The COVID CommUNITY study is being conducted to understand the immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine, its safety, and confidence/access/uptake among South Asians, First Nations, new immigrants, and children/youth.
We are working with community partners to explore this question within the following populations:
We are working with community partners to explore this question within the following populations:
South Asian
Greater Hamilton/Toronto Area, Greater Vancouver Area
First Nations
Six Nations of the Grand River, Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Wendake
New Immigrants
Riverdale/Hamilton, Ontario
Children & Youth
Greater Hamilton/Toronto Area
BMJ Open
Perceptions of COVID-19 risk, vaccine access and confidence: a qualitative description of South Asians in Canada
BMJ Open
South Asian Youth as Vaccine Agents of Change (SAY-VAC): evaluation of a public health programme to mobilise and empower South Asian youth to foster COVID-19 vaccine-related evidence-based dialogue in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Canada
CMAJ Open