Anti-Black Racism and Public Health
In this series, participants will explore how anti-Black racism impacts health and identify concrete opportunities for public health action.
Anti-Black Racism
Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Black Populations: A Systematic Review of Strategies
This systematic review identifies effective strategies that enhance COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Black populations, noting that vaccine hesitancy is high in Black populations in Canada, the US, and the UK. Authors categorized interventions into three types: incentive-based, mandate-based, and communications and information-based.
Reducing the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities in Canada: building confidence and decreasing vaccine hesitancy
Dr. Upton D. Allen calls for targeted approaches to build vaccine confidence, reduce vaccine hesitancy, and reduce the disproportionate harms of COVID-19 on Black communities in Canada.
Engagement, governance, access, and protection (EGAP) framework
This 2021 report from the Black Health Equity Working Group outlines the Engagement, Governance, Access and Protection (EGAP) Framework for the collection and use of race-based data from Black communities to advance health equity and dismantle systemic racism.
Social determinants and inequities in health for Black Canadians: A snapshot
This snapshot from the Public Health Agency of Canada describes the impact of Anti-Black racism and systemic discrimination on health inequalities of diverse Black Canadian communities, using research literature and national data.
Changes in the socioeconomic situation of Canada’s Black population, 2001 to 2016
This study from Statistics Canada presents disaggregated data and information related to the socioeconomic situation of Canada’s Black population. It is part of a larger series of other products and studies from Statistics Canada focused on the characteristics and experiences of Black people in Canada.
Black Experiences in Health Care Symposium: Bringing together community and health systems for improved health outcomes
Held on January 30, 2020, the Black Experiences in Health Care Symposium (BEHCS) generated rich, action-oriented dialogue about advancing Black health in Ontario. This important report of the proceedings is authored by Black Health Alliance and Health Commons Solutions Lab and is relevant to practitioners across Canada. It captures knowledge and experience shared during keynote presentations and breakout sessions.
Webinars on racism, anti-racism and racial equity
The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) has produced a suite of webinars and other related resources that, when reviewed together, serve as a substantive primer on racism, anti-racism and racial equity as they relate to public health practice.
A call to action to disrupt anti-Blackness in public health practice
In this statement, written by Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh on behalf of the NCCDH team, the NCCDH calls for action regarding the ongoing structural racism demonstrated in anti-Black police violence. This action demands that the public health sector transforms its institutions in the short and long term to be fully committed to ending racial injustice.
Reflections of a Black woman on racism, Indigeneity and Otherness in Canada
This blog post is part of a series on an anti-racism initiative at the NCCDH. The post is a personal reflection authored by an NCCDH staff member and is focused on her experiences of racism as a Black woman, intersections between settler colonialism and colonialism experienced elsewhere and reflections on relationships with Indigeneity.