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ArticleAIDS and behavior2024

Land-Based Retreats as a Method for Building Enabling Environments for HIV Prevention with Northern and Indigenous Adolescents in the Northwest Territories, Canada: Mixed-Methods Findings.

Carmen H Logie, Candice L Lys, Shira B Taylor, Anoushka Lad, Kayley Inuksuk Mackay, Aryssa Hasham, Lesley Gittings, Kalonde Malama, Sherri Pooyak, Renée Monchalin and 1 more

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Carmen H LogieFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street W, Room 504, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V4, Canada. carmen.logie@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8035-433X
Candice L LysFostering Open eXpression Among Youth (FOXY), Yellowknife, NT, Canada.
Shira B TaylorFaculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Anoushka LadFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street W, Room 504, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V4, Canada.
Kayley Inuksuk MackayFostering Open eXpression Among Youth (FOXY), Yellowknife, NT, Canada.
Aryssa HashamFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street W, Room 504, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V4, Canada.
Lesley GittingsFaculty of Health Sciences, School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Kalonde MalamaFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street W, Room 504, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V4, Canada.
Sherri PooyakCommunities, Alliances, and Networks (CAAN), Fort Qu'Appelle, SK, Canada.
Renée MonchalinSchool of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Zerihun AdamassuFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street W, Room 504, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V4, Canada.

Funding

Canada Foundation for Innovation JELFCanada Research Chairs, Government of Canada Tier 2CIHR HIV - 181932CIHR PGSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council IGSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council Post-doc fellowship
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Abstract

The Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada has high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STI) that elevate HIV acquisition risks. We conducted a mixed-methods study to explore the potential of land-based peer leader retreats (PLR) in building HIV prevention enabling environments among Northern and Indigenous youth in the NWT. PLRs are grounded in Indigenous principles and ways of knowing, acknowledging the land as a physical, spiritual, emotional, and intellectual being with the potential to facilitate (re)connection to culture, community, and self. We conducted one-week PLRs between 2016 and 2021 with adolescents aged 13-17 in the NWT. PLRs addressed HIV/STIs, safer sex, and gender equity. We conducted post-retreat focus groups (FGs) and pre/post-retreat surveys with youth participants (n = 353), and post-retreat FGs with PLR facilitators (n = 252). We applied thematic analysis to FGs and assessed pre/post-retreat changes in HIV/STI knowledge and safer sex efficacy (SSE) using paired sample t-tests. We assessed factors associated with post-test SSE and HIV/STI knowledge using multivariable linear regression. Youth participants (n = 353; mean age: 14.5, standard deviation [SD]: 1.3) were mostly Indigenous (71%) and women (66%). Participant narratives revealed PLRs enhanced technical communication (e.g., correct condom use). There were significant post-retreat HIV/STI knowledge increases; change score increases were lower for Indigenous participants. Qualitative narratives described how PLRs fostered transformative communication (e.g., sexual consent). There were significant post-retreat increases in SSE, and these were lower among men and sexually diverse (vs. heterosexual) participants. Land-based PLRs offer the potential to build technical and transformative communication to facilitate HIV prevention with youth in Canada's North.

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Focus GroupsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsSafe SexAdolescentFemaleHumansIndigenous CanadiansMaleNorthwest TerritoriesPeer GroupQualitative ResearchSexual BehaviorSexually Transmitted DiseasesSurveys and QuestionnairesAdolescentsArcticCondom useGenderHIV preventionIndigenous

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