Aug. 11, 1-2 p.m. ET
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on the impact of systemic racism on the health of Black Americans. Long-standing social and economic inequities have contributed to multiple social determinants of health that increase the risk of getting or dying from COVID-19. In the United States, Black Americans are dying at 2.5 times the rate of white Americans, while facing barriers to testing, treatment, and options for prevention and self-protection. This webinar will discuss how systemic racism harms health, and how solutions-based approaches at the state and community level are making a difference.
Speakers will discuss:
• How racism harms individual health and has contributed to a public health crisis in America and among Black Americans
• A health plan’s comprehensive approach to reducing health disparities, from a state-wide perspective
• Public health solutions from a network of more than 20 FQHCs and 70 community health organizations addressing the effects of the pandemic on the uninsured and frontline workers in New Orleans
Featuring:
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Camara Phyllis Jones, Emory University; Morehouse School of Medicine
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Derek Robinson, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
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Tiffany Netters, 504 HealthNet
A draft agenda is available on this website.