Disparities/Equity of Care
During an AHA virtual briefing for lawmakers and staff, leaders from three health systems 鈥 One Brooklyn Health System, Grady Health System, and The Hospitals of Providence, part of Tenet Healthcare 鈥 discussed the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on communities of color and how their health鈥
Identifying the underlying factors that contribute to disparities in outcomes in vulnerable rural populations and developing strategies to address these issues remain constant challenges, but progress is being made. OSF Healthcare鈥檚 Health Equities Action Lab (HEAL) is employing a data-driven鈥
Strategic alliances forged by AHA with organizations like the National Urban League and UnidosUS are strengthening collective effort to address well-documented, disparate health outcome for Black and Latino communities, writes Joy Lewis, AHA鈥檚 senior vice president for health equity strategies.
Nearly 55 years ago, during the 1966 Medical Committee of Human Rights Convention, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared, 鈥淥f all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.鈥 Although there has been incremental progress toward achieving a more just鈥
Join me on this episode of Leadership Rounds with Consuelo Wilkins, M.D., vice president of health equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, based in Nashville.
The AHA recently launched a new webpage dedicated to disseminating accessible information focused on addressing the equity issues in COVID-19 testing, treatment and vaccine administration efforts.
Advancing health equity within communities of color disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 鈥 and getting the facts straight about reasons for hesitancy over receiving vaccines 鈥 are priority issues for government policy influencers and health care organization leaders.
With our nation鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine administration rollout underway, policy influencers and advocacy groups are focusing on communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted by the fluctuating pandemic.
Place-based investment, otherwise known as community investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long term. As communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, community investment will be an innovative yet useful strategy for reimagining and鈥
The Black Coalition Against COVID-19 Feb. 18 from 12-2:30 p.m. ET will host a virtual workshop for participants to share, learn and collaborate on best practices for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in Black communities.