The social determ<strong>in</strong>ants of healthframeworkLiterature po<strong>in</strong>ts outthat:•• Adam, B., Betancourt, G. & Serrano, A. (2011).Development of an HIV prevention <strong>and</strong> life skillsprogram for Spanish-speak<strong>in</strong>g gay <strong>and</strong> bisexualnewcomers to Canada. The Canadian Journal of HumanSexuality, 20(1), 11-17.• Betancourt, G. (2011). Guys like you: The fotonovela<strong>and</strong> the website. In J.J. Lévy, J. Dumas, B. Ryan & C.Thoë (Eds.), M<strong>in</strong>orités sexuelles, <strong>in</strong>ternet et santé (pp.210-227). Montreal, Canada: Presses de l'Université duQuébec.• Betancourt, G., Serrano, A., Rangel, C., & Adam, B.(2012). Safer sex decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g among <strong>Lat<strong>in</strong>o</strong> MSM <strong>in</strong>Toronto: F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs form the “Cuentame” study. PosterPresentation. Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDSResearch. Montreal, April 2012.• <strong>Lat<strong>in</strong>o</strong> gay/MSM areimpacted by the ‘socialdeterm<strong>in</strong>ants of health’,that <strong>in</strong>cludes the ‘common’process of <strong>in</strong>tegration formigrants + LGTB issues +Exposure to sexualizedenvironments +Discrim<strong>in</strong>ation + Stigma• Dennis, R. (2009). Social determiants of health.Toronto : Canadian Scholar's Press Inc.
Migration FactorsMigration policies, laws <strong>and</strong> proceduresaffect the wellbe<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>in</strong>dividualsMigration statusaffect the wellbe<strong>in</strong>gof <strong>Lat<strong>in</strong>o</strong> gay/MSM- Migrated with their families- Migrated as skilled workers- Refuge status based onsexual orientation. (highlypolitical <strong>and</strong> verycontested).- Sponsorship: same sex,marriage <strong>and</strong> common law.(which is go<strong>in</strong>g to createnew issues <strong>in</strong> the future).