Indirect Consequences

Project Lead

Dr. Matthew Carwana

What Do We Want To Know?

1. The Indirect Consequences of COVID-19 on children and youth in Canada.

2. Healthcare provider experiences using interpreter and language services in children’s healthcare setting.

3. The experiences of researcher and community members on doing research with children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How Are We Doing It?

Population-based longitudinal study using administrative health data:

• To estimate the difference in number of emergency visits and hospitalizations for: 1) mental health conditions; 2) acute reversible conditions; 3) new severe conditions, or worsening of chronic conditions, in children and teens comparing pre vs. during pandemic times.

Qualitative descriptive interviews and surveys with healthcare providers, researchers, and community members.

Who Can Participate?

• Population-based longitudinal study using administrative health data that does not have any patient identifiers.

• Qualitative descriptive studies:

  • Healthcare providers, researchers, and community members.