Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37787945›Full record

ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2024

Does Trust Mediate the Relationship Between Experiences of Discrimination and Health Care Access and Utilization Among Minoritized Canadians During COVID-19 Pandemic?

Joseph Kangmennaang, Alhassan Siiba, Elijah Bisung

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Community participation in responding to health misinformation.International journal for equity in health · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph KangmennaangQueen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. jk191@queensu.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-1760-3524
Alhassan SiibaQueen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Elijah BisungQueen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Queen's University · CA

Funding

CIHR FRN 185828
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe sought to determine if trust in government institutions mediate the relationship between experiences of discrimination and health care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsWe used data from Statistics Canada's Crowdsourcing Data: Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadians-Experiences of Discrimination. We used generalized linear latent and mixed models (Gllamm) with a binomial and logit link function as well as generalized structural equation modeling (GSEM) to determine if reported discrimination and trust were associated with difficulties in accessing health services, health care, and the likelihood of experiencing negative health impacts. We also examined if trust mediated the relationship between experiences of discrimination and these health outcomes. Our analytical sample consisted of 2568 individuals who self-identified as belonging to a visible minority group.

resultsThe multivariate results indicate that experiences of discrimination during COVID-19 were associated with higher odds of reporting difficulties in accessing general health services (OR = 1.99, p ≤ 0.01), receiving care (OR = 1.65, p ≤ 0.01), and higher likelihood of reporting negative health impacts (OR = 1.68, p ≤ 0.01). Our mediation analysis indicated that trust in public institutions explained a substantial portion of the association between reported discrimination and all the health outcomes, although the effects of experiencing discrimination remain significant and robust.

conclusionThe findings show that building and maintaining trust is important and critical in a pandemic recovery world to build back better.

Indexed as

COVID-19Health Services AccessibilityPatient Acceptance of Health CareTrustAdolescentAdultAgedCanadaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNorth American PeopleRacismYoung AdultAccessing careAccess to servicesDiscriminationMediation analysisMinoritized populationTrustUtilization of care

Identifiers

PMID37787945
OpenAlexW4387296554

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.