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Black communities point out that data must be used ethically and appropriately to create pathways for advancing health equity.
As it currently stands, improvements in health outcomes for Black communities are not consistent across the board.
The BHEWG advocates for improved pathways to care.
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Engagement
Genuine, cyclical, accessible consultation with communities regarding data collection, management, analysis, and use.
Governance
Community decision-making about engagement processes and data collection, management, analysis, and use, achieved through the establishment of Community Governance Tables.
Access
the right of communities to access their collective data and to determine who else can access it, along with the capacity building required to enable this right.
Protection
The safeguarding of all individual rights and types of data, including identifiable, de-identified, and anonymized data.
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Black communities’ data must be used ethically and appropriately to create pathways for advancing health equity for Black people.
Read the EGAP report – blackhealthequity.ca
The collection of race-based data should never be the end goal: it must create pathways for dismantling structural anti- Black racism and advancing health equity. Read the EGAP report – blackhealthequity.ca