Supporting Health Equity Through Data-Driven Decision-Making: A Local Health Department Response to COVID-19
Autor: | Elizabeth S. Bowman, Elinor Hansotte, P. Joseph Gibson, Virgil R. Madden, Brian E. Dixon, Virginia A. Caine |
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Rok vydání: | 2023 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Indiana Surveillance data Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Health Equity Public health Decision Making Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Disease Health outcomes humanities Health equity COVID-19 Testing Environmental health Political science Population Surveillance medicine Humans Public Health Disease burden Health department |
Zdroj: | American journal of public health. 111(S3) |
ISSN: | 1541-0048 |
Popis: | COVID-19 highlights preexisting inequities that affect health outcomes and access to care for Black and Brown Americans. The Marion County Public Health Department in Indiana sought to address inequities in COVID-19 testing by using surveillance data to place community testing sites in areas with the highest incidence of disease. Testing site demographic data indicated that targeted testing reached populations with the highest disease burden, suggesting that local health departments can effectively use surveillance data as a tool to address inequities. (Am J Public Health. 2021;111(S3):S197–S200. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306421 ) |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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