Canada

Race and Ethnicity With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Within a Universal Health Care System: Insights From the CARTaGENE Study

March 7, 2023

Background: It remains unclear whether racial and ethnic disparities for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) persist within universal health care systems. We aimed to explore long-term ASCVD outcomes within a single-payer health care system with extensive drug coverage in Quebec, Canada. Methods: CARTaGENE (CaG) is a population-based prospective cohort study of individuals aged 40 to 69…
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Vitamin D Status of People 3 to 79 Years of Age from the Canadian Health Measures Survey 2012–2019

February 26, 2023

Background: Vitamin D is recognized in bone health and the prevention of rickets and osteomalacia.Objective: This study aimed to assess vitamin D status of people in Canada and to identify factors associated with vitamin D inadequacy and deficiency. Methods: Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (cycles 3–6, n ¼ 21,770, 3–79…
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Mortality inequalities of Black adults in Canada

February 15, 2023

Background: Mortality rates in Canada have been shown to vary by population group (e.g., Indigenous peoples, immigrants) and social economic status (e.g., income levels). Mortality patterns for some groups, including Black individuals, are not as well known. The objective of this study was to assess cause-specific mortality for Black adults living in Canada. Methods: Mortality…
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CMAJ’s new guidance on the reporting of race and ethnicity in research articles Nouveau guide du JAMC sur la déclaration de la race et de l’ethnie dans les articles de recherche

February 13, 2023

Health equity cannot be achieved without equitable evidence, but equitable evidence does not exist across racial and ethnic groups. For example, in more than 20 000 clinical trials conducted in the United States between 2000 and 2020, fewer than half compared study outcomes among different racial and ethnic groups, and recruitment within them was poorly…
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The Impact of Language on the Mental Health of Black Quebecers

February 6, 2023

Quebec’s English-speaking Black community finds itself at the intersection of racial and linguistic discrimination, which presents challenges to mental wellness. The present study aims to add necessary detail to the conversations surrounding racism and mental health in Canada while including language as a determinant of health and intersecting element affecting the wellbeing of English-speaking Black…
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The prevalence and predictors of household food insecurity among adolescents in Canada.

January 23, 2023

Objectives: Household food insecurity is almost four times more prevalent among adolescents than among older adults in Canada, and it adversely affects their health. Our objective was to describe the sociodemographic and geographic patterning of household food insecurity among adolescents. Methods: Our analytic sample comprised all 12–17-year-old respondents to the 2017–2018 Canadian Community Health Survey…
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Black Communities in Canada

January 15, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in differential impacts on the Black communities in Canada and has unmasked existing race-related health inequities. The purpose of this study was to illuminate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black people in Canada. Historically, social inequalities have determined the impacts of pandemics on the population, and in the…
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Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Care-Seeking During a Vaso-Occlusive Crisis in Sickle Cell Disease: Results from Qualitative Interviews in Canada.

January 5, 2023

Purpose: There is little research on care-seeking preferences during active pain crises for sickle cell disease (SCD) patients and their caregivers. The objective of this study was to identify relevant, patient or caregiver narratives of the pain crisis experience, to understand the factors that contribute to care-seeking during a pain crisis, and to identify preferences…
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self ‐ testing

December 14, 2022

In Ontario, new HIV diagnoses continue to affect gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) and persons of African, Caribbean, or Black (ACB) ethnicities. Because treatment and suppressed viral loads flow from diagnosis, testing is key. We sought to determine the outcomes of online ordering and mail ‐ out of free…
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Formal and informal support networks as sources of resilience and sources of oppression for temporary foreign workers in Canada

December 14, 2022

In this article, we explore temporary foreign workers’ (TFWs) access to and experiences with formal and informal supports in Canada. Our study utilized a participatory action research design and four overlapping phases of data collection: individual interviews with current and former TFWs, focus groups, individual interviews with settlement service agencies, and a cross-sectional survey with…
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