who is co-creath?
about co-creath labs
About CO-CREATH Labs?
COLLABORATIVE CRITICAL RESEARCH FOR EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION IN HEALTH LAB
The Collaborative Critical Research for Equity and Transformation in Health (CO-CREATH) Lab is a hub for researchers, trainees, and community partners conducting critical research to advance health equity and transformative community engagement. It builds capacity using a social sciences approach to better understand the complex interplay of various determinants of inequities in health and health care. It emphasizes the importance of mentoring, recognizing the fluidity of roles when members learn with and from each other.
CO-CREATH Lab promotes research that unpacks the complexity of health inequities identifying innovations and
creates solutions to challenges confronting health systems in their attempts to deliver high-quality care to a
diverse society.
CO-CREATH was established by Dr. Josephine Etowa, Professor of Nursing (University of Ottawa) and Ontario HIV/AIDS Treatment Network (OHTN) Chair in Black Womens’ Health and HIV Prevention and Care.
COLLABORATIVE CRITICAL RESEARCH FOR EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION IN HEALTH LAB
CO-CREATH Lab was established in 2016 by Dr. Josephine Etowa, Professor of Nursing and Ontario HIV/AIDS Treatment Network (OHTN) Chair in Black Women’s Health and HIV Prevention and Care at the University of Ottawa.
MISSION
Our Mission
Our Vision
This vision inspires the name CO-CREATH that we have adopted and informs how our hub functions.
We use various theoretical frameworks and research traditions to critically examine contemporary issues and to strategically engage actors in the research contexts.
HOW WE WORK
We are a hub for researchers, trainees, and their community partners conducting critical research to advance health equity and transformative community engagement.
We build capacity using a social sciences approach to better understand the complex interplay of various determinants of inequities in health and health care, emphasizing the importance of mentoring, and recognizing the fluidity of roles when members learn with and from each other.