Grant: Team Grant: OLMC in Health Research - English speaking OLMC

While English-speaking communities in Quebec represent slightly over 10% of the population, little is known about their health and healthcare experiences. Many different perspectives are needed to capture various factors that may affect the health of these communities, including local and provincial policies, and personal characteristics like sex, race, and immigrant status. We will build on existing partnerships across the province and make new connections to bring interdisciplinary approaches to the study of language and health in Quebec. Our goal is to build the infrastructure and networks needed to understand and improve the health and healthcare available to English-speaking communities in Quebec. Our program has three phases. In Phase One, we bring together a team of scientists and trainees from multiple disciplines, alongside knowledge users such as health care providers, decision-makers, community organizations and community members to work together on strategies to understand and improve the health of English-speaking communities in Quebec. In Phase Two, we will conduct an environmental scan to document policies, resources, tools, practices, and sources of data that can inform the study of health in English-speaking communities. In Phase Three, we will work on priority projects related to the health of these communities. These projects will include using big data to understand the links between language and health, documenting the experiences of community members and other knowledge users, and assessing how well interventions improve quality of care. Our work will serve to create a strong collaborative community of researchers and knowledge users focusing on the health of Quebec English-speaking communities, generate interest and new knowledge on the health and health care experiences of this population, and provide training opportunities to ensure the sustainability of this line of research.