Lived experiences of racialized emerging adults in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: ‘we still have to adapt and survive because, after all, we must live’
# Abstract
Early research has found that the COVID-19 pandemic and its mitigation strategies disproportionately affected young adults’ mental health. This paper examines how racialized emerging adults in Peel Region, Canada experienced pandemic lockdowns through the lens of their intersecting identities.
Valued Yet Still Not Fully Integrated: Social Workers’ Experiences Practicing in Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Teams
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Relatively little is known about social workers in interprofessional primary healthcare (PHC) teams, despite social work being one of the largest health and social service professions. Understanding the experiences of social workers in PHC teams will help strengthen the integration of social workers in these settings.
The association between team-based model of care characteristics and patient outcomes in community health centres: a systematic review
Embedding social prescribing in primary care in England and Scotland: a qualitative study of experiences, roles, challenges, and sustainability
Oral Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir for Covid-19 in Higher-Risk Outpatients
Co-Design of strategies to enhance access to Virtual Urgent Care models by equity-deserving populations
# Author summary
In 2020, Ontario rolled out virtual urgent care (VUC) to help people with minor health issues during the pandemic, but people from under-served communities, which may include people with disabilities, who are from a visible minority or who are from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, often struggle to access these services.
Enhancing comprehensive in primary care: results of a cross-sectional survey of primary care social workers in Ontario, Canada
Integrating theory and practice: the core components guide for rigorous quality improvement design
# Abstract
Quality improvement (QI) methods have been used extensively to support the delivery of safe, timely, effective, equitable, and cost-effective health care. While QI initiatives have demonstrated benefits, critical gaps in design and implementation undermine their impact.