This practice brief from the NCCDH and Nova Scotia Health describes results of a situational assessment and literature search, including key dimensions of digital equity and how to take an equity-based approach to digital health services.
This document from the Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal provides an overview of the distribution of COVID-19 cases among racialized groups in Montreal.
This report from Depri, Benoit, Grenier and Adrien for the Direction régionale de santé publique du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal describes the challenges of community-centred responses to COVID-19 for racialized and immigrant groups.
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.
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 webinar from the World Health Organization focuses on the importance of social participation and investing in mechanisms to dialogue with people and communities in relation to COVID-19. More specifically, it explores these topics as they relate to strengthening emergency responses.
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.
These guidelines from the BC Centre for Disease Control provide guidance on using inclusive and non-stigmatizing language for COVID-19 written and digital communications.
This brief and corresponding webinar from the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII) and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California discusses how to embed equity into emergency response during COVID-19,including case study examples, policy strategies and recommendations.
This virtual Q&A and accompanying transcript text from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health addresses questions about exposure, social factors, housing, public health care and other disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on racialized people.
