Unit 6: Vulnerable Populations
Annotated Reference List
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This article explains the results of a study done to examine the association between racial discrimination and allostatic load.
Currie, C. L., Copeland, J. L., Metz, G. A., Chief Moon-Riley, K., & Davies, C. M. (2020). Past-year racial discrimination and allostatic load
among indigenous adults in Canada: The role of cultural continuity. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82(1), 99–107.
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This article describes the importance of defining vulnerability and how public health can help or harm vulnerable populations.
Ferreira, J. B. B., Santos, L. L. dos, Ribeiro, L. C., Rodrigues Fracon, B. R., & Wong, S. (2021). Vulnerability and Primary Health Care: An Integrative Literature Review. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501327211049705
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This journal article provides evidence linking discrimination in healthcare settings to disparities in healthcare access among urban Indigenous people
Kitching, G. T., Firestone, M., Schei, B., Wolfe, S., Bourgeois, C., O’Campo, P., Rotondi, M., Nisenbaum, R., Maddox, R., & Smylie, J.
(2020). Unmet health needs and discrimination by healthcare providers among an Indigenous population in Toronto, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 111(1), 40–49. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-019-00242-z
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This article critically evaluates the role of federal policy and the issues underpinning Aboriginal health inequity.
Richmond, C. A. M., & Cook, C. (2016). Creating conditions for Canadian aboriginal health equity: The promise of healthy public policy.
Public Health Reviews, 37(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-016-0016-5
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This article identifies three key discrimination subthemes in health care provision towards indigenous persons in Ontario.
Wylie, L., & McConkey, S. (2019). Insiders’ Insight: Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples through the Eyes of Health Care Professionals.
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 6(1), 37–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-018-0495-9
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This website assesses how the Indigenous people in Canada were set up to deal with the pandemic.
The Conference Board of Canada. (n.d.). Addressing the causes of indigenous vulnerability to pandemics-not just the symptoms. The Conference Board of Canada. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://www.conferenceboard.ca/insights/blogs/addressing-the-causes-of-indigenous-vulnerability-to-pandemics-not-just-the-symptoms