SURVEY

Characterizing Canada's

Refugee Healthcare System

Objective: to understand and characterize the existing care models used by primary care facilities, public health offices, and resettlement agencies that provide specialized care to refugees or refugee claimants in the primary care setting during the "Syrian Refugee Initiative" (November 2015 to January 2017) and presently. We aim to characterize the existing structures and care processes, as well as the readiness of Canada's refugee and refugee claimant health system.


The outcomes of this study will provide a foundation for comparative work on refugee healthcare models and will inform providers to improve the quality, efficiency, and coordination of care for newly arrived refugees and refugee claimants.

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Published

/  July 24, 2023

By Mursal A. Mohamud, David J.T. Campbell, James Wick, Alexander A. Leung, Gabriel E. Fabreau, Marcell Tonelli, Paul E. Ronksley

Published by the International Journal for Equity in Health

/  July 12, 2023

By Nour Hassan, Annalee Coakley, Ibrahim Al Masri, Rachel Talavlikar, Michael Aucoin, Rabina Grewal, Adl K. Khalaf, Shahla Murad, Kerry A. McBrien, Paul Ronksley, Gabriel E. Fabreau
Published by JAMA Network

Research Posters

A collection of Refugee Health YYC scientific posters presented at various local, regional, national and international meetings and conferences.



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Data Holdings

Since 2014, we have been working to create a granular and comprehensive refugee health research data repository, linking multiple health data sources. Our refugee health data holdings include clinical data from 2012 onward and are updated regularly:

 

  • Primary Care Electronic Medical Records (EMR) 
  • Sociodemographic Information
  • Biometric Data (Ht/Wt, BMI, BP)
  • Laboratory Investigations
  • Clinic, Emergency Dept., & Hospital Utilisation
  • Patient/Provider Interviews and Focus Groups  


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Interested in research collaboration with Refugee Health YYC?

Our goal is to pursue high quality scientific research and clinical innovations that lead to improved healthcare delivery, health and well-being for recently arrived refugees in Calgary, Canada and Internationally. 


We invite new collaborative partnerships and have developed protocols to support them