A View of Health Disparities among African Americans Through a COVID-19 Lens

Anita F. Fernander; Lovoria B. Williams

doi:10.1353/hpu.2022.0033

A View of Health Disparities among African Americans Through a COVID-19 Lens

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Abstract

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted African Americans. Political and social determinants of health—the impact of the environments where people play, work, and live—account for up to 80% of individual and population health risk. This article provides an overview of how historical and contemporary systemic structural violence and racist structures embedded within the political and social determinants of health have led to African Americans experiencing high rates of morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	437-450
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Volume	33
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2022.0033
State	Published - Feb 2022

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© Meharry Medical College.

Keywords

African Americans
COVID-19
Health equity
Political and social determinants of health
Racism

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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A View of Health Disparities among African Americans Through a COVID-19 Lens

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