VIP Research Lab @VIPResearchLab
Improving health by facilitating equitable access and linkage to primary care for vulnerable populations in Canada and Internationally. Director: @GinaAgarwall vipresearchlab.ca Hamilton, ON, Canada Joined December 2020-
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📢 New in @AnnalsOfEpi 📊 Our population-based panel study reveals key disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ontario, Canada 🏘️ By end of 2021, 75% of adults in social housing were fully vaccinated vs. 87% in general population 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.anne… @GinaAgarwall
📣 The CP@clinic Program, and Dr. Gina Agarwal have been highlighted as one of the @CIHR_IRSC Faces of Health Research 2025! 🇨🇦Check out the story here: bit.ly/3HCecy6 @McMasterU @McMasterFamMed @GinaAgarwall
‼️New on our CP@clinic Website! Check out the ‘For Family Physicians’ tab to find details about our Community Paramedicine CME course designed for physicians and the link to register 🩺 Click here to find more: cpatclinic.ca/education/
Read about CP@clinic’s impact in our 2024 Annual Report! A few highlights: 2,034 patients helped 18,544 Health Risk Assessments completed 33 Canadian Paramedic Services 122 Paramedic Training Microcredentials issued Read the whole report here 👉cpatclinic.ca/media/2024-Ann…
🌍📊The VIP Research Lab is excited to be at the #GACD2025 Annual Scientific Meeting! @GinaAgarwall, @ricangeles, and @Jasdeep_B presented four projects: Scale-up Research Reporting Checklist (SPARK), CHAP-P in Philippines, eCHEC in Thailand, and health literacy in LMICs.🎉
We’re celebrating & expressing gratitude to our CP@clinic community paramedicine teams! Thank you for your commitment to providing care to our communities #EMSrecognitionday ♥️🩺
In CP@clinic, paramedics on modified duty stay meaningfully connected to their profession and ensure safe health outcomes for both patients and paramedics! #EMSsafetyday 🚑 🩺
Paramedics save lives every day. This #ParamedicServicesWeek (May 18-24), we honour their dedication to emergency care, cardiac & stroke response, and community health. Thank you for making every second count! 💙 #WeCareForEveryone
For #EMSeducationday, the CP@clinic team is proud to support our paramedic partners in expanding their skill set. Over 1,000 paramedics have enrolled in our training program and paramedics can earn a Microcredential from @McMasterU upon completion. ✏️📚🏅
🎉 Welcome to the team, Simran! 🌟 Excited to have you onboard as our new MPH practicum student in the VIP Research Lab. Looking forward to working together this summer! @HEI_mcmaster @McMasterFamMed
Enroll in our free Mainpro+ Accredited CME about Community Paramedicine (CP)! Who: 🩺 Ontario Family Physicians & Residents What: 🚑 CP & its relevance to Family Medicine Why: ♥️CP Programs are growing & caring for patients in your community! Register: bit.ly/CMECP
Dr @GinaAgarwall presented her program of research from the Social Housing of Ontario (SHO) Registry and Cohorts to the Local Housing Corporation (LHC) Forum. 🏬 Looking forward to leveraging this unique research to address priority issues facing housing providers across Ontario.
📢 New Study Alert 📢 Older adults in social housing in Ontario have: 📈 Higher rates of chronic disease & 📉 Lower cancer screening uptake than non-residents 🔗Read more: bit.ly/4hKiv76
📢 New Policy Note Older adults in social housing face: 🫀high rates of chronic illness 📖 low health literacy 😔 poor quality of life. We recommend tailored programs to improve their health outcomes & ease system strains. Read the full study here! bit.ly/4ad3CYe
Feasibility of BP measures & data collection in community health programming in a LMIC (Philippines 🇵🇭) 🎯 For Accuracy: automated BP measure device > manual BP 📱 For Data Collection: tablets & cell phones > paper Read the full study here! bit.ly/3Pru5I5
DFM researchers found that patients in the @CPatClinic program had fewer long term care transfers compared to those not in the program. Learn more jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… @GinaAgarwall @VIPResearchLab @ricangeles @mpirrie @JAMANetworkOpen

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