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39: Fostering Equitable Change During COVID-19
Public Health Review
English - July 30, 2020 12:26 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsHealth & Fitness Government health healthnews news publichealth Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
COVID-19 is amplifying why systemic racism in America is a public health issue. Communities of color are being disproportionately burdened by this pandemic due to persistent inequities that increase their risk to more severe bouts of COVID-19 and death. America is currently engaged in dual crises to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to advance racial justice.
On this episode, speakers will address both issues and highlight the importance of public health agencies leading with and integrating equity in their COVID-19 response. We hear from three leaders managing their COVID-19 response by prioritizing areas with the greatest need and supporting community-led decision-making to ensure the most socially vulnerable populations have increased access to treatment, testing, isolation options, and resources.
Speakers:
Joneigh Khaldun, MD, Chief Medical Executive and Chief Deputy Director for Department of the Michigan Department Health and Human Services Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health; ASTHO Board Member and Past-President Rudy Macklin, Director of the Bureau of Minority Health Access, Louisiana Department of Health; Board Member, National Association of State Offices of Minority Health (Louisiana)
Resources:
How to Address COVID-19 in Communities of Color [ASTHO]
Promoting Health Equity through State Orders for COVID-19 Testing [ASTHO]
Health Equity During COVID-19: Top Strategies for an Equity-Focused Recovery Strategy [ASTHO]
Why We Need Race and Ethnicity Data to Beat COVID-19 [ASTHO]
CDC Health Equity Considerations and Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups [CDC]
The House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color [United States House of Representatives]
The COVID Racial Data Tracker [The Atlantic]