Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 5-27-2020

Abstract

Public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have emphasized older adults’ vulnerability, but this obfuscates the social and political root causes of health inequity. To advance health equity during a novel communicable disease outbreak, public health practitioners must continue to be attentive to social and political circumstances that inform poor health. Such efforts are especially needed for populations who are exposed to numerous social and political factors that structure health inequity, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise-queer identifying (LGBTQ+) populations and im/migrant populations. The COVID-19 outbreak is therefore a critical time to emphasize root causes of health inequity.

Publication Title

Rethinking COVID-19 Vulnerability: A Call for LGBTQ+ Im/migrant Health Equity in the U.S. During and after a Pandemic

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2020.0012

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