HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities among African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) Youths in Windsor and Essex County

The African, Caribbean and Black Youths (ACBY) Project is a community-based research project studying HIV/AIDS vulnerability of ACB youths in Windsor and Essex County. The project aimed to establish a profile of the experiences that make Black youths vulnerable to negative sexual health outcomes and develop a strategy to address them. Its was funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and was a three-year collaboration among uWindsor researchers who have studied the HIV epidemic since its inception, an emerging generation of new researchers and community partners from the AIDS Committee of Windsor and the Youth Connection Association. More than 60 leaders from the African, Caribbean, and Black communities pledged to support the project.