Health equity

Climate justice, mobility justice, and health inequities among racialized communities in Canada: a scoping review

March 29, 2026

Background: Emerging evidence suggests that climate and mobility injustices disproportionately expose racialized and immigrant communities to substantial health challenges. Yet research on this issue remains limited in Canada, where these populations are rapidly growing and where such injustices are increasingly prevalent. This scoping review maps the existing literature at the intersection of climate justice, mobility…
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Broadening Core Research Ethics Principles: Insights from Research Conducted with Black Communities

September 27, 2025

Drawing from a 2023 symposium panel that focused on conducting health equity research with Black communities, we propose to expand our interpretation of core research ethics principles. In light of a surge of research conducted in Black diasporic communities since the 2020 killing of George Floyd, the symposium sought to enhance the quality and impact…
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An analysis of the Mental Health of Black Canadians Fund: facilitators of success, challenges and recommendations

July 1, 2025

Introduction : In 2018, in an effort to address the mental health inequities experienced by Black Canadians, the Government of Canada announced a CAD 10 million investment to establish the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Promoting Health Equity: Mental Health of Black Canadians Fund (MHBC). The aim of this study was to examine and document…
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Improving equity and wellness in cancer care with people of Latin American and African Descent: a study protocol

July 1, 2025

Background: Cancer inequities such as late access to cancer screening and diagnosis affect people of African and Latin American descent in Canada. These inequities in addition to experiences of racism and discrimination and unequal living and working conditions are detrimental to their wellness. We aim to delineate together with people of African and Latin American…
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Advancing equity, diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility in primary care: The development of an integrated educational experience model

July 24, 2024

This article presents the development of the Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility (EDIA) Cross-Cutting Theme Project within the Team Primary Care (TPC) initiative, aimed at addressing systemic inequities through innovative educational strategies. Grounded in the social accountability of health professions framework, this project aims to equip primary care teams with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes…
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Anti-Black racism in Canadian health care: a qualitative study of diverse perceptions of racism and racial discrimination among Black adults in Montreal, Quebec

July 1, 2024

Background: Racism has been shown to impact the health of Black persons through its influence on health care, including its expression through implicit biases in provider training, attitudes, and behaviours. Less is known about the experiences of racism in contexts outside of the USA, and how race and racism interact with other social locations and…
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Caring in the Context of Systems: Service Provider Perspectives on the Mental Health Needs of Newcomer Young Men

July 1, 2024

In this study, we applied an intersectional framework to explore service providers’ perspectives on the mental health needs of newcomer young men. We conducted focus groups and interviews with 26 service providers in Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver, Canada. Findings show that service providers made sense of young men’s mental health needs and service access in…
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‘Sometimes white doctors are not very friendly or inclusive’: a Critical Race Theory analysis of racism within and beyond sexual health settings

June 10, 2024

Many Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer Black,Indigenous, people of colour in Canada encounter racism when testing for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. Our objective in this study was to understand how racism shapes test-ing experiences for these communities in Ontario, Canada. Four peer researchers conducted recruitment and data collection in consultation with a…
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Increasing access to palliative care for patients with advanced cancer of African and Latin American descent: a patient-oriented community-based study protocol

December 20, 2023

Cancer disparities are a major public health concern in Canada, affecting racialized communities of Latin American and African descent, among others. This is evident in lower screening rates, lower access to curative, and palliative-intent treatments, higher rates of late cancer diagnoses and lower survival rates than the general Cana ‑ dian population. We will develop…
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Scoping Review on Barriers and Challenges to Pediatric Immunization Uptake among Migrants: Health Inequalities in Italy, 2003 to Mid-2023

August 25, 2023

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, asylum seekers, refugees, and foreign-born migrants are more likely to suffer from physical, mental, and socioeconomic consequences owing to their existing vulnerabilities and worsening conditions in refugee camps around the world. In this scenario, the education of migrants and newcomers about immunization is critical to achieving health equity…
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