“Developing an Innovative, Youth-Driven and Resilience-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for Young People from Middle Eastern and North African Communities (MENA) in Canada” will apply community-based participatory principles and peer-led approaches to develop, pilot and distribute an electronic-based survey to MENA youth in Ontario and British Columbia (BC). This will be used to determine meaningful HIV prevention interventions for MENA youth at a national level.

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The overall objective of this project is to apply community-based participatory principles and peer-led approaches to develop and distribute an electronic-based survey to determine meaningful Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention interventions for MENA youth at a national level. The purpose of the project is to develop innovative community-based, intersectional, and youth-driven HIV / Sexually transmitted infections (HIV/STI) prevention strategies that address gender inequities, racism, Islamophobia, and homophobia as determinants of HIV/STI vulnerabilities among MENA youth. Our goal is to capture the diverse voices of MENA youth across Canada from various communities, including people who use drugs, men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender women, young women, and youth from newcomer and refugee communities.