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Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Recognizing and Addressing Healthcare Disparities

Below you will find links to recent web-based articles, recordings and other resources from healthcare organizations, publications, and the media.

1. American Hospital Association:
   1. Disparities/Equity of Care: https://www.aha.org/topics/disparitiesequity-care
   2. Study: COVID-19 disparities associated with higher work, home exposure (https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2020-07-16-study-covid-19-disparities-associated-higher-work-home-exposure)
   3. Harnessing race, ethnicity and language data to conquer COVID-19 (https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2020-07-15-blog-harnessing-race-ethnicity-and-language-data-conquer-covid-19)
2. American Medical Association:
   1. Prioritizing Equity: The Root Cause and Considerations for Health Care Professionals (Video Interview Series): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ZHBCvG4qsfzvhjAnmLnEN2l5BzVH0OK
   2. What’s Needed to vanquish COVID-19 Health Inequities: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/what-s-needed-vanquish-covid-19-health-inequities
   3. Health Equity in a Pandemic: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/covid-19-faqs-health-equity-pandemic
   4. Why So Many Patients Still Can’t Connect to Doctors via TeleHealth: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/why-so-many-patients-still-can-t-connect-doctors-telehealth
   5. COVID-19 Health Equity Resources: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/covid-19-health-equity-resources
3. Modern Healthcare:
   1. COVID Vaccine Trials Must Weigh Effects on Both Men, Women, Researchers Say: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/covid-vaccine-trials-must-weigh-effects-both-men-women-researchers-say
   2. CommonSpirit Health CEO on Health Disparities Exposed: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/opinion-editorial/pandemic-has-exposed-health-disparities-we-need-act-these-painful-lessons
4. American Public Health Association
   1. Webinar – Racism: The Ultimate Underlying Condition (Slides and transcript): https://apha.org/events-and-meetings/apha-calendar/webinar-events/2020/racial-equity-part-1
   2. Racism and Health Resource Page: https://apha.org/topics-and-issues/health-equity/racism-and-health
   3. Tale of Two Pandemics: How COVID-19 & Racism Intersect with Intimate Partner Violence (Webinar Recording): https://apha.org/events-and-meetings/apha-calendar/webinar-events/2020/two-pandemics
5. Public Health Pharmacists: Resources on Racial Injustice and Disparities in Healthcare: Drug Topics: Social Determinants of Health: Tackle Disparities From the Pharmacy: https://www.drugtopics.com/view/tackle-disparities-from-the-pharmacy
6. Nursing World:
   1. Coronavirus Disparities in Communities of Color: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/disaster-preparedness/coronavirus/may-27-2020-testimony-from-ana-president-ernest-grant-regarding-covid-health-disparities/
7. USA Today:
   1. Festering Racial Bias in Health Care a Factor in COVID-19: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/06/14/festering-racial-bias-health-care-factor-covid-19-disparities/5320187002/
   2. Coronavirus: LGBTQ Americans Face Discrimination, Anti-Gay Bias: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/09/discrimination-racism-fuel-covid-19-woes-lgbtq-americans/3070036001/:
8. AAMC: How We Fail Black Patients in Pain: https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/how-we-fail-black-patients-pain
9. Pharmacy Times: Understanding Health Disparities in Pharmacy: https://www.pharmacytimes.com/conferences/aacp-2020/understanding-health-disparities-in-pharmacy
10. North Texas-KERA: How Coronavirus Added to Major Health Disparities Found in Southeast Dallas: White Coats for Black Lives initiative: https://www.keranews.org/post/how-coronavirus-added-major-health-disparities-found-southeast-dallas
11. Healthcare Executive Podcast: COVID-19 Recovery: The Imperative to Resolve Disparities (An interview with Denise Brooks-Williams, FACHE) https://soundcloud.com/healthcare-executive/covid-19-recovery-the-imperative-to-resolve-disparities
12. ACEP Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity COVID-19 Initiative: https://www.emergencyphysicians.org/article/covid19/acep-diversity-inclusion-and-health-equity-covid19-initiative

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