Published on in Vol 6 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/77242, first published .
Health Data for Linguistic Minority Group Research in Canada: Proof-of-Concept Centralized Health Care Metadata Repository Development and Usability Study

Health Data for Linguistic Minority Group Research in Canada: Proof-of-Concept Centralized Health Care Metadata Repository Development and Usability Study

Health Data for Linguistic Minority Group Research in Canada: Proof-of-Concept Centralized Health Care Metadata Repository Development and Usability Study

Vincent Martin-Schreiber   1 * , BScN, MEng ;   Cayden Peixoto   2 * , HBSc, MSc ;   Ricardo Batista   3 , MSc, MD, PhD ;   Christopher Belanger   4 , HBSc, MBA, PhD ;   Peter Tanuseputro   5 , HBSc, MSc, MD ;   Amy T Hsu   6 , PhD ;   Lise M Bjerre   2, 7, 8 , MDCM, PhD

1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2 School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

3 Akausivik Inuit Family Health Team, Ottawa, ON, Canada

4 Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

5 Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

6 Bruyère Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

7 Institut du Savoir Montfort, Ottawa, ON, Canada

8 Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Lise M Bjerre, MDCM, PhD
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