Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-12-2021
Publication Title
Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
Volume
12
Issue
4
First page number:
1
Last page number:
26
Abstract
Most prior research on resilience to HIV/AIDS has utilized quantitative tools (e.g., scales and surveys) to examine individual-level assets (e.g., self-efficacy, hope, optimism) that researchers believe represent or approximate resilience to HIV/AIDS with minimal consideration for the perspectives of men who have sex with men (MSM), the population that has remained at greatest risk of, and the most impacted by HIV/AIDS in North America since the 1980s. The aim of this qualitative study is to identify community-level resources that bolster resilience to HIV/AIDS based specifically on the perspectives and lived experiences of middle-aged and older (MAO) MSM living with HIV/AIDS. Employing a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach involving the meaningful and active engagement of MSM at multiple levels (i.e., as research team members, peer researchers, Community Advisory Board representatives, community partners, and study participants), forty-one MAO MSM living with HIV/AIDS from Ontario, Canada, were included in the study’s semi-structured interviews. Utilizing thematic analysis, four major themes were identified from the interview data: (a) the 2SLGBTQ+ community; (b) community-based not-for-profit organizations; (c) public health services; and (d) neighbourhood support programs. This article discusses the value of community-level resources as important additions to individual-level assets for bolstering resilience to HIV/AIDS, as well as the implications of the study’s findings and limitations for future HIV/AIDS services and research.
Keywords
Community-level resources; Resilience; HIV/AIDS; Middle-aged and older; Men who have sex with men
Disciplines
Health Psychology
File Format
File Size
485 KB
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Liboro, R. M.,
Yates, T. C.,
Fehr, C.,
Da Silva, G.,
Ibañez-Carrasco, F.,
Eaton, A.,
Pugh, D.,
Ross, L. E.,
Shuper, P. A.
(2021).
Community-Level Resources Bolstering Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV/AIDS.
Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 12(4),
1-26.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/psychology_fac_articles/593