Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital are exploring more than 50 research projects to support the world-wide effort to find better ways to treat and prevent COVID-19.
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund is providing seed funding for a number of these projects, including this one led by Dr. Smita Pakhale to better uerstand the challenge of COVID-19 for Ottawa’s most vulnerable people.
Dr. Smita Pakhale and her colleagues will harness the trust and engagement they have built with Ottawa’s most marginalized communities over the last 10 years through community-based participatory action research to examine how COVID-19 has impacted these individuals.
Marginalized people who are low-income, homeless, and at-risk of homelessness face numerous social and health inequities that are exacerbated by crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. These individuals face unique barriers when accessing health services and may be last in line for support.
Data co-collected and co-analyzed with people of lived experience could lead to the development of better policies and programs to help vulnerable populations during COVID-19 and future crises.
- Research team at The Ottawa Hospital/uOttawa: Drs. Smita Pakhale, Tim Ramsay, Kednapa Thavorn, Suzanne Bouclin, Josephine Etowa, Sylvie Grosjean, Sanni Yaya, Eric Crighton, Darlene Kitty, Dr. Chinnaiah Jangam, Dr. Najafizada Maisam, Sadia Jama, Dr. Mohamed Gazarin, Saania Tariq, Nina Huynh
- Oasis, Sandy Hill Community Health Center: Rob Boyd
- African-Canadian Association of Ottawa: Hector Addison
- The Bridge Community Peers: Terry Hegarty, Kelly Florence
- External collaborators: Drs. Ann Dale (Royal Roads University), Peter Selby (University of Toronto)
- Core Resources at The Ottawa Hospital: Ottawa Methods Centre
The Ottawa Hospital is a leading academic health, research and learning hospital proudly affiliated with the University of Ottawa.
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