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J Med Virol
December 2024
School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Racialized and Indigenous communities have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 infections and mortality, driven by systemic socioeconomic inequalities. However, how these factors specifically influence COVID-19 vaccine uptake is not documented among racialized individuals in Canada. The present study aims to examine COVID-19 vaccine uptake rates and related factors among racialized and Indigenous communities compared to White people in Canada.
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December 2024
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Introduction: In Canada, the COVID-19 pandemic collided with an ongoing overdose crisis driven by a toxic unregulated drug supply. Public health guidance intended to limit transmission of COVID-19 (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Med Internet Res
December 2024
BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Background: Social media serves as a vast repository of data, offering insights into public perceptions and emotions surrounding significant societal issues. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, long COVID (formally known as post-COVID-19 condition) has emerged as a chronic health condition, profoundly impacting numerous lives and livelihoods. Given the dynamic nature of long COVID and our evolving understanding of it, effectively capturing people's sentiments and perceptions through social media becomes increasingly crucial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealthc Manage Forum
November 2024
Capacity and Health Workforce Planning Branch, Nursing and Professional Practice Division, Ontario Ministry of Health, Ontario, Canada.
The COVID-19 pandemic created an increased demand for healthcare professionals across all healthcare sectors globally. Attrition, retirement, delayed graduations, and sick leaves resulted in an inadequate supply of knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced nurses to care for hospitalized patients and help address hospital capacity pressures. In response to this health human resource crisis in Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Health offered hospitals funding to support the employment of Clinical Externs (CEs), that is, students in nursing, respiratory therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy medicine, and paramedicine, hired to work as unregulated staff, alongside an inter-professional team.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJMIR Public Health Surveill
December 2024
Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics, Robert J Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
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