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Compliant But Unprotected: Communities of Color Take Greater Action to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 But Remain at Risk
Despite the risk of police profiling, people of color are wearing masks. Yet COVID-19 infection and death disparities remain.
Population Health News Roundup: May
A look at COVID-19 stories: death disparities in NYC–and how it’s not density driving the death rates, Western Kentucky’s poor air quality, undercounted data for Asians, shaping cities and spaces after COVID-19, and who fared better, NC or GA? Plus naloxone policies, the coming caregiver shortage, aging Africa, and more.
A Population Health Boot Camp
Which articles and books would you teach if you were holding a population health boot camp? David Kindig shares his ideas on the seminal works in population health.
On Minority Health Month, Public Health Critical Race Praxis, and a Critical Need for Imagination
We can’t power walk our way to population health. Here’s why a focus on individual behaviors is the wrong approach for Minority Health Month.
Staying Home Without a Home: The Housing Crisis and COVID-19
Housing instability and the housing crisis can worsen the COVID-19 crisis and highlight exisiting inequities.
Population Health News Round-Up: April
Coronavirus and racism, a lack of Native American data, the explosion of telemedicine, environmental pollution, and rural America, plus other population health news.
Public Health Pandemic Responses Must Include Automatic Economic Protections
To avoid faustian bargains and zero-sum trade-offs during the COVID-19 crisis, a coordinated response with automatic economic protections is needed.
Racism in the Time of COVID-19
Racialization of COVID-19 and longstanding systemic racism will cause disproportionate harm to people of color as COVID-19 sweeps across the U.S. Read more from a stellar group of researchers writing on behalf of #BlackEpiMatters.
IAPHS Institutional Members Provide Leadership and Direction During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Our institutional members lead several COVID-19 research and education efforts.
Population Health News Roundup: March
Disaggregating data on Asian health, gun ban benefits in Colombia, Alzheimer’s disparities among Black Americans, a green stimulus plan, and more.
Coronavirus Is Bad Enough, But There’s a Larger Threat to Our Health
Dr. Steven Woolf discusses the complexities of “restarting” America, and what’s needed on multiple fronts to protect our health and our economy.
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