COVID-19 and Health Equity Resources
In response to the current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Health Equity Initiative has compiled a list of resources that points to the importance of making sure that health equity stays on the table during outbreak response, and that our collective work aims to protect vulnerable and marginalized communities from COVID-19.
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COVID-19 Guidance and Trainings
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- World Health Organization: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
- World Health Organization: Responding to COVID-19: Real-time training for the coronavirus disease outbreak
- World Health Organization: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) training: Simulation exercise
- World Health Organization: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Myth busters
- World Health Organization: WHO’s Information Network for Epidemics: EPI–WIN
- World Health Organization: Post COVID-19 Condition
COVID-19 Vaccine and Inequities
Health Equity Initiative (HEI) Resources
United States Resources
Global Resources
Health Equity Initiative (HEI) Resources
- Health Equity Initiative: COVID-19 is a Health Equity Issue: Digital Redlining, The Digital Divide & Vaccine Distribution
United States Resources
- AXIOS: Black Americans are more skeptical of a coronavirus vaccine
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: A Guide for Community Partners: Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Members of Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Between Urban and Rural Counties - United States, December 14, 2020 - January 31st, 2022
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: COVID-19 Resources for Tribal Communities
- Johns Hopkins University of Medicine: Understanding Vaccination Progress
- Johns Hopkins University of Medicine: The Vaccine Story
- Johns Hopkins University of Medicine: State Vaccination Plans
- Kaiser Family Foundation: Latest data on COVID-19 Vaccination by Race/Ethnicity
- The Colorado Trust: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Among Indigenous Communities Seen as a Model for Others
- The Colorado Trust: Early Data Shows Significant Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
- Kaiser Family Foundation: How are States Addressing Racial Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts?
- Kaiser Family Foundation: KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: January 2021
- Kaiser Family Foundation: Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations Race/Ethnicity
- National Institute of Health: Understanding COVID-19 Vaccines
- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: A Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus
Global Resources
- Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research: Watch Now: The Path to Global Vaccine Equity
- Johns Hopkins University of Medicine: International Vaccination Efforts
- Johns Hopkins University of Medicine: COVID-19 Maternal Immunization Tracker
- Kaiser Family Foundation: Tracking Global COVID-19 Vaccine Equity
- The Lancet Global Health: COVID-19 and risks to the supply and quality of tests, drugs, and vaccines
- Expert Review of Vaccines: COVID-19 vaccine equity: a health systems and policy perspective
- World Health Organization: Vaccine Equity
- Unicef: COVAX: ensuring global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
- United Nations Development Programme: Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity
Long COVID and Health Equity
United States Resources
United States Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Long COVID & Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program (LC & FIRP)
- Kaiser Family Foundation: Will Long COVID Exacerbate Existing Disparities in Health and Employment?
COVID-19 and Health Equity
~~ Readings and Other Resources on Vulnerable and Marginalized Populations and/or Specific Social Determinants of Health*
Health Equity Initiative (HEI) Resources
United States Resources
Global Resources
~~ Readings and Other Resources on Vulnerable and Marginalized Populations and/or Specific Social Determinants of Health*
Health Equity Initiative (HEI) Resources
- Health Equity Initiative: Racial Healing and Health Equity: A Look at Promising Policies and Community-Driven Interventions
- Health Equity Initiative: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Girls: Implications for Health Equity
- Health Equity Initiative: Community Leaders Forum - COVID-19: Emerging Community Needs and Policy Solutions
- Health Equity Initiative: COVID-19 is a Health Equity Issue: Key Drivers of Disease Inequities (Infographic)
- Health Equity Initiative: COVID-19 is a Health Equity Issue: The Pandemic and Essential Workers (Infographic)
- Health Equity Initiative: Looking at How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Amplified Existing Health Inequities
- Health Equity Initiative: Paid Sick Leave Policy and the Impact on Health Equity
- Health Equity Initiative: COVID-19 Is a Health Equity Issue
United States Resources
- Administration for Community Living: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): What do Older Adults and People with Disabilities Need to Know?
- American Medical Association: COVID-19 health equity initiatives across the United States
- AXIOS: The coronavirus economy will devastate those who can least afford it
- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy: Studies spotlight COVID racial health disparities, similarities
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: CDC COVID-19 Response Health Equity Strategy: Accelerating Progress Towards Reducing COVID-19 Disparities and Achieving Health Equity
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Coronavirus: Resources for Homeless Shelters
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Correctional and Detention Facilities
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: COVID-19 Guidance for Shared or Congregate Housing
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Equity Considerations and Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Partner Toolkit
- The Colorado Trust: Pandemics Thrive on Inequality
- Diversity Data Kids: Tackling child poverty in the wake of COVID-19
- Human Rights Watch: US: Address Impact of Covid-19 on Poor
- Families Values@Work: COVID19: A Call to Action (tools to advocate for paid sick time for those dealing with coronavirus)
- Health Affairs Blog: Addressing Racial Health Disparities In The COVID-19 Pandemic: Immediate And Long-Term Policy Solutions
- Health Affairs Blog: Building Racial Equity Into The Walls Of Health Policy
- Health Affairs Blog: Health Justice Strategies To Combat COVID-19: Protecting Vulnerable Communities During A Pandemic
- Health Affairs Blog: Responding To COVID-19: Supporting People in Recovery From Opioid Use Disorder
- Health Equity: Responding to Healthcare Disparities and Challenges With Access to Care During COVID-19
- Human Rights Watch: United States: Pandemic Impact on People in Poverty
- Infectious Diseases Society of America: Equitable COVID Care for Diverse Patients
- Kaiser Family Foundation: COVID-19 Racial Disparities in Testing, Infection, Hospitalization, and Death: Analysis of Epic Patient Data
- Kaiser Family Foundation: Key Facts about the Uninsured Population
- Kaiser Family Foundation: State COVID-19 Data and Policy Actions
- Kaiser Family Foundation: What Have Pandemic-Related Job Losses Meant for Health Coverage?
