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Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination in Canada: Results from the Cross-Sectional Canadian Community Health Survey

2023

Guay, M., Maquiling, A., Chen, R., Lavergne, V., Baysac, D.-J., Dubé, E., MacDonald, S.E., Driedger, S.M., & Gilbert, N.L.

Canadian Medical Association

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The authors used data from Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey to compare COVID-19 vaccination coverage between First Nations people living off reserve and Métis, Black, Arab, Chinese, South Asian, and White people for at least one dose of the vaccine. They found significant inequalities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake between racial/ethnic populations, highlighting the need for further research to understand the facilitators and barriers to vaccination uptake across racial groups.

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Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination in Canada: Results from the Cross-Sectional Canadian Community Health Survey.

Guay, M., Maquiling, A., Chen, R., Lavergne, V., Baysac, D.-J., Dubé, E., MacDonald, S.E., Driedger, S.M., & Gilbert, N.L. (2023). Racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination in Canada: Results from the cross-sectional Canadian Community Health Survey. CMAJ Open, 11(6), E1075-E1080.

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