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Racism, COVID-19, and Health Inequity in the USA: a Call to Action

The current national COVID-19 mortality rate for Black Americans is 2.1 times higher than that of Whites. In this commentary, we provide historical context on how structural racism undergirds multi-sector policies which contribute to racial health inequities such as those highlighted by the COVID-19...

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Autores principales: Johnson-Agbakwu, Crista E., Ali, Nyima S., Oxford, Corrina M., Wingo, Shana, Manin, Emily, Coonrod, Dean V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7668281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33197038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00928-y
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description The current national COVID-19 mortality rate for Black Americans is 2.1 times higher than that of Whites. In this commentary, we provide historical context on how structural racism undergirds multi-sector policies which contribute to racial health inequities such as those highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We offer a concrete, actionable path forward to address structural racism and advance health equity for Black Americans through anti-racism, implicit bias, and cultural competency training; capacity building; community-based participatory research (CBPR) initiatives; validated metrics for longitudinal monitoring of efforts to address health disparities and the evaluation of those interventions; and advocacy for and empowerment of vulnerable communities. This necessitates a multi-pronged, coordinated approach led by clinicians; public health professionals; researchers; social scientists; policy-makers at all governmental levels; and local community leaders and stakeholders across the education, legal, social service, and economic sectors to proactively and systematically advance health equity for Black Americans across the USA.
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spelling pubmed-76682812020-11-18 Racism, COVID-19, and Health Inequity in the USA: a Call to Action Johnson-Agbakwu, Crista E. Ali, Nyima S. Oxford, Corrina M. Wingo, Shana Manin, Emily Coonrod, Dean V. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities Article The current national COVID-19 mortality rate for Black Americans is 2.1 times higher than that of Whites. In this commentary, we provide historical context on how structural racism undergirds multi-sector policies which contribute to racial health inequities such as those highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We offer a concrete, actionable path forward to address structural racism and advance health equity for Black Americans through anti-racism, implicit bias, and cultural competency training; capacity building; community-based participatory research (CBPR) initiatives; validated metrics for longitudinal monitoring of efforts to address health disparities and the evaluation of those interventions; and advocacy for and empowerment of vulnerable communities. This necessitates a multi-pronged, coordinated approach led by clinicians; public health professionals; researchers; social scientists; policy-makers at all governmental levels; and local community leaders and stakeholders across the education, legal, social service, and economic sectors to proactively and systematically advance health equity for Black Americans across the USA. Springer International Publishing 2020-11-16 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC7668281/ /pubmed/33197038 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00928-y Text en © W. Montague Cobb-NMA Health Institute 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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