Ask the Experts: Health Disparities and COVID-19

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While we are all vulnerable to the potential health risks of COVID-19, it has become apparent that this pandemic is not affecting all communities equally. The communities who are already facing health disparities, in areas like access to health care, equal medical treatment, and underlying comorbidities, are experiencing far worse health outcomes and far higher mortality rates as a result of COVID-19.

The panelists in this webinar draw on their research and expertise on health disparities and provide insights as to how and what must be done to improve health outcomes for these vulnerable communities.

Meet the experts
Cabral Bigman, Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Christy Lleras, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
William Schneider, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Margarita Teran-Garcia, Assistant Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences

This webinar is hosted by the University of Illinois Center for Social and Behavioral Science and Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute.

Questions

[8:10] What are the most misunderstood ideas, terms, or narratives, that inhibit our progress in reducing current health disparities?

[20:14] What are the repercussions of framing a discussion of health disparities as a singular disease, even when evidence suggests disparities put people at risk of many adverse outcomes from all diseases?

[30:02] What is your take on reopening schools in general and vulnerable communities?

[40:05] What criteria should schools evaluate when deciding reopening policies?

[42:44] Given the disparities that we have in the C-U community, what types of programs and policies should we prioritize to maximize safety and reconcile disparities?

[47:12] How do health disparities affect the way we need to communicate with certain populations? How do we communicate the adoption of safe behaviors?

[51:25] How can we convince those who don’t believe they are at high-risk for COVID-19 to act in the common good for all?

[56:17] Final thoughts and wrap-up

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Ask the Experts: Health Disparities and COVID-19

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