These papers have come directly from our work on EQUIP Health Care. These publications present pathways, impacts, and policy requirements of equity-oriented health care.
Impacts of Trauma-and Violence-Informed Care (TVIC) interprofessional education for Primary Health Care (PHC) staff
Levine, S., Varcoe, C., & Browne, A. J. (2020). “We went as a team closer to the truth”: impacts of interprofessional education on trauma- and violence- informed care for staff in primary care settings. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2019.1708871
Critical theoretical perspectives in conceptualising racial discrimination in health research
Varcoe, C., Browne, A.J., & Blanchet Garneau, A. (2019). Beyond stress and coping: A critical conceptualization of racial discrimination for health research. Health Sociology Review, 28(3). doi: 10.1080/14461242.2019.1642124
Mapping a pathway from equity-oriented health care to better health outcomes
This paper is freely available here, or by clicking the image. Ford-Gilboe, M., Wathen, N., Varcoe, C., Herbert, C., Jackson, B., Lavoie, J. G., . . . Browne, A. J. (2018). How equity-oriented health care affects health: Key mechanisms and implications for primary health care practice and policy. The Milbank Quarterly. doi:10.1111/1468-0009.12349
How the intervention impacted the clinics, and the key role of ‘positive disruption’
This paper is freely available here, or by clicking the image. Browne, A. J., Varcoe, C., Ford-Gilboe, M., Nadine Wathen, C., Smye, V., Jackson, B. E., . . . Blanchet Garneau, A. (2018). Disruption as opportunity: Impacts of an organizational health equity intervention in primary care clinics. International Journal for Equity in Health, 17(1), 154. doi:10.1186/s12939-018-0820-2
Policy requirements for equity-oriented primary healthcare
This paper is freely available here, or by clicking the image. Lavoie, J. G., Varcoe, C., Wathen, C. N., Ford-Gilboe, M., Browne, A. J., & on behalf of the EQUIP Research Team. (2018). Sentinels of inequity: examining policy requirements for equity-oriented primary healthcare. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1), 705. doi:10.1186/s12913-018-3501-3
Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations
This paper is freely available here, or by clicking the image. Browne, A. J., Varcoe, C., Lavoie, J. G., Smye, V. L., Wong, S. T., Krause, M., . . . Fridkin, A. (2016). Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations: Evidence-based strategies from an ethnographic study. BMC Health Services Research, 16(544), 1-17. doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1707-9
EQUIP Findings related to oral health
Read about the challenges faced by clients at the EQUIP research sites specific to their oral health. The paper is freely available here, or by clicking the image. Wallace, B., Browne, A. J., Varcoe, C., Ford-Gilboe, M., Wathen, C. N., Long, P. M., & Parker, J. (2015). Self-reported oral health among a community sample of people experiencing social and health inequities: Implications for the primary health care sector. BMJ Open, 5(12), 1-10. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009519
EQUIP Primary Health Care Overview
Read a complete description of the EQUIP intervention. This paper is freely available here, or by clicking the image. Browne, A. J., Varcoe, C., Ford-Gilboe, M., & Wathen, N., on behalf of the EQUIP Research Team. (2015). EQUIP healthcare: An overview of a multi-component intervention to enhance equity-oriented care in primary health care settings. International Journal for Equity in Health, 14(152), 1-11. doi:10.1186/s12939-015-0271-y
Collecting data about ethnicity
This paper is freely available here, or by clicking the image. Browne, A. J., Varcoe, C., Wong, S. T., Smye, V. L., & Khan, K. B. (2013). Can ethnicity data collected at an organizational level be useful in addressing health and healthcare inequities? Ethnicity and Health, 19(2), 240-254.doi:10.1080/13557858.2013.814766
Closing the health equity gap
This paper is freely available here, or by clicking the image. Browne, A.J., Varcoe, C., Wong, S., Smye, V., Lavoie, J., Littlejohn, D., Tu, D. Godwin, O., Krause, M., Khan, K., Fridkin, A., Rodney, P., O’Neil, J, & Lennox, S. (2012). Closing the health equity gap: Evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations. International Journal for Equity in Health, 11(59), doi:10.1186/1475-9276-11-59
