Ingrid Handlovsky
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 263545 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ingrid Handlovsky |
| PRENOMES | Ingrid |
| SOBRENOME | Handlovsky |
| ASSINATURA | HANDLOVSKY I |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4838-320X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Navigating fragmented services
Findings illuminate critical public health challenges as women navigate fragmented services across multiple and siloed systems not designed to meet their complex needs. There is an urgent need for systemic change to create more integrated, responsive support systems for women experiencing GBV. This includes addressing underlying structures perpetuating gender inequities and violence. Facilitating safe access to holistic services that consider wom…
When Help Is Harm
How do online communities impact men's health? How does hegemonic masculinity harm men's health? In this paper, we analyse an online looksmaxxing community that receives 6 million unique visitors per month and is aimed at men seeking to improve their appearance. We qualitatively analysed 8072 discussion board comments in total. Our findings first demonstrate how users apply a hegemonic masculine gaze as they critique men's bodies (e.g., facial as…
Older, gay men's navigation of mental health and substance use challenges
Navigating mental health and substance use challenges is shaped by historical context and interlocking systems of oppression. • Historical and ongoing discrimination greatly informs how older gay men navigate mental health and substance use challenges. • Community-led, group-based resources are essential to support gay men with substance use and mental health challenges. • TTrust within health provider encounters is paramount to supporting gay me…
Cultivating psychological well-being amongst older gay men
How older gay men go about cultivating psychological wellbeing (PWB) is informed by the intersections of complex contextual dynamics rooted in interlocking systems of oppression. • A lifetime of interpersonal and structural discrimination – compounded by the HIV/AIDS crisis greatly informs how older gay men go about cultivating PWB. • Meaningful social connections, greatly informed by the losses of the collective trauma of HIV/AIDS, is a key proc…
The collective trauma of HIV/Aids and contemporary constructions of health
Explicitly positioning HIV/AIDS as a collective trauma enables deeper understandings of how experiences incurred during the pre-HAART period continue to have profound influence on how older, gay men conceptualize health • Gaining deeper understandings of the implications of the HIV/AIDS collective trauma on men’s perspectives on health is essential to promote the health and well-being of this group of men • Health is envisioned as an active proce…
Understanding the Experiences of Covid-19 Public Health Measures and Well-Being
This interpretative descriptive study explores how public health measures implemented during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, Canada, affected the well-being of older adults. Twenty-six participants aged 60-81 took photographs to depict how COVID-19 public health measures affected their well-being and were invited to discuss their photographs in virtual focus groups. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The impacts of hea…
Examining the Influence of Pre-Haart Experiences on Older, Self-Identifying Gay Men's Contemporary Constructions of Quality of Life (QOL)
Some older gay men (50+) experience diminished quality of life (QOL) due to historical and ongoing discrimination in addition to living through a collective trauma-the pre-HAART era of the HIV/AIDS epidemic-characterized by the absence of treatment and rampant discrimination targeting gay men. A growing body of literature, however, illustrates that older gay men demonstrate remarkable resilience but little is known about how QOL is conceptualized…
Resilience among older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic
Older adults faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic but also demonstrated great resilience. Investigating these strengths may enhance and inform strategies to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. To gain insight into the resilience processes of older adults during the first year of the pandemic, we conducted a photovoice study with 26 older adults (aged over 60) in the province of Quebec, Canada. Participants met online weekly…
Between two pandemics
Pandemics are a component of human life, and have had great bearing on the trajectory of human evolution. Historically, the biomedical aspects of pandemics have been overrepresented, but there is growing recognition of the degree to which pandemics are socially and culturally embedded, highlighting how virus perception is socially and politically informed. Older (50+), gay men represent a population who have experienced two global pandemics in th…
Understanding stigma and suicidality among gay men living with HIV
Gay men living with HIV (GMHIV) are at relatively high risk for suicide. To inform tailored suicide prevention interventions, we conducted a photovoice study with 22 GMHIV with a history of suicidality. Our study findings revealed three discrete but connected themes characterizing suicidality among GMHIV: first, HIV stigma featured prominently in participants' narratives who described accumulating experiences of prejudice that triggered their hop…
Processes underpinning survival in gay men living with HIV and a history of suicidality
Gay men living with HIV represent a particularly high risk group for suicide; however, little is known about suicidality, specifically, resiliencies in the context of suicidality among this particular group of men. The current study draws on photovoice and grounded theory methods to examine the processes that underpin survival for gay men living with HIV who have experienced suicidality. Twenty-two Canadian-based gay men participated, taking phot…
