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Overcoming Barriers to Multicultural Health Research for Children: Addressing Challenges and Setting Priorities

Join Dr. Anna Banerji, MD, MPH, FRCPC, DTM&H, as she discusses barriers to multicultural health research focusing on newcomer issues, lack of funding, and systemic racism. Explore ways to address challenges and set research priorities for refugee children's mental health, nutrition, and infectious diseases. Learn about enhancing collaboration, research funding, and knowledge translation at the Canadian Refugee Health Conference.

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Overcoming Barriers to Multicultural Health Research for Children: Addressing Challenges and Setting Priorities

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  1. OMHARNChildren & Youth Panel Anna Banerji MD MPH FRCPC DTM&H O.Ont March 17th 2012

  2. My role • Question: Barriers to Multicultural Health Research • Research issues • Not a priority vs CVS drugs • Not understand the different categories of newcomers • Not a large lobby • Lack of funding for research • Systematic racism

  3. Barriers • Newcomer issues • Language, study what is easier to study • Interpreters are expensive • What is informed consent to a refugee? • Research is not a priority if you live in poverty, can’t navigate the system, can’t feed your family • Children have little power • More vulnerable, research is less of a priority • Undocumented people are hard to reach, may not want to disclose status

  4. Lack of funds, • Lack of implementation • Research shows malnutrition is rampant-but can’t afford vitamins • Still living in poverty • Competing time for clinicians, service vs research

  5. Issues for refugee children • mental health, impact of mental health of parents • Nutrition • Parasites • Other infectious diseases • The impact of poverty • Lack of health insurance • Increasing benefits for ITF

  6. Addressing Challenges • Setting priorities in research based on needs and working backwards • Increasing forums for Education and Research • Collaboration and sharing of information • Canadian Refugee Health Conference • Evidence based medicine • Enhanced collaboration of Clinicians & researchers • Enhanced research funding • Greater lobby and KT • Press releases on studies

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