Equity Lens on Canada's COVID-19 Response: Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A growing literature has documented how the secondary effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have compounded socioeconomic vulnerabilities already present in society, particularly across social categories such as gender, race, class, and socioeconomic status. Such effects demonstrate how pandemic response policies act as structural determinants of health to influence not only direct health outcomes but also intermediary outcomes, such as access to education or income.

Methods

This review aims to scope research that analyzes pandemic response policies in Canada from an equity perspective, to identify common themes, recommendations, and gaps.

Results

Fourteen studies were thematically analyzed, the majority being qualitative policy document analysis, applying criti

SUBMITTER: Tiwana MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11270619 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature