Participatory Approaches to Addressing Missing COVID-19 Race and Ethnicity Data
| Autor: | Farah Kader, Clyde Lanford (Lanny) Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Vulnerability Social epidemiology Criminology 01 natural sciences Racism ethnic disparities 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care Ethnicity data disaggregation Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology 0101 mathematics Healthcare Disparities Pandemics Health policy media_common community-based participatory research business.industry SARS-CoV-2 racial identity 010102 general mathematics Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 health policy Health Status Disparities Missing data Health equity United States social epidemiology racial disparities Commentary Medicine business ethnic identity |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 6559, p 6559 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Varying dimensions of social, environmental, and economic vulnerability can lead to drastically different health outcomes. The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-19) pandemic exposes how the intersection of these vulnerabilities with individual behavior, healthcare access, and pre-existing conditions can lead to disproportionate risks of morbidity and mortality from the virus-induced illness, COVID-19. The available data shows that those who are black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) bear the brunt of this risk; however, missing data on race/ethnicity from federal, state, and local agencies impedes nuanced understanding of health disparities. In this commentary, we summarize the link between racism and COVID-19 disparities and the extent of missing data on race/ethnicity in critical COVID-19 reporting. In addition, we provide an overview of the current literature on missing demographic data in the US and hypothesize how racism contributes to nonresponse in health reporting broadly. Finally, we argue that health departments and healthcare systems must engage communities of color to co-develop race/ethnicity data collection processes as part of a comprehensive strategy for achieving health equity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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