the survey sought to assess family and peer support among young black adults during the twin crises of the pandemic and the black lives matter movement following the choking death of george floyd by a police officer.
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richard koestner , one of the authors of the study and the director of the mcgill human motivation lab , said the 10-per-cent figure among black canadians is likely an under-estimate. the preprint of the study is under review by the journal of black psychology.
and in a study released this month by the public health agency of canada, the authors renew calls for the collection of racial data not only to better study covid-19 but to go “beyond the scope of the pandemic to identify disparities in health care and find solutions to minimize this gap.”
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seeta ramdass , a longtime patient-rights advocate in montreal, noted that unconscious bias often creeps into health care. she cited as an example the pulse oximeter placed on a patient’s finger to detect oxygen saturation in the blood. such devices are considered less accurate when measuring black and brown skin.
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