{"id":1280,"date":"2023-12-15T21:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/toulany\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2024-09-04T15:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:16:29","slug":"equity-of-virtual-mental-health-care-uptake-among-children-and-youth-during-the-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/toulany\/equity-of-virtual-mental-health-care-uptake-among-children-and-youth-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Equity of virtual mental health care uptake among children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Funder:<\/strong> Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Role:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">Co-Principal Investigator: Saunders N, <\/span><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\"><b>Toulany A<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">. Co-Investigators: Mario C, Chiu M, Cohen E, Guttmann A, Kurdyak P, Moore Hepburn C, Vigod <\/span><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">S, Purnima S, Cappelli M, Gardner W, Moran K, Sundar P.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Study summary: <\/strong>The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed healthcare, with a rise in virtual visits to minimize COVID-19 transmission. Virtual mental health care has been proposed as a strategy to address the growing gap between patient needs and available mental health care resources, especially in underserviced and rural areas. While the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of virtual care, certain populations face barriers (e.g., limited internet access, language proficiency, and low income), widening existing health inequities. Using Ontario\u2019s administrative and health data systems, we will compare in-person and virtual mental health care visits for children (&lt;18 years) with ongoing and new mental health care needs before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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