These variables directly impact and influence health outcomes, disease rates, and illness.
Social determinants of health have disproportionately affected communities of color, particularly Black communities, for a long time.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a huge spotlight on these preexisting issues.
Just as the definition of health is becoming increasingly expansive, so too should the definition of violence.
Michaela Leslie-Rule, MPH
Again, these health disparities did not arise with the pandemic.
Its Amazing How Its All Connected.
…
Our system was designed to make Black and brown people more vulnerable.
They arechoosing to give birth at homeand declining intervention.
When I ask about their reasoning, they often say they dont trust the medical community.
For Black people this is not simply a matter of urgency, its a matter of survival.
…
Got it, you’ve been added to our email list.
