Scoping review maps landscape of Black health research in Canada
2026-10-24 from bioengineer.org
A comprehensive scoping review published in BMC Public Health has mapped the landscape of research on the health of Black people in Canada, analyzing 522 peer-reviewed studies identified from 13,610 records. The review, led by Victor Williams and Bukola Salami with a large multidisciplinary team, found that Black people represent one of the fastest-growing populations in Canada yet continue to experience health inequities driven by anti-Black racism, structural discrimination, and unequal social determinants of health. While earlier studies had examined specific conditions or subgroups, the authors report that the broader body of research on Black people's health in Canada had not been systematically synthesized until now.
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