This study explores the barriers to care women face living with HIV in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and also the health and support systems they navigate to improve their wellbeing. Women living with HIV are invisible within the epidemic and often to community sector employees, especially in the Maritime Provinces where men account for the largest number of diagnoses in Canada; this is a central theme in the data. The thesis is rooted in applied medical anthropology and uses qualitative and quantitative methods to capture the changing health priorities of women living with HIV as they navigate the health care systems after diagnosis. This information was used to create maps that show the availability of services in relation to women’s needs, including affordable housing, food security, accessible transportation, and reducing HIV stigma. I examine the efficiency of HIV women’s referral network in both provinces, and the way forward for organizations to meet their long-term health needs, such as widening of outreach activities and improving gendered care. The main findings of this study reveal that the barriers to care women face are not easily overcome by AIDS service organizations. Current support initiatives are no longer relevant to their lives because they are tailored mainly to men, but women increasingly value the referral activities of organizations. Among the most important contributions of this thesis is the envisioning of a women-centered care model that meets their health needs and acknowledges their diverse reality of their experiences. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Text in English / The practice of church planting has become commonplace for many evangelical denominations in the Maritime Provinces of Atlantic Canada in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Many of these new churches have not been able to attain expectations for long-term viability as presented in much of the literature on church planting, especially from American based sources. The science of practical theology enabled research into the religious and cultural milieu of this region to inform the practice of church planting. The study tested the hypothesis that there are unique and identifiable characteristics that are common to long-term viable church planting situations in the Maritime Provinces of Atlantic Canada. It compared the common characteristics with the widely accepted Indigenous Church Mission Theory that states a new church should be self-supporting, self-propagating and self-governing within three years of establishment. A conceptual framework was developed based on available literature from North American, Canadian and global sources on church planting which examined church planting theories in regard to: theological issues, including foundational Biblical concepts, current theological issues and vision; structural issues including church political structures and leadership issues; cultural and geographical issues. This study of church planting situations in the region has employed a grounded theory method, using a constant comparative process, to reveal data that begins to form a theoretical base for church planting. The researcher used semi-standardized in-depth interviews of pastors, from evangelical churches, involved in church planting in the Maritime Provinces, along with case studies based on the researchers own experience in the field, to derive data that reveals common characteristics of church planting in the region. The analysis of research data from the in-depth interviews and case studies, when compared to one another and the conceptual framework, revealed unique and identifiable characteristics of church planting in the Maritime Provinces. These characteristics are: slower change and slower establishment of new churches in the region compared to literature based expectations; the prevalence of a pastor formulated vision for new churches; traditional thinking in the region that led to slower growth of new congregations; rural isolation and a smaller demographic base that led to slower growth and the need for sustained financial support for new churches. / Practical Theology / D. Th. (Practical Theology)

Text in English / The practice of church planting has become commonplace for many evangelical denominations in the Maritime Provinces of Atlantic Canada in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Many of these new churches have not been able to attain expectations for long-term viability as presented in much of the literature on church planting, especially from American based sources. The science of practical theology enabled research into the religious and cultural milieu of this region to inform the practice of church planting. The study tested the hypothesis that there are unique and identifiable characteristics that are common to long-term viable church planting situations in the Maritime Provinces of Atlantic Canada. It compared the common characteristics with the widely accepted Indigenous Church Mission Theory that states a new church should be self-supporting, self-propagating and self-governing within three years of establishment. A conceptual framework was developed based on available literature from North American, Canadian and global sources on church planting which examined church planting theories in regard to: theological issues, including foundational Biblical concepts, current theological issues and vision; structural issues including church political structures and leadership issues; cultural and geographical issues. This study of church planting situations in the region has employed a grounded theory method, using a constant comparative process, to reveal data that begins to form a theoretical base for church planting. The researcher used semi-standardized in-depth interviews of pastors, from evangelical churches, involved in church planting in the Maritime Provinces, along with case studies based on the researchers own experience in the field, to derive data that reveals common characteristics of church planting in the region. The analysis of research data from the in-depth interviews and case studies, when compared to one another and the conceptual framework, revealed unique and identifiable characteristics of church planting in the Maritime Provinces. These characteristics are: slower change and slower establishment of new churches in the region compared to literature based expectations; the prevalence of a pastor formulated vision for new churches; traditional thinking in the region that led to slower growth of new congregations; rural isolation and a smaller demographic base that led to slower growth and the need for sustained financial support for new churches. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Practical Theology)

The thesis undertaken in the following pages originated in the author's participation in a larger study of the Atlantic region of Canada, à region which embraces the four provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. This major project is concerned with the construction of input-output tables for each of the four provinces and one for the region as a whole. It is designed to allow study of the interindustry structure of the region and its sectoral demand, first, as a function of the activity levels of the various industries, and, second, as a function of final output. [...]

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1993. / Typescript. Bibliography: leaves 117-124. Also available online.

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