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Exploring the state of evidence on aging with HIV in long-term care: A scoping review protocol
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2025-10-29) Kokorelias, Kristina M.; Carusone, Soo Chan; Sheppard, Christine; Eaton, Andrew D.; Chui, Cynthia; Valentine, Dean; Kirk, Michael; Sirisegaram, Luxey; Morris, Patricia Anne
Background The growing population of older adults living with HIV presents unique challenges for long-term care facilities, which are increasingly tasked with supporting residents who require both HIV-specific and geriatric care. Despite advances in HIV treatment that have extended life expectancy, the needs of these individuals in long-term care remain underexplored, and the field lacks a consolidated understanding of how facilities are currently equipped to manage these complexities. This scoping review protocol outlines the approach for synthesizing existing evidence on the experiences, challenges, and care outcomes of aging with HIV in long-term care settings. Objective To examine the state of evidence on older adults with HIV in long-term care, providing an overview of current knowledge on the health, social, and systemic factors influencing their care and identifying gaps that may guide future research and practice. Methods The team includes knowledge users, including experts by experience, to ensure the findings are grounded in lived realities and practical applicability. Using a scoping review framework by the Joanna Briggs Institute, we will conduct a comprehensive search of literature from inception in the following electronic databases: MEDLINE (R) ALL (Ovid), Embase Classic + Embase (Ovid), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Ovid), CINAHL Ultimate (EBSCO), PsycINFO (Ovid), AgeLine (EBSCO), and Scopus to capture studies that address aging with HIV in long-term care settings. Eligible studies will be screened and selected based on criteria focused on relevance to the intersection of aging, HIV, and long-term care. Articles will be screened by two reviewers. Data will be charted and synthesized thematically, allowing for an organized summary of findings on key topics such as physical and mental health, care provision, and facility preparedness. Discussion and implications This review will offer an overview of the current state of knowledge on aging with HIV in long-term care facilities, highlighting what is known about care practices, health outcomes, and systemic challenges in these settings. Findings will clarify the breadth and depth of existing evidence and reveal areas requiring further research, thereby informing policy and enhancing care strategies for this population.
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Talk With Everything: Interspecies Communication from the Circumpolar North
(University of Regina Press, 2026) Duchesne, Émile; Rasiulis, Nicolas; Schiefer, Paula; Bureau, Nicolas; Peemot, Victoria Soyan; Pospisil, Max; Fijn, Natasha; Donovan, Amy; Oehler, Alex; Drescher, Dwayne “Atjgaliaq”
This book brings together a group of anthropologists, offering insights from their most recent work with Indigenous and Settler communities on animal–human relationships. Covering experiences from Canada, Russia, Mongolia, and the USA, the book investigates how humans and animals express their intentions to each other, how interspecies communication can help detect the presence of intangible entities and interpret their attitude, how different ways of reading animals can conflict (and how this conflict can be resolved), as well as how desires and preferences can be understood across the world of sentient beings, whether at home or in the wild.
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Digital microaggressions and LGBTQ+ youth: exploring potential impacts and opportunities for educational intervention
(Informa UK Limited, 2025-08-13) McInroy, Lauren B.; Scheadler, Travis R.; McDonald, Mel; Eaton, Andrew D.; Craig, Shelley L.
LGBTQ+ youth frequently leverage the affordances of internet-enabled information and communication technologies (ICTs) to support their identity development, mental health, and well-being. Yet, anti-LGBTQ+ intolerance simultaneously persists in their digitally mediated contexts—including in the form of digital microaggressions. Data from an online survey of LGBTQ+ youth (age 14–24) residing across the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada were used to explore the relationships between six types of digital microaggressions, perceived stress, mental health, and psychological well-being through structural equation modelling. Findings suggest that exposure to some types of digital microaggressions may produce direct, incremental, and negative impacts on LGBTQ+ youth. Experiencing and witnessing discriminatory digital microaggressions had the most consistently significant relationships. Opportunities for future scholarship and insights for supportive intervention by caregivers, educators, and other professionals are discussed.
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Don't Put All Your Eggplants in One Basket
(2025-08-26) Poirier, Angèle
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Occupational Stressors and Mental Health Disorders: A National Study of Correctional Service Providers in Canada’s Provincial and Territorial Systems
(Sage, 2025-07-07) Ricciardelli, R.; Johnston, M. S.; Dorniani, S.; Taillieu, T.L.; Afifi, T. O.,; Carleton, R. N.
Correctional workers (CWs) experience organizational (e.g., staff shortages, administrative burdens) and operational stressors (e.g., exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events [PPTEs]) when completing their occupational responsibilities. In the current Canadian study, we assessed the average stress levels for diverse organizational and operational stressors among CWs across occupational groups (e.g., institutional operational, correctional officers, community operations, management, and administrators), provincial and territorial jurisdictions, and pre versus during COVID-19. We examined the relationships between 40 work-related stressors, including PPTE exposures and prevalence of positive screens for several mental health disorders (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder, panic disorder, alcohol use disorder). Results further evidence organizational and operational stressors beyond PPTE as being correlates of mental health challenges among CWs. Reducing organizational stress by increasing staffing and leadership training, improving communication and access to specialized treatment resources, mitigating PPTE exposures, and supporting collegial relationships may all potentiate improvements for the mental health of CWs.