability, and high-quality care pathways. • Structural constraints, not individual choices, drive healthcare trade-offs among TDG patients. • Findings call for policy reforms in insurance, training, and telehealth access. • Study reframes trade-offs as outcomes of structural neglect, not resilience
LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 works) · Health care (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Transgender (2 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work) · Decriminalization (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Diaspora (1 work) · Drag (1 work) · Ethnography (1 work)