COVID-19 Disparities and the Black Community: A Health Equity–Informed Rapid Response Is Needed
Italo M. Brown, Ayesha Khan, Jamar Slocum, Linelle F. Campbell, Jahmil R. Lacey, Alden Landry
Abstract
COVID-19 Disparities and the Black Community: A Health Equity–Informed Rapid Response Is Needed Italo M. Brown MD, MPH, Ayesha Khan MD, MPH, Jamar Slocum MD, MBA, MPH, Linelle F. Campbell MD, MS, Jahmil R. Lacey MSc, and Alden M. Landry MD, MPH Affiliation Italo M. Brown and Ayesha Khan are with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA. Jamar Slocum is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Linelle F. Campbell is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi/Montefiore Health System, Bronx, NY. Jahmil R. Lacey is with the Charles R. Drew Medical Education Program, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. Alden Landry is with the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership, Castle Society at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Italo M. Brown, MD, MPH, Clinical Instructor and Social Emergency Medicine Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 900 Welch Rd, Ste 350, Palo Alto, CA (e-mail: [email protected]). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprints" link.CONTRIBUTORSAll authors contributed equally to this article. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305804 Accepted: May 21, 2020 Published Online: August 12, 2020