Broken Promises: Racism and Access to Medicines in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discriminatory policies, attitudes, and practices have had deleterious impacts on the health of Black, Indigenous, and other racialized groups. The aim of this study was to investigate racism as barrier to access to medicines in Canada. The study investigated the characteristics of structural racism and implicit biases that affect medicines access.

Methods

A scoping review using the STARLITE literature retrieval approach and analysis of census tract data in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, were undertaken. Government documents, peer-reviewed articles from public policy, health, pharmacy, social sciences, and gray literature were reviewed.

Results

Structural racism that created barriers to access to medicines and vaccines was identified in policy, law, resource all

SUBMITTER: Moscou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10246521 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature