Public health 2021 collaborator session

Surveillance of socioeconomic disparities in Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19): perspectives from three provinces to inform pandemic response

Session Description

Health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic have been worse in vulnerable populations around the world. Using surveillance data across Canada, this session will underscore the disparate toll of the pandemic. We will discuss the importance of mobilizing surveillance data to inform COVID-19 response and deploying population-specific interventions to tackle health inequities. The session will also explore usages of surveillance data to identify at-risk sub-populations and to better inform decision makers to address the socioeconomic inequities of COVID-19.

Moderator

Céline Plante, Scientific advisor, Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Quebec

Speakers

  • Area-based socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 in British Columbia
    Dr Drona Rasali PhD, Director, Population Health Surveillance & Epidemiology, BC Centre for Disease Control, British Columbia Provincial Health Services Authority; Adjunct Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

  • Temporal and spatial trends of material deprivation and COVID-19 infection rates in Quebec
    Dr Christine Blaser PhD, Social epidemiologist, Senior scientific advisor, Institut national de santé publique du Québec; Associate Clinical Professor, École de santé publique - Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal

  • Leveraging data on heterogeneity to inform COVID-19 response: use of mathematical modelling to deploy population-specific interventions
    Dr Sharmistha Mishra MD, PhD, Infectious disease physician, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Clinician Scientist, Division of Infectious Disease, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Modeling and Program Science

Learning Objectives

  1. Characterize socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 resulting in disproportionate health impacts across populations in Canada.

  2. Assess the use of surveillance data to identify risk factors and protective levers to inform decision makers and community leaders deploying population-specific interventions to reduce disparities of COVID-19 in vulnerable populations.

  3. Discuss potential opportunities on how surveillance data can continue to support the implementation of mitigation measures to address the inequitable impacts of COVID-19.

Registration

Please visit the Public Health 2021 conference site to register for this Collaborator Session: https://www.cpha.ca/publichealth2021