Digital Health and Health Equity Efforts
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Digital Health and Health Equity Efforts

Written by Blaise O’Malley, MPH The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated many health inequities in our society. Across Canada and the United States, people of colour have been contracting and dying from COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate (Quinn & Andrasik, 2021). A report assessing vaccine equity in Ontario found that in Toronto, neighbourhood poverty...

A Guide to Understanding and Improving Health Literacy
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A Guide to Understanding and Improving Health Literacy

  Written by Blaise O’Malley, MPH October is Health Literacy Month and IMD wants to celebrate by helping patients increase their own health literacy, enabling them to make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing. Read on to learn more about this important topic! What is health literacy? Many different definitions of health literacy have...