COVID-19 and Health Equity Facilitated Self-Study

SCHEDULE
**Please note that there are sections here that we will not have time to discuss during this session. They will remain on this website in case you would like to look at them later.

Introduction
Introduction and reminder about structural competency intervention levels

Session 1
Review the articles in the COVID-19 and Health Equity (General) section below. You may need to select specific articles that you are most interested in due to time restrictions.

Think about the following questions:
1. Thinking from a structural competency perspective, what ideas did this reading give you for what you can do to combat health disparities, especially during a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic?

2. Why should we be concerned about health inequities/disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Live discussion via Zoom (link sent to your email).

Session 2
Review the articles in the COVID-19 on Navajo Nation section below. You may need to select specific articles that you are most interested in due to time restrictions.

Think about the following questions:
1. What unique issues do physicians and community members face in addressing COVID-19 on Navajo Nation?

2. What unique resources exist on Navajo Nation?

3. What structurally competent interventions or practices might be useful beyond the COVID-19 pandemic to address longstanding issues of health inequity on Navajo Nation?

Live discussion via Zoom (link sent to your email).

Session 3 (if time)
Review the articles in the COVID-19 in African American Communities below. You may need to select specific articles that you are most interested in due to time restrictions.

Think about the following questions:
1. Why do we see higher rates of mortality due to COVID-19 among African Americans?

2. What historical factors have contributed to health inequities for African Americans?

3. What resources exist in African American and other marginalized communities that you may support in order to decrease health inequities?

Live discussion via Zoom (link sent to your email).

COVID-19 AND HEALTH EQUITY READINGS AND RESOURCES 

Readings/Videos/Webinars:

COVID-19 and Health Equity (General)

1. Inequity in Crisis Standards of Care (NEJM) 
2. COVID-19 and Health Equity Commentary from National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
3. Camara Jones on COVID-19 and Health Equity: “Coronavirus Disease Discriminates, Our Health Care Doesn’t Have To
4. The Interwoven Threads of Inequality and Health (interview with Nancy Krieger)
5. BMJ Opinion Piece on COVID-19 and Health Inequities
6. Racial Health Disparities and COVID-19 (NEJM Perspective piece)
7. “Health Justice Strategies to Combat COVID-19” in Health Affairs
8. The Opportunity Agenda on COVID-19 and Vulnerable Communities
9. PBS NewsHour Interview with Physician in New York on COVID-19 and Racial Disparities in Health Care
10. Physicians for Human Rights Webinar on COVID-19 Racial Disparities (you’ll have to save this one for later – it is too long for didactics)

COVID-19 on Navajo Nation

1. Current Data on COVID-19 Across the Navajo Nation (Navajo Times)
2. Navajo Nation is Behind Only New York and New Jersey in Rates of COVID-19 Infection. What Happened?
3. New England Journal of Medicine Perspectives Piece on COVID-19 in Navajo Nation
4. Navajo Nation, Hit Hard by COVID-19, Comes Together to Protect Its Most Vulnerable (PBS show segment)
5. Native American Nations Are Even More Vulnerable to COVID-19
6. Navajo Nation Sees High Rate of COVID-19, and Contact Tracing is a Challenge (NPR segment)

COVID-19 in African American Communities

1. The Coronavirus Doesn’t Discriminate, But U.S. Health Care Showing Familiar Biases (NPR segment)
2. Coronavirus: Why Has the Virus Hit African Americans So Hard?
3. African Americans at Higher Mortality Risk
4. Why the Virus is a Civil Rights Issue
5. How America Has Racialized Medicine

COVID-19 in Latinx Communities

Salud America’s Resources/Articles on COVID-19 and Latino Health Equity

COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorders

Coronavirus Disease 2019 and and Opioid Use – An Pandemic within an Epidemic (JAMA)

Annals of Internal Medicine opinion pieces on COVID-19 and opioid use disorder:
An Epidemic in the Midst of a Pandemic
When Epidemics Collide
Collision of the COVID-19 and Addiction Epidemics

COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails

JAMA Viewpoint on COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails in the United States

COVID-19 and Housing Insecurity

Physicians for Human Rights Webinar

COVID-19 and Food Insecurity

Physicians for Human Rights Webinar

COVID-19 Around the Globe

COVID-19 and Health Equity perspective from China

Resources/Compilations:
COVID-19 Vulnerability Map

COVID-19 Resources for Undocumented Communities has no resources specific for New Mexico, but there are national resources listed at the top of the spreadsheet.

End Social Isolation Resources

RWJF Resources on COVID-19 and Health Equity, includes a range of reports on how COVID-19 impacts social determinants of health and social programs in the US

Public Health Institute Webinars on Protecting Public Health during COVID-19 includes webinars on harm reduction, people with disabilities, older adults, asthma, housing, and other topics.

National Collaborative for Health Equity COVID-19 Resources: includes articles on housing, racial segregation, racism, food insecurity, access to medical care, well-being, and the economy