Erica Lawson

Biographic Data

ID638520
NAMEErica Lawson
GIVEN NAMESErica
FAMILY NAMELawson
SIGNATURELAWSON E
AFFILIATIONSWestern University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Black heterosexual men’s resilience in times of HIV adversity

    Open AccessR Antabe, Martin D Mcintosh et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Based on these findings, there is an urgent need for HIV policy stakeholders, including service providers, to engage the ACB community in the design of intervention programs. Additionally, addressing the socioeconomic disadvantages faced by ACB communities will increase the capacity of ACB men to develop resilience against HIV

  • I went in there, had a bit of an issue with those folks”

    Open AccessR Antabe, Irenius Konkor et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The findings suggest that, to enhance preventive health service use among heterosexual ACB men, there is the need to remove structural barriers. Engaging ACB men in the design and implementation of policies may be useful at improving access to HIV information, testing, and treatment services. Increased information dissemination to ACB men would create awareness of the availability of HIV services. Finally, service providers should be conscious of…

  • Sexual Debut Among Heterosexual Men of African and Caribbean Descent

    Open AccessIrenius Konkor, Paul Mkandawire et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2021Cited by: 2References: 49

  • Enacting a critical decolonizing ethnographic approach in occupation-based research

    Stephanie Huff, Debbie Laliberte Rudman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Occupational Science2020Cited by: 2References: 19

    In response to calls for challenging coloniality and imperialism within occupational science, this paper outlines central tenets of decolonial theory and decolonizing methodological approaches to illustrate their relevance to transformative occupation-based research. Through describing the first-author’s dissertation work enacted in Tanzania, we illustrate how these principles unfolded through the design and enactment of a critical decolonizing e…

  • Gendered occupation

    Stephanie Huff, Debbie Laliberte Rudman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Occupational Science2020Cited by: 4References: 18

    This paper aims to contribute to more comprehensive understandings of occupation by: 1) conceptualizing gendered occupation as a theoretical tool to aid scholars in unpacking the gendered and politicized nature of occupation, and 2) sharing findings from the first author’s critical decolonizing ethnographic dissertation research in Tanzania to illuminate diverse understandings of gender, womanhood, and collective resistance through occupation. Th…

  • Commentary for

    Stephanie Huff, Debbie Laliberte Rudman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Occupational Science2020References: 5

    Commentary for: ‘Africana womanism’: Implications for transformative scholarship in occupational science." Journal of Occupational Science, 28(3), pp. 423–424

  • Africana womanism’

    Stephanie Huff, Debbie Laliberte Rudman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Occupational Science2018References: 27

    This paper responds to the call for occupational scientists to advance understandings of occupation beyond a Western paradigm by considering the implications of drawing upon Africana womanism as a theoretical underpinning to explore gendered occupation. The uptake of Africana Womanist theory can challenge taken-for-granted assumptions tacitly embedded within occupational science surrounding gender and womanhood, while creating space for alternati…

  • At the intersection of idealized youth and marginalized almost-adulthood

    Patricia Hamilton, Erica Lawson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth Studies2018Cited by: 2References: 18

    This article discusses how young mothers in London, a mid-size city in Canada, utilize a drop-in centre service while attending an alternative programme to acquire secondary school credits. The central arguments made here are informed by key concepts in the field of girlhood studies. With its attention to the interconnections between gender, age, and generation as well as other aspects of social identity, girlhood studies provides crucial insight…

  • Disenfranchised grief and social inequality

    Erica Lawson, Elaine S LawsonARTICLEEthnic and Racial Studies2014Cited by: 7References: 52

    This article discusses how disenfranchised grief, that is grief that has been invalidated in some manner, is experienced by African Canadians who have lost friends and family to gun-related violence. It is based on research findings suggesting that the violent deaths of young black men are partly rooted in racial stratification and perceived criminality. These factors have implications for how the deceased person is grieved. Covictims, the bereav…

  • HIV risk perception and distribution of HIV risk among African, Caribbean and other Black people in a Canadian city

    Open AccessThe BLACCH Study Team, Shamara Baidoobonso et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    The results show that perceptions about ACB people's HIV risk differ from actual risk, and those with higher social standing might be at greater risk. Furthermore, the social determinants of health are important factors in the epidemiology of HIV among ACB people

  • Single Mothers, Absentee Fathers, and Gun Violence in Toronto

    Erica Lawson, Elaine S LawsonARTICLEWomen s Studies2012References: 28

    “Who is doing the killing and who is being killed in the wave of reckless public violence that has struck Toronto? Black boys and young men with no fathers in their homes. Yet as politicians at all

  • Diasporic Ruptures

    Alireza Asgharzadeh, Erica Lawson et al.BOOKDiasporic Ruptures2007