Data integration by government and community-based organizations is undertaken for the public good to support the interconnected needs of families and communities. Though data infrastructure is a powerful tool to support equity-oriented reforms, equity is rarely centred as a core goal for data integration. This raises fundamental concerns, as integrated data increasingly provides the raw materials for evaluation, research and risk modelling. In this session, Dr. Amy Hawn Nelson and Isabel Algrant provide an overview of the newly updated Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration and the companion Workbook, exploring how participants can apply these learnings to centre equity throughout the data life cycle in their day-to-day work.
This event is part of HDRN Canada's Big IDEAs About Health Data Speaker Series, featuring experts from a variety of fields discussing how administrative data can be used to advance health equity in Canada.
