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Our center’s #COVID19 task force has released an open letter to policy makers with 8 recommendations to prioritize equity:
1. Prioritize the needs of diverse vulnerable populations at each stage of the response.
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1. Prioritize the needs of diverse vulnerable populations at each stage of the response.
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2. Challenge narratives of the epidemic that scapegoat Chinese people or other Asians.
3. Ensure members of these populations have a seat at the leadership table in planning and carrying out the responses.
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3. Ensure members of these populations have a seat at the leadership table in planning and carrying out the responses.
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4. Develop multiple prevention and intervention strategies, some that address the needs of the overall population and others that address the unique needs of marginalized groups.
5. Find out what the needs and wishes of these marginalized populations are.
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5. Find out what the needs and wishes of these marginalized populations are.
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6. Consider the obstacles to implementing any potential policy/strategy that may already exist in diverse populations and situations.
7. Allocate sufficient resources in the budget to implement the prevention and intervention strategies in the most marginalized communities.
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7. Allocate sufficient resources in the budget to implement the prevention and intervention strategies in the most marginalized communities.
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8. Acknowledge that all communities have and draw on resilience.
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“Unless our responses to the COVID-19 pandemic challenge its racial farming and prioritize the needs of racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups, COVID-19 is likely to persist in these pockets of our society.”
@DrChandraFord @indigenalysis @DrKiaSkrine
@DrChandraFord @indigenalysis @DrKiaSkrine
View the full letter at: https://www.racialhealthequity.org/blog/covid19openletter">https://www.racialhealthequity.org/blog/covi...
