ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Black Communities in Canada.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Injustice unmasked: a systematic review of social justice struggles during the COVID pandemic in Canada.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Integrating Critical Racial Literacy to Advance Health Equity Among African, Caribbean, and Black Populations in High-Income Countries: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Anti-Black racism continues to undercut public health and pandemic response: A commentary on the mpox response in Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- Navigating vaccine access, trust, coercion and regret: post-pandemic lessons on COVID-19 vaccination among newcomer communities in Alberta, Canada.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Self-reported health status and associated factors among community-dwelling Afro-Caribbean Black Canadians: a cross-sectional comparison before and during the pandemic.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Engaging families to create a better post-pandemic future: semi-structured interviews with youth and parents in Canada.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Public Health Measures and Black Communities in Canada: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Strengthening the Capacity of Service Providers to Reduce the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on African, Caribbean, and Black Communities: Protocol for the COVID-19 African, Caribbean, and Black Providers Project 2.0 Implementation and Evaluation.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Unveiling the Impact: A Scoping Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic's Effects on Racialized Populations in Canada.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Intersecting Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccination: A Discourse Analysis of Information Use and Decision-Making Among Ethnically Diverse Parents in Canada.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Evidence synthesis of health policy and systems research in rehabilitation: a protocol for Cochrane overviews of systematic reviews on delivery, governance, financial arrangements, and implementation strategies.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- An analysis of the Mental Health of Black Canadians Fund: facilitators of success, challenges and recommendations.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) People in Canada.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Article
- Co-occurrence of depression, anxiety and increased alcohol use during the late stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan, Canada: a cross-sectional survey.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Rates and Factors Related to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Racialized and Indigenous Individuals in Canada: The Deleterious Effect of Experience of Racial Discrimination.Journal of medical virology · 2024Article
- Internet-Based Social Connections of Black American College Students in Pre-COVID-19 and Peri-COVID-19 Pandemic Periods: Network Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Disparities in Healthcare Accessibility and Discrimination Faced by Black Quebecers: a Race and Language Perspective.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- The financial and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth with eating disorders, their families, clinicians and the mental health system: a mixed methods cost analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- COVID-19 among Black people in Canada: a scoping review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2024Article
- Real world outcomes of distributing Lucira Check-It® COVID self-tests in Ontario, Canada: the GetaKit COVID study.BMC public health · 2024Observational
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in differential impacts on the Black communities in Canada and has unmasked existing race-related health inequities. The purpose of this study was to illuminate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black people in Canada. Historically, social inequalities have determined the impacts of pandemics on the population, and in the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, disproportionate infections and mortalities have become evident among racialized communities in Canada. This qualitative descriptive study utilized an intersectionality framework. We invited Black stakeholders across Canada to participate in semi-structured interviews to deepen our knowledge of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black communities in Canada. A total of 30 interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using content analysis. Our findings fell into three categories: (1) increased vulnerability to COVID-19 disease, (2) mental impacts, and (3) addressing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings show the underlying systemic inequities in Canada and systemic racism exacerbated health inequities among the Black communities and undermined interventions by public health agencies to curb the spread of COVID-19 and associated impacts on Black and other racialized communities. The paper concludes by identifying critical areas for future intervention in policy and practice.
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