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Rodney KNIGHT

Rodney Knight

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Professeur adjoint

École de santé publique - Département de médecine sociale et préventive

Courriels

rodney.knight@umontreal.ca (Travail)

Expertises

  • Youths
  • Canada
  • France
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Mental health
  • Intravenous drug use
  • Health Promotion

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Un programme de recherche de méthodes mixtes et multisite axé sur les expériences des jeunes face aux inégalités liées à la consommation de substances, à la santé sexuelle et à la santé mentale Projet de recherche au Canada / 2023 - 2025

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: FRQS/Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRSQ)
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Bourse de chercheur-boursier : Junior 2

A FOCUS on youth mental health and substance use-related outcomes, inequities and trajectories during COVID-19 and beyond: A mixed-methods study in Canada and France Projet de recherche au Canada / 2023 - 2025

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Co-researchers : Olivier Ferlatte , Karine Bertrand , Danya Fast , Joanna Henderson , Travis Salway , Maxime Blanchette , Emily Jenkins , Marie Jauffret-Roustide , Skye Barbic , Devon Greyson , Natasha Parent
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet

Addressing sexual- and drug-related HIV risk among young gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in British Columbia Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2025

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention d'équipe

Identifying the impact of cannabis use on mental health outcomes among sexual and gender minority youth: A mixed-methods study Projet de recherche au Canada / 2023 - 2024

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Co-researchers : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet

Side by Side: Improving the care system to improve the health and well-being of youth who use crystal meth Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2024

Lead researcher : Danya Fast , Rodney Knight

Identifying the impact of cannabis use on mental health outcomes among sexual and gender minority youth in British Columbia and Québec Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2024

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight , Olivier Ferlatte
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet

Side by side: Identifying the strategies to address the health and social needs of youth who use stimulants Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2024

Lead researcher : Danya Fast , Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet

The impact of displacement on health among people living with HIV in Vancouver, Canada Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2024

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight

Establishing a research collaboration to improve health outcomes associated with homelessness among 2SLGBTQ+ youth across British Columbia Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2023

Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subventions pour réunion, planification et dissémination

Establishing an international research and policy collaborative to improve health outcomes for sexual minority men who use poppers (alkyl nitrites) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2023

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subventions pour réunion, planification et dissemination

Youth in a pandemic: A youth-led photovoice exploration of COVID-19 vaccine confidence Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2023

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention de fonctionnement (COVID-19)

A mixed-methods comparative study identifying the social and health trajectories of young adults Projet de recherche à l’international / 2021 - 2022

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: ANR/Agence nationale de la recherche
Grant programs:

FOCUS on Adolescents: A mixed-methods study to optimize COVID-19 recovery and renewal efforts among adolescents in Canada and France Projet de recherche à l’international / 2021 - 2022

Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention de fonctionnement (COVID-19)

Socio-cultural contexts and young men’s sexual lives Projet de recherche au Canada / 2016 - 2021

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet

Identifying the experiences of people who inject drugs (PWID) with Direct-Acting Antiviral Hepatitis C treatment to inform policies and programs Projet de recherche au Canada / 2016 - 2021

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet

Establishing a Canada-France research collaboration to reduce drug- and sexual-related harms among HIV-positive and -negative MSM Projet de recherche à l’international / 2017 - 2018

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs:

Interventions to address HIV and other STBBI among young men Projet de recherche au Canada / 2016 - 2017

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight , Jean-Anne Shoveller
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PV138772-Subvention de fonctionnement: VIH/SIDA

