A C Benoit
Biographic Data
| ID | 38176 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A C Benoit |
| GIVEN NAMES | A C |
| FAMILY NAME | Benoit |
| SIGNATURE | BENOIT A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9863-0278 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Understanding the circle of care
There is a need for broadening understandings of health and well-being to fill the critical and persistent gap in culturally safe health and social service provision for Indigenous populations. While the importance of Indigenous cultural interventions in healthcare is increasingly recognized and the perspective of Indigenous patients increasingly sought, there has been little research on the views of Indigenous service providers themselves. Our s…
The need to change the narrative, to change the context
Indigenous women have varying degrees of control over their life stressors. • A lack of control over built and neighborhood environments was experienced. • Their environments impacted how they managed their mental and physical health. • Drugs and alcohol, shutting down and cutting ties were common survival responses. • Gaining control included engaging in culture, relationship building and advocacy. In Canada, Indigenous women have a range of lif…
How Indigenous Knowledges and Knowledge Systems Are Centered in Research
Our intention is to synthesize and amplify how IK have been centered in research, across multiple disciplines and geographies, to benefit Indigenous Peoples. We focus on nurturing and fostering ways of doing Indigenous research and including IK in a way that supports the well-being of Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous community engagement requirements for academic journals
This commentary emerged from an Indigenous research ethics and governance gathering and a scoping review completed by a diverse team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, which includes some of the co-authors of this article. A lack of detail regarding whether and how community engagement was carried out and reported in the context of published Indigenous health research in the Atlantic region of Canada were identified. This commentary build…
‘I don't chase drugs as much anymore, and I'm not dead’
Evaluating Facilitators’ Experience Delivering a Stress-Reducing Intervention for Indigenous Women with and without HIV
Indigenous women encounter increased stressful life experiences such as socioeconomic insecurities as well as inequities in health services and outcomes. These stress inequities, which stem from the historical and ongoing effects of settler colonialism, also worsen health outcomes for those women living with HIV. As a part of a broader research project on the impacts of stress-reducing interventions for indigenous women, this study examines the e…
“I'll struggle, and I'll fall…I'll have my days, but it's okay”
Sixties scoop survivors possess different levels of cultural knowledge. Our objectives were for Indigenous women 1) to increase their cultural knowledge through teachings and engagement with Knowledge Carriers, 2) to have other supports and resources they require identified, and 3) to participate in a Full Moon Ceremony. Community-based research principles were used to establish the study design and research process. Teaching circles and Full Moo…
Systematic review of interventions addressing suicide among Indigenous adults and reporting Indigenous-specific content and involvement in the interventions
Indigenous peoples experience high rates of suicide from historical and ongoing colonization. This systematic review examines the effectiveness, involvement of Indigenous peoples, and cultural content of interventions addressing suicide among Indigenous adults in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Through a systematic search of scholarly articles and grey literature, 10 articles met the inclusion criteria. In nine studies, Ind…
Building Bridges
Building Bridges' success hinged on ongoing co-learning and engagement of Indigenous peoples, service providers and researchers
Racism Experiences of Urban Indigenous Women in Ontario, Canada
The objective of our mixed-methods research study was to present the discourse on racism experiences of Indigenous women living in two urban Canadian cities. A failure to recognize the impacts of racism on Indigenous women in Canada has emerged from the literature. Sharing circles, interviews, and a questionnaire including validated scales were used to collect data. The findings demonstrated that urban Indigenous women experience a number of raci…
Social determinants of health and retention in HIV care in a clinical cohort in Ontario, Canada
Continuous HIV care supports antiretroviral therapy initiation and adherence, and prolongs survival. We investigated the association of social determinants of health (SDH) and subsequent retention in HIV care in a clinical cohort in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study is a multi-site cohort of patients at 10 HIV clinics. Data were collected from medical charts, interviews, and via record linkage with the provincial pub…
Envisioning Women-Centered HIV Care
Increased mortality among Indigenous persons in a multisite cohort of people living with HIV in Canada
Comparison of coping strategies and supports between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people living with HIV in Ontario
Complex historical and cultural factors have contributed to the HIV epidemic among Aboriginal populations in Canada. This study assesses social supports, adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms, stress, and mastery of Canadian-born Aboriginal and Canadian-born Caucasian people living with HIV in Ontario and posits that coping and social support are important micro- and meso-level factors associated with the epidemic. This cross-sectional analy…
Hear(ing) New Voices”
Peers discussed the strengths and weaknesses of participatory methodologies in survey development
Demographic and clinical factors correlating with high levels of psychological distress in HIV-positive women living in Ontario, Canada
The concept of psychological distress includes a range of emotional states with symptoms of depression and anxiety and has yet to be reported in HIV-positive women living in Ontario, Canada, who are known to live with contributing factors. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, severity, and correlates of psychological distress among women accessing HIV care participating in the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study using the Kessler …
Indigenous community engagement requirements for academic journals
This commentary emerged from an Indigenous research ethics and governance gathering and a scoping review completed by a diverse team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, which includes some of the co-authors of this article. A lack of detail regarding whether and how community engagement was carried out and reported in the context of published Indigenous health research in the Atlantic region of Canada were identified. This commentary build…
Hear(ing) New Voices”
Peers discussed the strengths and weaknesses of participatory methodologies in survey development
Building Bridges
Building Bridges' success hinged on ongoing co-learning and engagement of Indigenous peoples, service providers and researchers
Demographic and clinical factors correlating with high levels of psychological distress in HIV-positive women living in Ontario, Canada
The concept of psychological distress includes a range of emotional states with symptoms of depression and anxiety and has yet to be reported in HIV-positive women living in Ontario, Canada, who are known to live with contributing factors. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, severity, and correlates of psychological distress among women accessing HIV care participating in the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study using the Kessler …
Hear(ing) New Voices”
Peers discussed the strengths and weaknesses of participatory methodologies in survey development
Comparison of coping strategies and supports between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people living with HIV in Ontario
Complex historical and cultural factors have contributed to the HIV epidemic among Aboriginal populations in Canada. This study assesses social supports, adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms, stress, and mastery of Canadian-born Aboriginal and Canadian-born Caucasian people living with HIV in Ontario and posits that coping and social support are important micro- and meso-level factors associated with the epidemic. This cross-sectional analy…
Social determinants of health and retention in HIV care in a clinical cohort in Ontario, Canada
Continuous HIV care supports antiretroviral therapy initiation and adherence, and prolongs survival. We investigated the association of social determinants of health (SDH) and subsequent retention in HIV care in a clinical cohort in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study is a multi-site cohort of patients at 10 HIV clinics. Data were collected from medical charts, interviews, and via record linkage with the provincial pub…
Envisioning Women-Centered HIV Care
Increased mortality among Indigenous persons in a multisite cohort of people living with HIV in Canada
Racism Experiences of Urban Indigenous Women in Ontario, Canada
The objective of our mixed-methods research study was to present the discourse on racism experiences of Indigenous women living in two urban Canadian cities. A failure to recognize the impacts of racism on Indigenous women in Canada has emerged from the literature. Sharing circles, interviews, and a questionnaire including validated scales were used to collect data. The findings demonstrated that urban Indigenous women experience a number of raci…
Building Bridges
Building Bridges' success hinged on ongoing co-learning and engagement of Indigenous peoples, service providers and researchers
“I'll struggle, and I'll fall…I'll have my days, but it's okay”
Sixties scoop survivors possess different levels of cultural knowledge. Our objectives were for Indigenous women 1) to increase their cultural knowledge through teachings and engagement with Knowledge Carriers, 2) to have other supports and resources they require identified, and 3) to participate in a Full Moon Ceremony. Community-based research principles were used to establish the study design and research process. Teaching circles and Full Moo…
Systematic review of interventions addressing suicide among Indigenous adults and reporting Indigenous-specific content and involvement in the interventions
Indigenous peoples experience high rates of suicide from historical and ongoing colonization. This systematic review examines the effectiveness, involvement of Indigenous peoples, and cultural content of interventions addressing suicide among Indigenous adults in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Through a systematic search of scholarly articles and grey literature, 10 articles met the inclusion criteria. In nine studies, Ind…
‘I don't chase drugs as much anymore, and I'm not dead’
Evaluating Facilitators’ Experience Delivering a Stress-Reducing Intervention for Indigenous Women with and without HIV
Indigenous women encounter increased stressful life experiences such as socioeconomic insecurities as well as inequities in health services and outcomes. These stress inequities, which stem from the historical and ongoing effects of settler colonialism, also worsen health outcomes for those women living with HIV. As a part of a broader research project on the impacts of stress-reducing interventions for indigenous women, this study examines the e…
How Indigenous Knowledges and Knowledge Systems Are Centered in Research
Our intention is to synthesize and amplify how IK have been centered in research, across multiple disciplines and geographies, to benefit Indigenous Peoples. We focus on nurturing and fostering ways of doing Indigenous research and including IK in a way that supports the well-being of Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous community engagement requirements for academic journals
This commentary emerged from an Indigenous research ethics and governance gathering and a scoping review completed by a diverse team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, which includes some of the co-authors of this article. A lack of detail regarding whether and how community engagement was carried out and reported in the context of published Indigenous health research in the Atlantic region of Canada were identified. This commentary build…
Understanding the circle of care
There is a need for broadening understandings of health and well-being to fill the critical and persistent gap in culturally safe health and social service provision for Indigenous populations. While the importance of Indigenous cultural interventions in healthcare is increasingly recognized and the perspective of Indigenous patients increasingly sought, there has been little research on the views of Indigenous service providers themselves. Our s…
The need to change the narrative, to change the context
Indigenous women have varying degrees of control over their life stressors. • A lack of control over built and neighborhood environments was experienced. • Their environments impacted how they managed their mental and physical health. • Drugs and alcohol, shutting down and cutting ties were common survival responses. • Gaining control included engaging in culture, relationship building and advocacy. In Canada, Indigenous women have a range of lif…
Medicine (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Indigenous (10 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Family medicine (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (6 works) · Psychology (6 works)