Episode 7 - Health Disparities in the Time of COVID
Health Disparities in the Time of COVID
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Health Disparities in the Time of COVID
Across the US, LatinX and Black people are dying from COVID-19 at twice the rate of their white counterparts. In this special episode of Announce, hosts Drs. Ayesha Khan & Quincy Moore explore some of the issues underlying these disparities and what EM providers need to be aware of to combat them.
Additional Resources:
As a doctor, how do I tell a black family of five, struck by the virus, to ‘social distance’ in a two-bedroom apartment? -- Garth Walker
COVID-19 Racial Disparities in U.S. Counties, The Foundation for AIDS Research.
Vahidy FS, Nicolas JC, Meeks JR, et al. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Analysis of a COVID-19 Observational Registry for a Diverse U.S. Metropolitan Population. medRxiv. January 2020:2020.04.24.20073148. doi:10.1101/2020.04.24.20073148
Guests:
Dr. Garth Walker is an emergency physician in Chicago whose research focuses around health disparities and social determinants of health.
Dr. Italo Brown is an emergency physician at Stanford with an interest in health equity, and barbershop-based health initiatives.
Dr. Moises Gallegos is an emergency medicine physician at Stanford. He is a Faculty Fellow at the Hispanic Center of Excellence.
Contributors:
Quincy Moore
Ayesha Khan