This report by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) presents data from the Health Inequalities Reporting Initiative (HIRI) on COVID-19 mortality rates during the first eight months of 2020 in Canada.
This commentary by Katrina Hoernke describes how low-income neighbourhoods in urban centres have suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic response.
This rapid review of literature by Upshaw et al. describes the discrepancies between social determinants and pandemic incidence and health outcomes.
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.
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.
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.
This webinar from McGill University’s Institute for Health and Social Policy reports on challenges faced by immigrant and racialized communities in Montreal during COVID-19, including awareness and application of health guidelines, access to health services, psychosocial needs, economic challenges, employment, family well-being and community initiatives.
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.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ 2020 Alternative Federal Budget Recovery Plan takes a health-in-all-policies approach to planning for a just recovery from COVID-19. The plan outlines concrete plans for a caring economy, income support, healthier
This webinar from the American Public Health Association and National Academy of Sciences focuses on COVID-19 testing, with attention to the equity concerns around testing including how testing location, mode, times, and costs as well as communication and existing relationships with the healthcare system act as barriers to testing across vulnerable communities.
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