Identifying Organizational Factors to Support Equity-Oriented Care for People who are Highly Marginalized

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors and ‘prerequisites’ needed within cancer care organizations to support an equity-oriented approach to care.

The specific objectives of the study were to

1. Identify organizational level barriers to accessing cancer care among people experiencing significant health and social inequities.
2. Explore organizational factors influencing capacity for equity-oriented care within cancer care.
3. Apply research findings to co-develop a set of actionable, evidence-informed recommendations to enhance capacity for equity-oriented cancer care  

This study is now closed! We have preliminary study findings further down this page. Stay tuned for more results from this study as they become available.

Study Findings

[Coming soon – downloadable infographics]

Peer Reviewed Publications

Read the paper on organizational level barriers: “There’s just such a mismatch”: A qualitative exploration of health systems and organizational-level barriers to accessing cancer care among people experiencing structural marginalization

Additional papers coming soon!

This study was conducted in collaboration with researchers from: 

This study was funded by: