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Systemic Racism Affecting Latinx Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives of Latinx Community Health Workers and Community-Based Organization Leaders

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study is to identify forms of systemic racism experienced by Latinx communities in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic as identified by Latinx community health workers (CHWs) and community-based organization (CBO) leaders. METHODS: We conducted three focus g...

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Autores principales: Plasencia, Gabriela, Gupta, Rohan, Kaalund, Kamaria, Martinez-Bianchi, Viviana, Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa, Thoumi, Andrea
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10659010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38025654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2023.0193
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author Plasencia, Gabriela
Gupta, Rohan
Kaalund, Kamaria
Martinez-Bianchi, Viviana
Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa
Thoumi, Andrea
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Gupta, Rohan
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Thoumi, Andrea
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description INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study is to identify forms of systemic racism experienced by Latinx communities in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic as identified by Latinx community health workers (CHWs) and community-based organization (CBO) leaders. METHODS: We conducted three focus groups in July 2022 (N=16). We performed qualitative analysis of data using an iterative inductive approach of the original language in Dedoose. RESULTS: Four central themes emerged: (1) Access to resources for Latinx individuals; (2) Immediate, transitional, and future fears; (3) Benefits of CHWs; and (4) Lessons learned. DISCUSSION: Institutional and state policies often do not involve community members, such as CHWs and CBO leaders, at the start of the development process, leading to ineffective interventions that perpetuate health disparities and systemic racism. HEALTH EQUITY IMPLICATIONS: Community-informed policy recommendations can improve alignment of community and policy priorities to create more effective interventions to address systemic racism and promote health equity.
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spelling pubmed-106590102023-11-07 Systemic Racism Affecting Latinx Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives of Latinx Community Health Workers and Community-Based Organization Leaders Plasencia, Gabriela Gupta, Rohan Kaalund, Kamaria Martinez-Bianchi, Viviana Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa Thoumi, Andrea Health Equity Original Research INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study is to identify forms of systemic racism experienced by Latinx communities in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic as identified by Latinx community health workers (CHWs) and community-based organization (CBO) leaders. METHODS: We conducted three focus groups in July 2022 (N=16). We performed qualitative analysis of data using an iterative inductive approach of the original language in Dedoose. RESULTS: Four central themes emerged: (1) Access to resources for Latinx individuals; (2) Immediate, transitional, and future fears; (3) Benefits of CHWs; and (4) Lessons learned. DISCUSSION: Institutional and state policies often do not involve community members, such as CHWs and CBO leaders, at the start of the development process, leading to ineffective interventions that perpetuate health disparities and systemic racism. HEALTH EQUITY IMPLICATIONS: Community-informed policy recommendations can improve alignment of community and policy priorities to create more effective interventions to address systemic racism and promote health equity. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2023-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10659010/ /pubmed/38025654 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2023.0193 Text en © Gabriela Plasencia et al., 2023; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC-BY] (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Plasencia, Gabriela
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Martinez-Bianchi, Viviana
Gonzalez-Guarda, Rosa
Thoumi, Andrea
Systemic Racism Affecting Latinx Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives of Latinx Community Health Workers and Community-Based Organization Leaders
title Systemic Racism Affecting Latinx Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives of Latinx Community Health Workers and Community-Based Organization Leaders
title_full Systemic Racism Affecting Latinx Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives of Latinx Community Health Workers and Community-Based Organization Leaders
title_fullStr Systemic Racism Affecting Latinx Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives of Latinx Community Health Workers and Community-Based Organization Leaders
title_full_unstemmed Systemic Racism Affecting Latinx Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives of Latinx Community Health Workers and Community-Based Organization Leaders
title_short Systemic Racism Affecting Latinx Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives of Latinx Community Health Workers and Community-Based Organization Leaders
title_sort systemic racism affecting latinx population health during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond: perspectives of latinx community health workers and community-based organization leaders
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10659010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38025654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2023.0193
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