加拿大黑人中的COVID-19:一个范围审查
Adedoyin Olanlesi-Aliu1, Janet Kemei1, Dominic Alaazi2
1Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
概括
由于系统性种族主义和对医疗保健的不信任,黑人加拿大人面临更高的COVID-19感染率和更低的查/疫苗接种率. 解决社会不平等问题和收集基于种族的数据对于改善健康结果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康 公平 研究 健康 公平 研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行不成比例地影响了加拿大的黑人人口,导致感染和住院率更高.
- 以前存在的健康不平等和系统性种族主义导致了加拿大黑人在疫情期间的脆弱性.
研究的目的:
- 进行范围审查,绘制有关COVID-19对加拿大黑人影响的研究格局的地图.
- 确定研究缺口,并为未来的研究和干预提供信息.
主要方法:
- 采用了五个阶段的范围审查方法框架.
- 对7个数据库进行了系统的搜索,搜索到2023年5月之前发表的研究.
- 对标题,摘要和全文进行了严格的选,并通过参考清单检查进行了补充,最终包含了17篇文章.
主要成果:
- 黑人加拿大人经历了较高的COVID-19感染率和较低的查和接种疫苗.
- 制度和结构性种族主义,加上对医疗保健的不信任,阻碍了获得护理的机会.
- 围绕COVID-19的错误信息加剧了黑人社区内的心理健康挑战.
结论:
- 解决社会不平等问题,包括不平等的就业和医疗保健,对加拿大黑人来说至关重要.
- 收集基于种族的数据对于为打击医疗,住房和就业方面的种族歧视政策提供信息至关重要.
- 需要有针对性的干预措施来解决不平等问题,并提高加拿大的黑人健康和福祉.
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