The four pillars of housing influencing health equity
This blog post from the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health features a webinar recording and conceptual model outlining four key ways housing impacts health.
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Global dashboard for vaccine equity
This webpage produced by the United Nations Development Programme presents regularly updated data on COVID-19 vaccine equity, access and affordability in different countries, areas and territories across the globe.
Structural stigma
This webpage from the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) describes the concept of structural stigma and the MHCC’s ongoing project to examine the issue of mental health and substance use–related stigma in healthcare.
Conseils sur la sécurité culturelle pour les cliniciens pendant la pandémie de COVID-19
Le Collège royal des médecins et chirurgiens du Canada présente dans cette page Web les cinq conseils à suivre par les cliniciens qui veulent adopter des pratiques adaptées aux réalités culturelles au moment d’évaluer et de traiter des Autochtones atteints de la COVID-19.
Communicating about the covid-19 vaccines: Guidance and sample messages for public health practitioners
This webpage from the Berkeley Media Studies Group explores hesitancy regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. It also provides tips for public health to communicate effectively about COVID-19 vaccines and related equity aspects, and includes sample messages.
COVID-19 harm reduction resources
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.
Trans people and COVID-19
This blog post from the National Center for Transgender Equality briefly outlines the particular risks for COVID-19 for transgender people, including stigma and discrimination, reluctancy to get help, access to health care barriers and existing health conditions.
Canadian Index of Wellbeing
This website repository from the University of Waterloo offers data and resources that track and measure quality of life and well-being among Canadians.
Resources: Coronavirus COVID-19
This website from the Canadian Network for the Health and Housing of People Experiencing Homelessness offers resources, best practices, tools, tips and community examples to help its sector respond to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Resources on health equity in the context of COVID-19 and disproportionate outcomes for marginalized
This resource repository from the US National Academy of Medicine offers resources from the Academy’s medical member organizations on the relationship of health equity to disproportionate outcomes of COVID-19, with particular attention to the impacts of structural racism.