Collecting Race-Based Data in Health Research: A Critical Analysis of the Ongoing Challenges and Next Steps for Canada

Sheikh, Fatima; Fox‐Robichaud, Alison; Schwartz, Lisa

doi:10.7202/1098560ar

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“…How such agencies intertwine with race provides a deeper understanding of inequities. In the Canadian health-care sector, the failure to undertake race-based and Indigenous identity data gathering to understand distinct needs of racialized and Indigenous communities has led to ineffective policies to the detriment of equity-seeking groups (Grant and Balkissoon, 2019;Sheikh, Fox-Robichaud, and Schwartz, 2023). Similarly, has disclosed that Indigenous groups have not been equitably represented in data-gathering protocols.…”

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Social justice in tourism recovery: examining equity, diversity, and inclusion in Canadian tourism restart policies

Fresnoza,

Balcombe,

Choo

2024

TRC

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the incorporation, prioritization and depth of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives in tourism industry restart policies of Canadian provinces and territories. This study investigates how the detailing of EDI in policies determine the priority in emancipating tourism workers from the inequities exacerbated during the pandemic. Such investigation enables a better understanding of the complexities, tendencies and rationale of involving EDI in the tourism industry’s recovery. Design/methodology/approach The research investigated the presence and prioritization of equity, diversity, and inclusion using systematic text analytics of 38 publicly available restart plans and statements from 52 government and non-government agencies. Using web-based software Voyant Tools to assist in text analytics, a hybrid deductive-inductive coding approach was conducted. Findings Key outcomes from the analysis revealed scarce to no full and dedicated content on EDI as a holistic initiative necessary for tourism industry relaunch. This lack of EDI content was a result of the greater impetus to prioritize economic generation and limited data due to practical and ideological issues. Results also suggested the tokenizing of EDI in some policies. Research limitations/implications Difficulties in data used for research include the lack and availability of restart policies specifically for tourism; most policies were generalized and referred to economic recovery as a whole. Studies of tourism-specific EDI issues were also limited. Originality The research is revelatory for investigating EDI prioritizations in restart policies even among well-developed and worker-diverse tourism industries such as in Canada, where inequities and injustices to women, Black, Indigenous, gender-diverse, and newcomer tourism workers among others have been withstanding.

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Social justice in tourism recovery: examining equity, diversity, and inclusion in Canadian tourism restart policies

Fresnoza,

Balcombe,

Choo

2024

TRC

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Edmonton’s Race-based Data Table: A municipal approach to addressing systemic racism through the collection and use of disaggregated, race-based data

Anaduaka,

Ferdinands,

Knoop

et al. 2024

Can J Public Health

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Why Collect and Use Race/Ethnicity Data? A Qualitative Case Study on the Perspectives of Mental Health Providers and Patients During COVID-19

Clark,

Quan,

Elgharbawy

et al. 2024

IJERPH

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Context: Calls to collect patients’ race/ethnicity (RE) data as a measure to promote equitable health care among vulnerable patient groups are increasing. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how a public health crisis disproportionately affects racialized patient groups. However, less is known about the uptake of RE data collection in the context of mental health care services. Methodology: A qualitative case study used surveys with mental health patients (n = 47) and providers (n = 12), a retrospective chart review, and a focus group to explore healthcare providers’ and patients’ perspectives on collecting RE data in Canada. Results: The patient survey data and focus groups show that patients avoid providing identifying information due to perceived stigma and discrimination and a lack of trust. Providers did not feel comfortable asking patients about RE, leading to chart review data where RE information was not systematically collected. Conclusions: The uptake and implementation of RE data collection in mental health care contexts require increased training and support, systematic implementation, and further evaluation and measurement of how the collection of RE data will be used to mitigate systemic racism and improve mental health outcomes.

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Collecting Race-Based Data in Health Research: A Critical Analysis of the Ongoing Challenges and Next Steps for Canada

Cited by 3 publications

References 20 publications

Social justice in tourism recovery: examining equity, diversity, and inclusion in Canadian tourism restart policies

Social justice in tourism recovery: examining equity, diversity, and inclusion in Canadian tourism restart policies

Edmonton’s Race-based Data Table: A municipal approach to addressing systemic racism through the collection and use of disaggregated, race-based data

Why Collect and Use Race/Ethnicity Data? A Qualitative Case Study on the Perspectives of Mental Health Providers and Patients During COVID-19

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