Disparities Made Invisible: Gaps in COVID-19 Data for American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

INTRODUCTION: Complete COVID-19 data for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations are critical to equitable pandemic response. METHODS: We used the COVID-19 U.S. State Policy database to document gaps in COVID-19 data reporting for AI/AN people. RESULTS: Sixty-four percent of states do not...

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Autores principales: Skinner, Alexandra, Raifman, Julia, Ferrara, Elizabeth, Raderman, Will, Quandelacy, Talia M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2022
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8985526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35402772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0129
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author Skinner, Alexandra
Raifman, Julia
Ferrara, Elizabeth
Raderman, Will
Quandelacy, Talia M.
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description INTRODUCTION: Complete COVID-19 data for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations are critical to equitable pandemic response. METHODS: We used the COVID-19 U.S. State Policy database to document gaps in COVID-19 data reporting for AI/AN people. RESULTS: Sixty-four percent of states do not report AI/AN data for at least one COVID-19 health metric: cases, hospitalizations, deaths, or vaccinations. DISCUSSION: The lack of AI/AN-specific data masks the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 and presents challenges to COVID-19 prevention, policy implementation, and health equity. CONCLUSIONS: Public-facing data disaggregated by race may facilitate rapid response COVID-19 research and policymaking to support AI/AN communities.
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spelling pubmed-89855262022-04-07 Disparities Made Invisible: Gaps in COVID-19 Data for American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Skinner, Alexandra Raifman, Julia Ferrara, Elizabeth Raderman, Will Quandelacy, Talia M. Health Equity Short Report INTRODUCTION: Complete COVID-19 data for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations are critical to equitable pandemic response. METHODS: We used the COVID-19 U.S. State Policy database to document gaps in COVID-19 data reporting for AI/AN people. RESULTS: Sixty-four percent of states do not report AI/AN data for at least one COVID-19 health metric: cases, hospitalizations, deaths, or vaccinations. DISCUSSION: The lack of AI/AN-specific data masks the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 and presents challenges to COVID-19 prevention, policy implementation, and health equity. CONCLUSIONS: Public-facing data disaggregated by race may facilitate rapid response COVID-19 research and policymaking to support AI/AN communities. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2022-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8985526/ /pubmed/35402772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0129 Text en © Alexandra Skinner et al., 2022; 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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Disparities Made Invisible: Gaps in COVID-19 Data for American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0129
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