A study of the enablers and barriers to the collection of sociodemographic data by public health units in Ontario, Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Komeiha M; Upstream Lab, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada., Kujbida G; Peel Public Health, Mississauga, ON, Canada., Reynolds A; Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Mbagwu I; Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Dojeiji L; Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada., O'Rourke JJ; Upstream Lab, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada., Raju S; Peel Public Health, Mississauga, ON, Canada., Varia M; Peel Public Health, Mississauga, ON, Canada., Stylianou H; Peel Public Health, Mississauga, ON, Canada., Burgess S; Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Ogundele OJ; Upstream Lab, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada., Pinto AD; Upstream Lab, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. andrew.pinto@utoronto.ca.; Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. andrew.pinto@utoronto.ca.; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. andrew.pinto@utoronto.ca.; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. andrew.pinto@utoronto.ca.; Upstream Lab, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Unity Health Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada. andrew.pinto@utoronto.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2024 Nov 06; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 3061. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 06.
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20519-4
Abstrakt: Background: Collection and use of sociodemographic data (SDD), including race, ethnicity and income, are foundational to understanding health inequities. Ontario's public health units collected SDD as part of COVID-19 case management and vaccination activities. This research aimed to identify enablers and barriers to collecting SDD during COVID-19 case management and vaccination.
Methods: As part of a larger mixed-method research study [1], qualitative methods were used to identify enablers and barriers to SDD collection during the COVID-19 pandemic. Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants from Ontario's 34 public health units. Sixteen focus groups and eight interviews were conducted virtually using Zoom. Interview data were transcribed and analyzed using inductive and deductive qualitative description.
Results: SDD collection enablers included: legally mandating SDD collection and having dedicated data systems, technological and legal supports, senior management championing SDD collection, establishing rapport and trust between staff and clients, and gaining insight from the experiences from local communities and other jurisdictions. Identified barriers to SDD collection included: provincial data systems being perceived as lacking user-friendliness, SDD collection "was not a priority," time and other constraints on building staff and client rapport, and perceived discomfort with asking and answering personal SDD questions.
Conclusion: A combination of provincial and local organizational strategies including supportive data systems, training, and frameworks for data collection and use, are needed to normalize and scale up SDD collection by local health units beyond the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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