COVID-19 Mini-Series: Disparities and Discrimination in the COVID Era (Part 2 of 2)

Resources discussed in today’s episode:

APA COVID-19 and Aging Resources

Gerontological Society of America COVID-19 Updates

Azar, K. M. J., Shen, Z., Romanelli, R. J., et al. (2020). Disparities in outcomes among COVID-19 patients in a large health care system in California. Health Affairs, 39(7). https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00598

NYT Article on COVID-19 disparities in nursing homes

APA Webinar “African American Older Adults and COVID-19: Addressing Mental Health Needs, Supporting Strengths”

NPR Article describing change in COVID data collection

CDC graph on age-adjusted COVID-19 hospitalization rates by race and ethnicity

CDC COVID data tracker

COVID racial data tracker -- COVID Tracking Project and Boston University

Emory University’s COVID-19 health equity interactive dashboard that allows you to visualize social determinants of health and rates of COVID 19

Racial and ethnic health and social inequities have long existed, compounding the disparities we’ve seen in COVID. The CDC has briefly described some of these factors related to disparities.

NYT Article: “Questions of Bias in COVID 19 Treatment Add to the Mourning for Black Families”

Stat News article on inequitable representation in clinical trial participation. This article provides concrete strategies clinical researchers can implement to promote equity in their own practices.

Further Reading:

McLaren, J. (2020). Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Deaths: Seeking Economic Roots with Census data (No. w27407). National Bureau of Economic Research.

Tai, D. B. G., Shah, A., Doubeni, C. A., Sia, I. G., & Wieland, M. L. (2020). The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Hoffman, K. M., Trawalter, S., Axt, J. R., & Oliver, M. N. (2016). Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(16), 4296-4301.

Alsan, M., & Wanamaker, M. (2018). Tuskegee and the health of black men. The quarterly journal of economics, 133(1), 407-455.