Using community-based participatory research methods to build the foundation for an equitable integrated health data system within a Canadian urban context.

ABSTRACT: Health inequalities amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected racialized and equity-deserving communities across Canada. In the Municipality of Peel, existing data, while limited, illustrates that individuals from racialized and equity-deserving communities continue to suffer, receive delayed care, and die prematurely. In response to these troubling statistics, grassroots community advocacy has called on health systems leaders in Peel to work with community and non-profit organizations to address the critical data and infrastructure gaps that hinder addressing the social determinants of health in the region. To support these advocacy efforts, we used a community-based participatory research approach to understand how we might build a data collection ecosystem acro

SUBMITTER: Fierheller D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11218066 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature