Gayle Restall

Dados Biográficos

ID3886993
NOMEGayle Restall
PRENOMESGayle
SOBRENOMERestall
ASSINATURARESTALL G
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Manitoba
ORCID0000-0002-8656-6261
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2015
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • “I'm still on that dark path, but I can see the red road in the distance

    Open AccessJared Star, Laurie Ringaert et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2026

  • Kotawêw

    Open AccessRusty Souleymanov, Tara Christianson et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    Indigenous women, two-spirit, transgender, and gender-diverse people in Canada experience disproportionate HIV and sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI) inequities shaped by colonial violence and systemic racism. While Indigenous doula work is resurging as reproductive justice, its application to HIV/STBBI prevention and care remains underexplored. We examined how Indigenous HIV/STBBI doula care is envisioned and what competencie…

  • 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…

  • First Nations People Living With HIV

    Open AccessJared Star, Albert Mcleod et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2025Referências: 27

    First Nations people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Canada face a range of complex barriers during a time when infection rates are increasing. The Northern HIV Journey Mapping Project explored this issue from the perspectives of both First Nations people living with HIV and the health care service providers who support them. Drawing from an Indigenous-led, decolonizing methodology, this study adopted the philosophies of Two…

  • The Gigii-Bapiimin Study

    Open AccessRusty Souleymanov, Marni Still et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    The Gigii-Bapiimin study explored the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and wellbeing of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people living with HIV in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, two provinces in Canada with alarmingly high rates of HIV infections. Participants (n = 28 in Manitoba and n = 23 in Saskatchewan) were recruited using various methods, including flyers, community organizations, peers, and social media. The qualitative interviews…

  • Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on access to HIV testing and condom use among two-spirit, gay, bisexual, and queer (2SGBQ+) men in Manitoba

    Open AccessRusty Souleymanov, Sana Amjad et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2023

    This cross-sectional online survey (n = 347) examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to HIV testing and condom use among Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, and queer (2SGBQ+) men in Manitoba. Logistic regression assessed the relationship between socio-demographics and the impact of COVID-19 on access to HIV testing and condom use. Among those who answered a question on testing (n = 282), 27.7% reported reduced access to HIV testing. Among …

  • Migration and health study

    Open AccessRusty Souleymanov, Bolaji Akinyele-Akanbi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The study highlights the complex interplay of factors that influence the sexual health of migrants, and the need for targeted sexual health awareness campaigns and provision of sexual health information in languages spoken by migrants. Public health interventions focused on improving the sexual health outcomes for migrants should consider the socio-ecological elements identified in this study. These findings can inform public health campaigns to …

  • Resisting and disrupting HIV-related stigma

    Open AccessGayle Restall, Patricia Ukoli et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    These stories of oppression and resistance can inspire action to reduce HIV-related stigma. People living with HIV can consider the strategies to confront stigma that were shared in these stories. Health care providers and policy makers can take concerted actions to support peoples' transitions to resisting stigmas. They can facilitate supportive and anti-oppressive health and social service systems that address medical care as well as basic need…

  • Participatory design and qualitative evaluation of a decision guide for workplace human immunodeficiency virus self‐disclosure

    Open AccessGayle Restall, Francis Diaz et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2021

    BACKGROUND: Disclosure of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive status in a workplace can be a complex social decision for a person living with HIV. OBJECTIVE: To design a Decision Guide to support people living with HIV in assessing contexts, risks and benefits of workplace disclosure in choosing whether or not, or to what extent, to disclose. In this report, we review the participatory design of a Decision Guide prototype and focus on its…

  • Conceptualizing the outcomes of involving people who use mental health services in policy development

    Open AccessGayle RestallARTICLEHealth Expectations2015

    CONTEXT: Inclusion of people who use mental health services in policymaking is a goal of many mental health systems. However, the outcomes of such involvement have not been well articulated or researched. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this research were to explore how the social and personal outcomes of citizen-user involvement in mental health policymaking were conceptualized by policy actors and to create a conceptual framework to guide the dev…