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Publications récentes

  1. Lowik A, Prangnell A, Carson A, Wong J & Knight R. Factors influencing the acceptability of nominal, non-nominal, and anonymous HIV testing options among young men living in Vancouver, Canada: A qualitative study. Accepted on October 20, 2022 at Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
  2. Thulien M, Charlesworth R, Haleigh A, Rainbow D, Katey K, Sedgemore K, Knight R & Fast D. (2022) Navigating Treatment in the shadow of the overdose crisis: Perspectives of youth experiencing street-involvement across British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Addiction: 13(2S), S62-S71.  
  3. Koenig B, Murphy A, Johnston S, Pearson J, Knight R, Gilbert M, Shannon K & Krüsi A. (2022) Digital exclusion and the structural barriers to safety strategies among men and non-binary sex workers who solicit clients online. Social Sciences: 11(7), 318. 
  4. Ferlatte O, Gareau P, Poirier A.J., Salway T, Morgan J, Gaudette M, Knight R & Lachowsky N. (2022). Workplace discrimination as a social determinant of health among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Accepted on 9 July 2022 at Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health
  5. Coulaud P, Jesson J, Bolduc N, Ferlatte O, Jenkins E, Bertrand K, Salway T, Jauffret-Roustide M & Knight R. (2022). Young adults’ mental health and unmet service needs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic across Canada and France. Published online 28 June 2022 at Community Mental Health Journal
  6. Salway T, Black S, Kennedy A, Watt S, Ferlatte O, Gaspar M, Knight R & Gilbert M. (2022). “Syndemic moral distress”: Sexual health provider practices in the context of co-occurring, socially produced sexual and mental health epidemics. BMC Health Services Research, 2022; 22:750.
  7. Ferlatte O, Handlovsky I, Ridge D, Chanady T, Knight R & Oliffe J. (2022). Understanding stigma and suicidality among gay men living with HIV: A photovoice project. Accepted on June 4 2022 at SSM-Qualitative Health Research
  8. Dahlby L, Boyd J, Knight R, Philbin M, Kerr T, Small W & McNeil R. (2022). Perspectives of street-involved young people who use drugs regarding the acceptability and feasibility of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: A qualitative study. Accepted on 31 May 2022 at AIDS Care
  9. Young J, Ablona A, Klassen BJ, Higgins R, Kim J, Lavoie S, Knight R & Lachowsky NJ. (2022). Implementing community-based dried blood spot (DBS) testing for HIV and Hepatitis C: A qualitative analysis of key facilitators and ongoing challenges. BMC Public Health. 22:1085. 
  10. Goodyear T, Ferlatte O, Fast D, Salway T, Jenkins E, Robinson S, & Knight R. (2022). Using photovoice to understand experiences of opioid use among sexual and gender minority youth in Vancouver, Canada. Culture, Health & Sexuality. 1-18.
  11. Handlovsky I, Ferlatte O, Kia H, Knight R, Broom A & Oliffe J. (2022). Processes underpinning survival in gay men living with HIV and a history of suicidality. Published online 25 May 2022 at Sociology of Health and Illness
  12. Nairn S, Audet M, Stewart S, Hawke L, Isaacs J, Henderson J, Haines-Saah R, Knight R, Fast D, Khan F, Lam A, Conrod P. (2022). Interventions to reduce opioid use in youth at-risk and in treatment for substance use disorders: A scoping review. Published online 9 May 2022 at Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 
  13. Nairn S, Hawke L, Isaacs J, Knight R, Henderson J, Stewart S, Haines-Saah R, Fast D, Lam A & Conrod P. (2022). Characterizing the landscape of service provider needs and gaps in services during the Canadian youth polysubstance use health crisis. Canadian Journal of Addiction. 13:2S, S29-S38. 
  14. Nairn S, Isaacs J, Stewart S, Hawke L, Thulien M, Fast D, Henderson J, Knight R, Conrod P, Lam A, Khan F & Haines-Saah R. (2022). Lessons Learned from ‘A Day for Youth Voices on the Opioid Overdose Crisis’ and Future Directions for Research on the Youth Polysubstance Use Emergency in Canada. Canadian Journal of Addiction13;2S:S8-S17 
  15. Canêdo J, Sedgemore K, Ebbert K, Anderson H, Dykeman R, Kinkaid K, The Youth Health Advisory Council, Knight R & Fast D. (2022). Harm reduction calls to action from young people who use drugs on the streets of Vancouver and Lisbon. Harm Reduction Journal. 19:43. 
