Language ability and virtual mental healthcare utilisation among immigrant and refugee youth: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The widespread adoption of virtual care during the pandemic may not have been uniform across populations, including among paediatric immigrants and refugees. We sought to examine the association between virtual mental healthcare utilisation and immigration factors.

Methods

This population-based cohort study of immigrants and refugees (3-17 years) used linked health administrative databases in Ontario, Canada (March 2020 to December 2021). Exposures included self-reported Canadian language ability (CLA) at arrival and immigration category (economic class, family class and refugee). The primary outcome was the visit modality (inperson/virtual) measured as a rate of physician-based mental healthcare visits. Modified Poisson regression model estimated a

SUBMITTER: Mohamud H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672042 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature