The SPAQSAM Study:
STBBI Prevention Access for Queer South Asian Men in Canada
About The Project
We are conducting a study to examine how discrimination affects access to sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI) prevention services for South Asian gay, bi, and other queer men (GBQM) living in Canada.
Examples of STBBI include HIV, Hepatitis-C, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis. Examples of prevention services include testing, treatment, and pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP and PEP).
We hope to figure out the barriers that South Asian GBQM experience when accessing STBBI prevention services and how to improve their sexual health through better services, programming, and policies.
Joshun Dulai
Joshun Dulai (he/him; they/them) is a PhD candidate in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. They are a queer South Asian person who grew up on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh nations (Vancouver). Joshun has over a decade of experience working in the area of 2SLGBTQIA+ health, BIPOC health, sexual health (STBBI prevention), and mental health.
The Team
Dr. Daniel Grace
Co-Investigator
Dr. Darrell Tan
Co-Investigator
Dr. Ananya Banerjee
Co-Investigator
Dr. Amaya Perez-Brumer
Co-Investigator
Laila Vahed
Research Assistant
Research Partnerships & Funders
U of T Dalla Lana School of Public Health •
Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention •
Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies •
Queer and Trans Research Lab •
Canadian Institute of Health Research •
Community-Based Research Centre •
U of T Dalla Lana School of Public Health • Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention • Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies • Queer and Trans Research Lab • Canadian Institute of Health Research • Community-Based Research Centre •
This study is based out of the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
This project has been approved by the Research Ethics Board at the University of Toronto.
