The Unequal Toll of the Pandemic – Findings from the BC COVID-19 SPEAK R2 Population Health Survey

More than 188,000 British Columbians participated in the second British Columbia (B.C.) COVID-19 population health Survey on Population Experiences, Action and Knowledge (SPEAK). The survey ran in April and May 2021 to better understand the experiences of British Columbians one year into the pandemic and how to support the population during recovery. The presentation will provide an overview on British Columbian’s experience of the pandemic and how those experiences changed between May 2020, when the first survey was completed and one year into the pandemic. The results from the B.C. COVID-19 SPEAK survey provide data and evidence to enable us to monitor the impact of the pandemic on the health and wellbeing of the residents of B.C. These findings can help guide our work during the recovery to ensure unintended societal consequences do not proliferate and the overall health and wellbeing of the population is improved. Presenter bios: Dr. Jat Sandhu is the Senior Executive Director, Innovation, Partnerships and Population Public Health Management at BCCDC. Dr. Sandhu oversees a portfolio that includes strategic planning and implementation; data analytic services; public health information governance; communications and knowledge translation; stakeholder management and collaborative partnerships; and sustainability of strategic and transformative population health initiatives. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor with the UBC School of Population & Public Health and Adjunct Professor with the SFU Faculty of Health Sciences. Dr. Geoffrey McKee is a public health physician and Medical Director for Population and Public Health at BCCDC. He is also a clinical instructor at the UBC School of Population & Public Health. Dr. McKee is interested in applied public health research related to the use of administrative and survey derived data to assess the health of the population and inform public policy .

BC CDC Presenters

9/14/2021 7:00:00 PM