Vulnerable Populations
Below is a list of MHST601 resources with descriptions of vulnerable populations. All resources are hyperlinked.
Websites
⇨ the Canadian Dental Association website:
Canadian Dental Association. The State of Oral Health in Canada. Ottawa (ON): CDA; 2017. https//www.cda-adc.ca/stateoforalhealth/_files/TheStateofOralHealthinCanada.pdf
● This report provides information on the state of oral disease in Canada and around the world.
⇨ Health Canada website:
Defining vulnerable populations ● webpage on Canada's framework on vulnerable populations
Health Canada. (2010). Canadian health measures survey (CHMS). Retrieved July 5, 2022, from https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/healthy-living/reports-publications/oral-health/canadian-health-measures-survey.html ● Canada's most recent 2010 health measures survey
⇨ Statistics Canada website:
Vulnerability of Canadians with disabilities ● how COVID-19 pandemic affects vulnerable Canadian populations with disabilities
⇨ the Canadian Dental Association website:
The state of Oral Health in Canada. Ottawa (ON): CDA; 2017. https://www.cda-adc.ca/stateoforalhealth/_files/TheStateofOralHealthinCanada.pdf
● overview of oral health in Canada and how it compares with the rest of the world
⇨ the World Health Organization website:
Actions for consideration in the care and protection of vulnerable population groups for COVID-19
● WHO's recommendations to the vulnerable population with community transmission of COVID-19
Scholarly Articles
Carstairs, C., & Mosby, I. (2020) Colonial extractions: Oral Health Care and Indigenous Peoples in Canada, 1945-79. Canadian Historical Review, 101(2), 192-216. https://doi.org/10.3138/chr.2018-0097
● gives a thorough and comprehensive breakdown of the history of Canadian dental care in regards to the treatment of Indigenous people between 1945-79.
Cavin, E. L. (2015). Culturally safe oral health care for Aboriginal peoples of Canada. Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene, 49(1), 21–28. [Google Scholar]
● describes how dental hygienists need to attune to cultural safety and the need for awareness of culturally safe practices towards Indigenous people in the dental hygiene profession
Government of Canada. Pierce, A., Singh, S., Lee, J., Grant, C., Jesus, V.C., & Schroth, R.J. (2019). The burden of early childhood caries in Canadian children and associated risk factors. Frontiers in Public Health, 7(328). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00328
● study reveals the prevalence of child dental caries in Canada
Kyoon-Achan, G., Schroth, R. J., DeMaré, D., Sturym, M., Edwards, J. M., Sanguins, J., Campbell, R., Chartrand, F., Bertone, M., & Moffatt, M. E. (2021). First Nations and Metis Peoples’ Access and equity challenges with Early Childhood Oral Health: A qualitative study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01476-5
● details why Indigenous groups face difficulties in accessing dental care, especially for children
Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada. (2020). Human papillomavirus and oral health. Canada Communicable Disease Report, 46(11), 380-383. https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v46i1112a03
● study reveals the prevalence of HPV in Canada is on the rise and how health care providers can advocate awareness
Unit Resources
Richmond, C.A.M., & Cook, C. (2016). Creating conditions for Canadian aboriginal health equity: The promise of public health policy. Public Health Reviews, 37. doi: 10.1186/s40985-016-0016-5
● article that breakdowns Canada's Aboriginal people and lack of health equity and political structure towards achieving health equity
Richmond, C.A.M introduce Indigenous communities’ relational view of wellness in Geographies of Indigenous Health and Wellness (link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne35-RxcVLc)
● Youtube video on Indigenous health and wellness
CBC. Health Canada knew of massive gaps in First Nations child health care, documents show.
● new articles on gaps in First Nations child health care
CBC. Racism in health care is a 'real thing,' says Indigenous physician.
● new articles on racism in healthcare