Understanding and Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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This report was prepared by researchers from CMHA Toronto and the Wellesley Institute.

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The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health and stress levels warrants urgent attention. In Canada, as elsewhere in the world, public health measures in the early stages of the pandemic dramatically transformed the everyday geographies of young people.

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#Introduction

East Toronto Health Partners (ETHP) is a network of organizations that serve residents of East Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ETHP is a newly formed integrated model of care in which hospital, primary care, community providers and patients/families work together to improve population health.

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#Background

There has been a large-scale adoption of virtual delivery of primary care as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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#Objective

The objective of this study was to identify pharmacists’ perspectives on the benefits and challenges of precepting pharmacy students during circumstances that require using virtual care in team-based primary care practices.

#CanTreatCOVID is a pan-Canadian, community-funded clinical tri

In 2020, the Alliance for Healthier Communities and its member centres embarked on a research study to explore the challenges and opportunities inherent in a shift towards virtual care. The study involved extracting EMR data from 36 CHCs, an organizational survey, as well as conducting phone interviews with 36 providers and 31 clients. This 2-page handout summarizes the main findings.

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Data from the City of Toronto indicate that the majority of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations as of December 2021 were among individuals who identified with a racialized group.