- The Marshall Project: Tracking Prisons' Response to Coronavirus
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): COVID-19 Information and Resources
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): NAMI Helpline Coronavirus Information and Resources Guide
- National Association for the Advancement of People of Color: Coronavirus Emergency Tele-Town Hall, The Coronavirus: Protecting Our Community
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council: COVID-19 and People Experiencing Homelessness: Resources and Guidance
- National Institute for Health Care Management: Addressing Rural Health Needs: COVID-19, Equity and Access to Care
- Nonprofit Quarterly: COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future
- Precision for Covid: The U.S. Covid Community Vulnerability Index
- The National Law Review: COVID-19 and International Travel: The Latest Immigration Consequences of the Coronavirus
- Salud America: How Coronavirus Is Crippling Rural Health Care, Especially for Latinos
- Salud America: How Has COVID-19 Affected People with Disabilities?
- Salud America: What the New Coronavirus Law Means for Paid Sick Leave, Family Leave
- Pew Research Center: 34% of lower-income home broadband users have had trouble paying for their service amid COVID-19
- Pew Research Center: 59% of U.S. parents with lower incomes say their child may face digital obstacles in schoolwork
- Pew Research Center: As coronavirus spreads which U.S. workers have paid sick leave - and which don't
- Pew Research Center: As schools close due to the coronavirus, some U.S. students face a digital ‘homework gap’
- Pew Research Center: Experts Say the ‘New Normal’ in 2025 Will Be Far More Tech-Driven, Presenting More Big Challenges
- Pew Research Center: Prior to COVID-19, child poverty rates had reached record lows in U.S.
- ReachMD: Not Just a Pandemic: Why COVID-19 Is a Health Equity Issue
- Region 2 Public Health Training Center (PHTC): COVID19: Using a Health Equity and Human Rights Lens to Protect Vulnerable Populations during this Pandemic and Beyond (recorded webinar with Health Equity Initiative's Founder and Board President, Dr. Renata Schiavo)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Caring for Mental Health in Communities of Color During COVID-19
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Energy, Water and Broadband: Three Services Crucial To Health Equity
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Handwashing to Slow the Coronavirus Pandemic (and how this may be difficult depending on living conditions)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Health Equity Principles for State and Local Leaders in Responding to, Reopening and Recovering from COVID-19
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: How Administrative Burdens Can Harm Health
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: The Impact of Coronavirus on Households Across America
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Lessons for an Equitable COVID-19 Response and Recovery
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Library Collection: Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: To Help Recover From COVID-19, We Need Universal Free School Meals
- The Solutions Journalism: Are people of color hit harder by COVID-19 in your state or city?
- Well Being Trust: Thriving Together: A Springboard for Equitable Recovery & Resilience in Communities Across America
Global Resources
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: COVID-19: A Global Perspective (on how COVID-19 affects every aspect of society and the SDGs)
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: COVID-19 is showing us how to improve health systems—sometimes by disrupting them
- Center for the Developing Child, Harvard University: A Guide to COVID-19 and Early Childhood Development
- Community Tool Box: Coronavirus Response Tool Box: Tools for Public Health and Community Action
- Health Affairs: COVID-19 Laid Bare How Systemic Inequities Remain
- Human Rights Watch: Future Choices: Charting an Equitable Exit from the Covid-19 Pandemic
- ReachMD: Not Just a Pandemic: Why COVID-19 Is a Health Equity Issue (podcast/program with HEI Founder and Board President)
- The Lancet Public Health: COVID-19: a potential public health problem for homeless populations
- UNICEF, WHO, and IFRCRC: Key messages and actions for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention and control in schools
- UNICEF: How to talk to your child about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) - 8 tips to help comfort and protect children
- UNICEF: Nutrition crisis looms as more than 39 billion in-school meals missed since start of pandemic – UNICEF and WFP
- UNICEF: Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in schools. Special focus on COVID-19
- UNICEF: Protecting children from violence in the time of COVID-19
- UN News: Annual report: Pandemic recovery must be measured in ‘human rather than economic terms’
- UN News: Racism and xenophobia are ‘contagious killers’ too
- World Economic Forum: Coronavirus: A pandemic in the age of inequality
- World Heart Federation: Preventing COVID-19 spread in poor areas
- World Health Organization: Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries
- World Health Organization: Current context: the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing challenges to global health
COVID-19 Research Information
- Department of Health & Human Services: National Research Action Plan on LONG Covid
- National Institute of Health (NIH): Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- NIH Fogarty International Center: Coronavirus news, funding and resources for global health researchers
- NIH National Library of Medicine (NML): Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Resources (including access to NLM’s GenBank sequence data)