Overcoming adversity
This article presents findings from a grounded theory study in which we explored how self-identifying gay men between 40 and 76 years of age manage their health in the context of homophobia, heteronormativity and discrimination. Data were collected with 25 men over a 6-month period in a large urban setting in Western Canada. A preliminary theory of health management is discussed, consisting of the central phenomenon of overcoming adversity. Three…
The Process of Safer Crack Use Among Women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
In this article we discuss the findings from a grounded theory study in which we explored how women residing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) minimized some of the physical, psychological, and interpersonal harms associated with crack cocaine use, and identify the social, economic, and political factors that influence safer use. Data were collected over a 3-month period and involved group interviews with 27 women at an agency run by drug u…
Condom use as situated in a risk context
Investigation into condom use in sex work has aroused interest in health promotion and illness prevention. Yet there remains a dearth of inquiry into condom use practices in the indoor sex industry, particularly in North America. We performed a thematic analysis of one aspect of the indoor sex work by drawing on data from a larger mixed-methods study that investigated women's health issues in the massage parlour industry in Vancouver, Canada. Usi…
Understanding the Experiences of Covid-19 Public Health Measures and Well-Being
This interpretative descriptive study explores how public health measures implemented during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, Canada, affected the well-being of older adults. Twenty-six participants aged 60-81 took photographs to depict how COVID-19 public health measures affected their well-being and were invited to discuss their photographs in virtual focus groups. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The impacts of hea…
Overcoming adversity
This article presents findings from a grounded theory study in which we explored how self-identifying gay men between 40 and 76 years of age manage their health in the context of homophobia, heteronormativity and discrimination. Data were collected with 25 men over a 6-month period in a large urban setting in Western Canada. A preliminary theory of health management is discussed, consisting of the central phenomenon of overcoming adversity. Three…
The Process of Safer Crack Use Among Women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
In this article we discuss the findings from a grounded theory study in which we explored how women residing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) minimized some of the physical, psychological, and interpersonal harms associated with crack cocaine use, and identify the social, economic, and political factors that influence safer use. Data were collected over a 3-month period and involved group interviews with 27 women at an agency run by drug u…
When Help Is Harm
How do online communities impact men's health? How does hegemonic masculinity harm men's health? In this paper, we analyse an online looksmaxxing community that receives 6 million unique visitors per month and is aimed at men seeking to improve their appearance. We qualitatively analysed 8072 discussion board comments in total. Our findings first demonstrate how users apply a hegemonic masculine gaze as they critique men's bodies (e.g., facial as…
Examining the Influence of Pre-Haart Experiences on Older, Self-Identifying Gay Men's Contemporary Constructions of Quality of Life (QOL)
Some older gay men (50+) experience diminished quality of life (QOL) due to historical and ongoing discrimination in addition to living through a collective trauma-the pre-HAART era of the HIV/AIDS epidemic-characterized by the absence of treatment and rampant discrimination targeting gay men. A growing body of literature, however, illustrates that older gay men demonstrate remarkable resilience but little is known about how QOL is conceptualized…
Condom use as situated in a risk context
Investigation into condom use in sex work has aroused interest in health promotion and illness prevention. Yet there remains a dearth of inquiry into condom use practices in the indoor sex industry, particularly in North America. We performed a thematic analysis of one aspect of the indoor sex work by drawing on data from a larger mixed-methods study that investigated women's health issues in the massage parlour industry in Vancouver, Canada. Usi…
The Process of Safer Crack Use Among Women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
In this article we discuss the findings from a grounded theory study in which we explored how women residing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) minimized some of the physical, psychological, and interpersonal harms associated with crack cocaine use, and identify the social, economic, and political factors that influence safer use. Data were collected over a 3-month period and involved group interviews with 27 women at an agency run by drug u…
Overcoming adversity
This article presents findings from a grounded theory study in which we explored how self-identifying gay men between 40 and 76 years of age manage their health in the context of homophobia, heteronormativity and discrimination. Data were collected with 25 men over a 6-month period in a large urban setting in Western Canada. A preliminary theory of health management is discussed, consisting of the central phenomenon of overcoming adversity. Three…
Understanding stigma and suicidality among gay men living with HIV
