{"id":1356,"date":"2020-05-29T19:59:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T23:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/?page_id=1356"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:12:43","slug":"health-service-accessibility-for-ethnic-minority-seniors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/health-service-accessibility-for-ethnic-minority-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Service Accessibility for Ethnic Minority Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Health Service Accessibility for Ethnic Minority Seniors\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Exploring the Accessibility of Health Services for Ethnic Minority Seniors in Ottawa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ the Project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The aging population in Ottawa is growing and diversifying at a rapid rate. In 2016, over 15% of Ottawa\u2019s population was aged 65 years or older. By 2031, it is estimated that the older adult population would reach approximately a quarter million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa is also \u201ca multi-ethnic city, with 156 ethnic groups and more than 70 languages\u201d, with visible minorities representing the fastest growing group in the city.<\/strong> The prominence of visible minorities will inevitably result in a more diverse aging population in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There remains a significant lack of health-related data and research on visible minorities in general, but particularly information regarding distinct ethnic minority seniors<\/strong>. Researchers have argued for the need for more localized research, given the clustering of ethnic minorities in urban areas and the uniqueness of the local health system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This study looks to address this gap while engaging in an action research agenda<\/strong> that supports the health equity-related advocacy and outreach efforts of community-based organizations serving ethnic minority and immigrant populations in Ottawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project represents a partnership with the Social Planning Council (SPC)<\/a>, which currently works with 25 \u201cethnocultural\u201d grassroots groups around various issues, e.g. elder abuse, caregiving, social isolation, and health equity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Research Team\n <\/h2>\n\n <\/header>\n \n
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\n Dennis Kao\n <\/h2>\n <\/header>\n\n
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  • \n Principal Investigator\n <\/li>\n \n \n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n
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    \n Heather Endleman\n <\/h2>\n <\/header>\n\n
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      Research Objectives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      The  primary goal of the proposed project is to conduct a preliminary assessment of the challenges facing ethnic minority seniors and their use of health services in Ottawa, focusing on 3 objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Conduct a systematic review of the research literature <\/strong>(both academic and grey) pertaining to health services use among ethnic minority seniors in Ontario and Ottawa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • Assess the viability of the <\/strong>Canadian Community Health Survey as a secondary data source<\/strong> to examine health access issues impacting seniors, disaggregated by distinct ethnic minority groups and geographic area (i.e. Ontario and\/or health region);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          • Explore the potential barriers to health services facing ethnic minority seniors, using semi- structured interviews<\/strong> with key informants;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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            Exploring the Accessibility of Health Services for Ethnic Minority Seniors in Ottawa ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ the Project The aging population in Ottawa is growing and diversifying at a rapid rate. In 2016, over 15% of Ottawa\u2019s population was aged 65 years or older. By 2031, it is estimated that the older adult population would reach approximately a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-1356","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1356"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2997,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1356\/revisions\/2997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=1356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}