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- Title
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Precarious Aging: The Importance of an Equity Response.
- Authors
Garcia, Marc A.; Reyes, Adriana M.; García, Catherine
- Abstract
Older Black, Indigenous, and Latinx adults are at a higher risk of negative COVID-19 outcomes relative to older non-Latinx White adults. Mounting evidence regarding the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color lays bare the effects of long-standing and deeply rooted structural racism in American society. Residential and occupational segregation and unequal access to health-promoting resources such as education, income, wealth, and quality healthcare have exposed and amplified pre-existing racial/ethnic health disparities. To achieve population health equity, transformative actions aimed at addressing structural racism are necessary to reduce social and health inequities in the United States.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEALTH services accessibility; COVID-19; RACE; INSTITUTIONAL racism; AGING; ETHNIC groups; POPULATION health; HEALTH equity; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Generations, 2021, Vol 45, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0738-7806
- Publication type
Article