race — Volume 20, Issue 1 & 2

Shifting Power, Creating Demand and Requiring Accountability: Achieving Vaccine Equity in the US

In order achieve vaccine equity, change must occur. Broadening the concept of health equity to include shifting decision-making power to marginalized communities, creating demand, and requiring accountability with regard to data is necessary and will improve vaccine uptake and overall health well beyond this pandemic.

Determinants of HealthHHPRApril 2, 2021vaccine, covid-19, pandemic, race, social determinants of health, Public health, equity, justice, racial justice, Access to HealthcareComment

Pandemic Preparedness is Impossible Without Racial Justice

The Global Health Security Index (GHSI), published in 2019, ranked the United States first among nations in its pandemic preparedness. This paper uses the GHSI framework to explore how systemic racism resulted United State's failure to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic adequately.

Determinants of HealthHHPRMarch 29, 2021race, racial justice, GHSI index, Public health, covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic, pandemic preparedness, health inequity, health reform, global health, United StatesComment