Utilizing a Life Course Approach to Examine Pathways from Childhood Abuse to Adulthood Mental Health Outcomes Among Women Living With HIV: Findings from a Longitudinal Canadian Cohort Study

Speaker: Dr. Carmen Logie, Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Adjunct Professor, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health

Dr. Carmen Logie, Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity and Social Justice with Marginalized Populations, is a Full Professor at University of Toronto. Her research program advances understanding of social and structural factors associated with sexual health and rights, with a focus on HIV. Her current research program focuses on HIV prevention and care in Canada, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania with people living with HIV, refugee and displaced youth, LGBTQ communities, sex workers, Indigenous youth, climate-affected youth, and people at the intersection of these identities.

Talk summary:

Childhood abuse elevates risks for long-term mental health challenges. Knowledge gaps remain regarding the mechanisms of association, particularly among women with HIV. Informed by the ‘chain of risk’ life course approach, we examined pathways from childhood abuse to mental health among women living with HIV in Canada.

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