COVID-19

COVID-19

COVID-19 harm reduction resources

La Coalition canadienne des politiques sur les drogues et ses partenaires présentent dans cette page Web des ressources à l’intention des travailleurs en soins de santé de première ligne et en réduction des méfaits et des prestataires de services. Leur objectif est de faciliter l’adoption des meilleures pratiques pour mettre fin à la crise des surdoses et de COVID-19. Divers types de ressources sont offertes : documents d’orientation, synthèses de recherche, documents de plaidoyer, statistiques et webinaires.

Making the link: Improving health and health equity through strong social protection systems

This report from the EuroHealthNet Policy Précis series describes approaches taken by the European Union, United Nations and other international organizations to social protection policies and social welfare spending. The policies in question specifically support health and health equity, recovery from COVID-19 and working toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

Pandemic proof: Synthesizing real-world knowledge of promising mental health and substance use practices utilized during the COVID19 pandemic with young people who are experiencing or have experienced

This report from Thulien et al. presents the findings of a survey and focus groups on promising approaches used during the COVID-19 pandemic. The approaches studied were those used to address mental health and substance use for youth in Canada related to homelessness, including recommendations for practice, research and policy.

Pandemic housing policy: Examining the relationship among eviction, housing instability, health inequity, and COVID-19 transmission

This journal article from Benfer et al. considers how housing displacement exacerbates COVID-19 infection rate and death, including a discussion on eviction, transiency, overcrowding, chronic conditions, and the perpetuation of health inequities among Black and Latinx people, proposing housing stabilization measures as critical components to a comprehensive COVID-19 strategy.

Trans people and COVID-19

This blog post from the National Center for Transgender Equality briefly outlines the particular risks for COVID-19 for transgender people, including stigma and discrimination, reluctancy to get help, access to health care barriers and existing health conditions.

Protecting and supporting vulnerable groups through the Covid-19 crisis

This report from the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development summarizes responses from a survey of academics and practitioners on vulnerable groups affected by COVID-19. It also examines policy responses currently in place and the gendered dimensions of policies to encourage policy responses that are more sensitive to the needs of vulnerable groups.

Supporting refugees in Canada through COVID-19 and beyond

This webinar from the Canadian Public Health Association explores the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on immigrants and refugees in Canada. It highlights risk factors such as poverty, language barriers, fear of deportation, poor health literacy, racism/discrimination, occupational exposures and poor housing conditions.

Impact of COVID-19: Black Canadian perspectives

This report from the African-Canadian Civic Engagement Council and Innovative Research Group presents the results of a research study exploring perceptions of Black Canadians about the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, demonstrating poorer health outcomes, greater occupational exposure and greater financial impact of COVID-19 for Black Canadians.

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