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Health Equity. 2020 Apr 17;4(1):139-141. doi: 10.1089/heq.2020.0015. eCollection 2020.
Are Clinicians Contributing to Excess African American COVID-19 Deaths? Unbeknownst to Them, They May Be.
Milam AJ[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Furr-Holden D[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Edwards-Johnson J[SUP]1[/SUP], Webb B[SUP]3[/SUP], Patton JW[SUP]4[/SUP], Ezekwemba NC[SUP]3[/SUP], Porter L[SUP]3[/SUP], Davis T[SUP]5[/SUP], Chukwurah M[SUP]6[/SUP], Webb AJ[SUP]7[/SUP], Simon K[SUP]8[/SUP], Franck G[SUP]9[/SUP], Anthony J[SUP]10[/SUP], Onuoha G[SUP]10[/SUP], Brown IM[SUP]4[/SUP], Carson JT[SUP]11[/SUP], Stephens BC[SUP]12[/SUP].
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Abstract
African Americans are overrepresented among reported coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and deaths. There are a multitude of factors that may explain the African American disparity in COVID-19 outcomes, including higher rates of comorbidities. While individual-level factors predictably contribute to disparate COVID-19 outcomes, systematic and structural factors have not yet been reported. It stands to reason that implicit biases may fuel the racial disparity in COVID-19 outcomes. To address this racial disparity, we must apply a health equity lens and disaggregate data explicitly for African Americans, as well as other populations at risk for biased treatment in the health-care system.
? Adam J. Milam et al. 2020; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
KEYWORDS:
African American; health inequities; implicit bias
PMID:32368712PMCID:PMC7194321DOI:10.1089/heq.2020.0015
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Are Clinicians Contributing to Excess African American COVID-19 Deaths? Unbeknownst to Them, They May Be.
Milam AJ[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Furr-Holden D[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Edwards-Johnson J[SUP]1[/SUP], Webb B[SUP]3[/SUP], Patton JW[SUP]4[/SUP], Ezekwemba NC[SUP]3[/SUP], Porter L[SUP]3[/SUP], Davis T[SUP]5[/SUP], Chukwurah M[SUP]6[/SUP], Webb AJ[SUP]7[/SUP], Simon K[SUP]8[/SUP], Franck G[SUP]9[/SUP], Anthony J[SUP]10[/SUP], Onuoha G[SUP]10[/SUP], Brown IM[SUP]4[/SUP], Carson JT[SUP]11[/SUP], Stephens BC[SUP]12[/SUP].
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Abstract
African Americans are overrepresented among reported coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and deaths. There are a multitude of factors that may explain the African American disparity in COVID-19 outcomes, including higher rates of comorbidities. While individual-level factors predictably contribute to disparate COVID-19 outcomes, systematic and structural factors have not yet been reported. It stands to reason that implicit biases may fuel the racial disparity in COVID-19 outcomes. To address this racial disparity, we must apply a health equity lens and disaggregate data explicitly for African Americans, as well as other populations at risk for biased treatment in the health-care system.
? Adam J. Milam et al. 2020; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
KEYWORDS:
African American; health inequities; implicit bias
PMID:32368712PMCID:PMC7194321DOI:10.1089/heq.2020.0015
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