Gay men living with HIV (GMHIV) are at relatively high risk for suicide. To inform tailored suicide prevention interventions, we conducted a photovoice study with 22 GMHIV with a history of suicidality. Our study findings revealed three discrete but connected themes characterizing suicidality among GMHIV: first, HIV stigma featured prominently in participants' narratives who described accumulating experiences of prejudice that triggered their hop…
Processes underpinning survival in gay men living with HIV and a history of suicidality
Gay men living with HIV represent a particularly high risk group for suicide; however, little is known about suicidality, specifically, resiliencies in the context of suicidality among this particular group of men. The current study draws on photovoice and grounded theory methods to examine the processes that underpin survival for gay men living with HIV who have experienced suicidality. Twenty-two Canadian-based gay men participated, taking phot…
Resilience among older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic
Older adults faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic but also demonstrated great resilience. Investigating these strengths may enhance and inform strategies to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. To gain insight into the resilience processes of older adults during the first year of the pandemic, we conducted a photovoice study with 26 older adults (aged over 60) in the province of Quebec, Canada. Participants met online weekly…
Between two pandemics
Pandemics are a component of human life, and have had great bearing on the trajectory of human evolution. Historically, the biomedical aspects of pandemics have been overrepresented, but there is growing recognition of the degree to which pandemics are socially and culturally embedded, highlighting how virus perception is socially and politically informed. Older (50+), gay men represent a population who have experienced two global pandemics in th…
Older, gay men's navigation of mental health and substance use challenges
Navigating mental health and substance use challenges is shaped by historical context and interlocking systems of oppression. • Historical and ongoing discrimination greatly informs how older gay men navigate mental health and substance use challenges. • Community-led, group-based resources are essential to support gay men with substance use and mental health challenges. • TTrust within health provider encounters is paramount to supporting gay me…
Cultivating psychological well-being amongst older gay men
How older gay men go about cultivating psychological wellbeing (PWB) is informed by the intersections of complex contextual dynamics rooted in interlocking systems of oppression. • A lifetime of interpersonal and structural discrimination – compounded by the HIV/AIDS crisis greatly informs how older gay men go about cultivating PWB. • Meaningful social connections, greatly informed by the losses of the collective trauma of HIV/AIDS, is a key proc…
The collective trauma of HIV/Aids and contemporary constructions of health
Explicitly positioning HIV/AIDS as a collective trauma enables deeper understandings of how experiences incurred during the pre-HAART period continue to have profound influence on how older, gay men conceptualize health • Gaining deeper understandings of the implications of the HIV/AIDS collective trauma on men’s perspectives on health is essential to promote the health and well-being of this group of men • Health is envisioned as an active proce…
Understanding the Experiences of Covid-19 Public Health Measures and Well-Being
This interpretative descriptive study explores how public health measures implemented during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, Canada, affected the well-being of older adults. Twenty-six participants aged 60-81 took photographs to depict how COVID-19 public health measures affected their well-being and were invited to discuss their photographs in virtual focus groups. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The impacts of hea…
Examining the Influence of Pre-Haart Experiences on Older, Self-Identifying Gay Men's Contemporary Constructions of Quality of Life (QOL)
Some older gay men (50+) experience diminished quality of life (QOL) due to historical and ongoing discrimination in addition to living through a collective trauma-the pre-HAART era of the HIV/AIDS epidemic-characterized by the absence of treatment and rampant discrimination targeting gay men. A growing body of literature, however, illustrates that older gay men demonstrate remarkable resilience but little is known about how QOL is conceptualized…
Navigating fragmented services
Findings illuminate critical public health challenges as women navigate fragmented services across multiple and siloed systems not designed to meet their complex needs. There is an urgent need for systemic change to create more integrated, responsive support systems for women experiencing GBV. This includes addressing underlying structures perpetuating gender inequities and violence. Facilitating safe access to holistic services that consider wom…
When Help Is Harm
How do online communities impact men's health? How does hegemonic masculinity harm men's health? In this paper, we analyse an online looksmaxxing community that receives 6 million unique visitors per month and is aimed at men seeking to improve their appearance. We qualitatively analysed 8072 discussion board comments in total. Our findings first demonstrate how users apply a hegemonic masculine gaze as they critique men's bodies (e.g., facial as…
Sociology (13 obras) · Psychology (12 obras) · Medicine (11 obras) · Qualitative research (9 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras) · Gender Studies (7 obras) · Gerontology (6 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Social science (5 obras)