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Anjana Aery

Primary care utilization trajectories for immigrants and refugees in Ontario

A better understanding of differences in health care usage between different admission classes can help to identify which groups may need more targeted supports to facilitate their use of the health care system. This is increasingly important as Canada increases immigration targets and expands refugee sponsorship programs. This study aims to describe primary care utilization trajectories by admission classes within a ten-year period to identify disparities in access to primary care and primary mental health care. This research will help to better understand primary care utilization among diverse immigrants and refugee groups to help researchers and policymakers identify gaps to equitable access to care. An appendix containing more data tables can be found here.

By: Anjana Aery and Kwame McKenzie

Primary care utilization trajectories for immigrants and refugees in Ontario compared with long-term residents

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Anjana Aery

Anjana Aery

Anjana holds a Master of Public Health from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. In the past she has worked in research and policy at the Centre for Urban Health Solutions (formerly Centre for research on Inner City Health) at St. Michael’s Hospital, Access Alliance Community Health Centre and the World Health Organization. She has extensive research and evaluation experience in mental health services, immigrant and refugee health and employment security. She has also collaborated with many community organizations in Toronto. She is passionate about advocating for marginalized communities to address inequities in health. She is interested in healthy public policy, women’s health and community-based participatory research. AnjanaAery

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We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.