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Background. Aboriginal people in Canada: 3% of population 9% of new HIV infections contract HIV approximately 10 years younger. Significant gaps in Aboriginal youth HIV prevention services, capacity and resources. Conventional Prevention. A – Abstinence B – Be faithful C – Condomize.

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  1. Background • Aboriginal people in Canada: • 3% of population • 9% of new HIV infections • contract HIV approximately 10 years younger. • Significant gaps in Aboriginal youth HIV prevention services, capacity and resources.

  2. Conventional Prevention A – Abstinence B – Be faithful C – Condomize

  3. Objectives To explore the links between colonization and HIV To build Aboriginal youth capacity in HIV prevention To look at whether using the arts works

  4. How?

  5. METHODS

  6. Taking Action Workshops Day 1 (evening) • Introductions • All about HIV, games Day 2 (whole day) • Games, activities • Work with artists Day 3 (whole day) • Finish productions • Community display Follow-up

  7. Artists & Groups

  8. Taking

  9. Why Art? “Because it is fun.”

  10. Why Art? Process

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  12. Why Art? “It is important to focus on the positive– the good things.”

  13. Why Art? Process

  14. Why Art? Process Empowering • “Rather than being told what to do…We don’t just worry about it, we get up and do it.”

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  18. The product: Photography in Khanawake See: www.TakingAction4Youth.org

  19. Painting

  20. Some are well… The people crying represent people with HIV. They are mostly red people, Aboriginal people. Black, white and yellow (Asian) people are doing better. They are not crying…

  21. The Pain (KP) My life - is a shitload of pain. There ain’t no gain from the shit I do man All I can do is smoke like a train I’m soo high I feel like a plane I ain’t no bitch. I don’t need to carry no gat or a vest. People see me in the hood and turn the other away and run like a bitch. We need hope – no more dope. Sometimes we feel like we gotta run away. But we know we gotta stand and fight the pain. Show everyone how we run this place. First Nation people. It’s like we got slapped. Straight across the face. See us. You know. We were here first.

  22. Murals: Kettle Point

  23. So, back to why art?

  24. Why art? Product

  25. Why Art? “Cause lots of people look at art, especially Native people because we have really unique art.”

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  29. Acknowledgements • CIHR - HIV/AIDS Community Based Research Branch • Indigenous Health Research Development Program • The Ontario HIV Treatment Network Join our Facebook group by searching: Taking Action: Art and Aboriginal Youth 4 HIV Prevention Thanks to all our community partners, youth, artists & students!

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