HHS releases Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Office of Minority Health have released the , a tool to help emergency response planners and public health officials apply a health equity lens to research, strategic planning, program design and evaluation related to response and recovery for COVID-19 and other public health emergencies. to learn more about its potential uses and download the corresponding dataset and data dictionary.
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