Living and Serving Persons with HIV in the Canadian AIDS Movement

The document is a version of Dr. Charles Roy's doctoral dissertation based on his personal and professional involvement in the community-based AIDS movement within a Canadian context. The introduction provides an historical context for the social, political and medical phenomenon of AIDS, and eight other chapters include: The Principles of Self-Help within the Canadian AIDS Movement; A Literature Review; An Explanation of the Research Methodology; The Participation of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) in the National Community-based AIDS Movement; Research Findings; Advantages of PHA Participation; Barriers to PHA Participation; Summary and Recommendations. The document also includes appendices of the National Survey used in the research process, the Fact Sheet for focus group participants; the comment sheet for the strategies to overcome organizational barriers focus group; and a listing of all the Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) Groups with city and population.