This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Sam Hung, Program Manager at the Assisted Self-Isolation Site (ASIS). The interview took place in April 2021, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. At the end of the day, it’s really about housing. Housing as a basic […]
This 2020 publication from the American Public Health Association examines the relationships and connections between housing, health equity and health outcomes, framed within the broader context of structural racism and its effects on neighborhood segregation, access to health-generating resources and wealth accumulation.
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Dr. Sandra Allison (Medical Health Officer) and Megan Klammer (Director of Special Projects) at the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health). The interview took place in December 2021, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. When the COVID-19
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Dr. Richelle Schindler, Medical Officer of Health, Calgary Zone Alberta Health Services, and Dr. William Stokes, Medical Microbiologist at the Alberta Public Health Laboratory- Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL). The interview took place in March 2022, and its details should be considered within the context
This article by Liu, et al describes the disproportionately high rate of recently homeless Ontarians to experiencing an emergency department visit due to drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic re-opening.
This report by A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness summarizes survey data from workers in the youth-serving sector across Canada on youth homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with Victoria Law (Social Determinants of Health Public Health Nurse) at Hastings Prince Edward Public Health. The interview took place in September 2021, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. In the fall, as more people got sick, I
This report shares findings from key informant interviews conducted by the NCCDH to better understand vaccine uptake among adults experiencing precarious housing or homelessness in Canada.
This report from the Institut national de santé publique du Québec describes the influence of housing as a social determinant of risk and impact due to COVID-19.
This commentary by Katrina Hoernke describes how low-income neighbourhoods in urban centres have suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic response.
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