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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

Pushing for Structural Reforms: Impacts of Racism and Xenophobia upon the Health of South Asian Communities in Ontario, Canada.

Manvi Bhalla, Ève Dubé, Noni MacDonald, Helana Marie Boutros, Samantha B Meyer

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Manvi BhallaInstitute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus, AERL Building, 429-2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4954-5082
Ève DubéDepartment of Anthropology, Lavel University, 1030, Avenue des Sciences-Humaines Suite 3456, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1336-1510
Noni MacDonaldDepartment of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre, 5850/5980 University Ave, Halifax, NS B3K 6R8, Canada.
Helana Marie BoutrosDepartment of Health, Aging, & Society McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Samantha B MeyerSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2098-2828

Funding

CIHR 420096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

South Asian (SA) communities in Ontario, Canada experienced disproportionately higher rates of COVID-19 infection. Moreover, these communities also faced racism fueled by COVID-19-related misinformation and xenophobic sentiments that placed blame on them for virus transmission. The aim of this research was to understand, from the perspective of local SA communities, the causes behind higher incidences of COVID-19. SA adults (

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COVID-19RacismSouth Asian PeopleXenophobiaAdultFemaleFocus GroupsHumansMaleMiddle AgedOntarioCOVID-19OntarioqualitativeracismSouth Asianstigmastructural determinantsxenophobia

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PMID41302614
PMCPMC12652609

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