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We need to be looking one level higher, at the systemic issues that are driving these downstream challenges. Specifically:
- Workplace inequities
- Access to healthcare
Explained in thread below.
CC: @TorontoIDDoc @zchagla https://twitter.com/torontoiddoc/status/1328008195684626432
- Workplace inequities
- Access to healthcare
Explained in thread below.
CC: @TorontoIDDoc @zchagla https://twitter.com/torontoiddoc/status/1328008195684626432
Workplace is huge. Lack of employer benefits, job stability, paid sick leave, ensuring workers are not penalized for testing, safe working conditions is in my opinion the big bad wolf. To have meaningful changes in this community, these have to be addressed first.
Access to equitable healthcare is another. I’d like to flat out ask if the issues at Brampton Osler would be occurring if the clientele was your predominantly white Rosedale/Forest Hill type? Chronically underfunded and under-resourced.
I mentioned this one on a previous response to @TorontoIDDoc on a similar Q, but community orgs are a huge part of the missing puzzle. Leverage their relationships with the community to get info out (similar to @BlackCreekCHC having community ambassadors speaking to community).
There is a huge emphasis on gatherings, but these are not unique to South Asians - we see these with tons of other cultures but those cultures don’t have the overarching systemic issues outlined above.
Ultimately though, we cannot shame an already marginalized community. Instead we must first address the harsh inequities in this population. This community is already ostracized and stigmatized. What we really need are more resources and funding.