  16. Coulaud PJ, Ablona A, Bolduc N, Fast D, Bertrand J, Ward J, Greyson D, Jauffret-Roustide M, Knight R. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine intention among young adults: Comparative results from a cross-sectional study in Canada and France. Vaccine. 40(6): 2442-2456. 
  17. Slemon A, Richardson C, Goodyear T, Salway T, Gadermann A, Oliffe J, Knight R, Dhari S & Jenkins EK. (2021). Widening mental health and substance use inequities among sexual and gender minority populations: Findings from a repeated cross-sectional monitoring survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Published online 6 December 2021 at Psychiatry Research
  18. Goodyear T, Slemon A, Richardson C, Gadermann A, Salway T, Dhari S, Knight R & Jenkins E. (2021). Increases in alcohol and cannabis use associated with deteriorating mental health among LGBTQ2+ adults in the context of COVID-19: Findings from a repeated cross-sectional study in Canada, 2020-2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health18(12155), 1-14. 
  19. Schwartz C, Tooley L, Knight R & Steinberg M. (2022). Queering poppers literature: A critical interpretive synthesis of health sciences research on alkyl nitrite use and Canadian policy. International Journal of Drug Policy. 101(103546).  
  20. Van Draanen J, Morgan J, Satti S, Gaudette L, Knight R & Ti L. (2021). Using Passive Surveillance Technology for Overdose Prevention: Key Ethical and Implementation Issues. Drug and Alcohol Review. 41(2), 406-409. 
  21. Kinitz DJ, Goodyear T, Dromer E, Gesink D, Ferlatte O, Knight R & Salway, T. (2022). “Conversion therapy” experiences in their social contexts: A qualitative study of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts in Canada.  The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 67(6): 441-451. 
  22. Gagliano N, Black S, Mniszak C, Morgan J, Lachowsky N & Knight R. (2021). "Exchanging a “gnawing thought” for “taking a pill once a day”: Examining sexual minority men’s experiences with PrEP and mental health in a universal PrEP access context. AIDS Education and Prevention. 33(5), 411-423.
  23. Jacob J, Goodyear TCoulaud PJ, Hoong P, Ti L & Knight R. (2021). “I want to feel young again”: Experiences and perspectives of young people who inject drugs living with hepatitis C in Vancouver, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112(5), 947-956. [
  24. Jauffret-Roustide M, Coulaud PJ, Jesson J, Filipe E, Bolduc N & Knight R. (2021). Les oubliés de la pandémie: Santé mentale et bien-être social des jeunes adultes. Esprit. Juin 2021: Une épidémie de fatigue. Available at https://esprit.presse.fr/tous-les-numeros/une-epidemie-de-fatigue/900 . English Version: Jaufret-Roustide M, Coulaud PJ, Jesson J, Filipe E, Bolduc N & Knight R. (2021). An epidemic of fatigue, COVID-19 and mental health. Online article of ESPRIT translated by Cadenza Academic Translations. Eurozinehttps://www.eurozine.com/an-epidemic-of-fatigue/
  25. Salway T, Juwono S, Klassen B, Ferlatte O, Ablona A, Pruden H, Morgan J, Kwag M, Card K, Knight R & Lachowsky NJ. (2021). Experiences with sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy practices among sexual minority men in Canada. PLoS One. 16(6). 
  26. Goodyear T, Brown H, Browne AJ, Hoong P, Ti L & Knight R. (2021). “Stigma is where the harm comes from”: Exploring expectations and lived experiences of hepatitis C virus post-treatment trajectories among people who inject drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy. 96 (October 2021). 
  27. Goodyear T, Kinitz DJ, Dromer E, Gesink D, Ferlatte O, Knight R & Salway T. (2021). “They want you to kill your inner queer but somehow leave the human alive”: Delineating the impacts of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts. The Journal of Sex Research. Epub ahead of print. 
  28. Goodyear T, Lowik A, Robinson S & Knight R. (2021). Re: “Disparities in prescription opioid misuse affecting sexual minority adults are attenuated by depression and suicidal ideation.” LGBT Health. 8(3), 240-241. 

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