Graham G. Addressing the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2021;
8:280-282. [PMID:
33742351 PMCID:
PMC7978471 DOI:
10.1007/s40615-021-00989-7]
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Abstract
With Black and Hispanic communities across the USA experiencing more detrimental negative effects from the COVID-19 pandemic as compared with other demographic groups, the virus has exposed the racial and ethnic disparities in treatment and care that public health experts have been grappling with for years. This paper explains how the systematic collection of racial and ethnic data gleaned from COVID-19 testing in underserved communities can be used to better understand this pandemic and inform measures within our control to prevent the spread of disease in the future.
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