Engaging with Communities - Lessons (Re) Learned from COVID-19
Michener, L.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, S.; Alberti, P.M.; Castaneda, M.J.; Castrucci, B.C.; Harrison, L.M.; Hughes, L.S.; Richmond, A.; Wallerstein, N.
Preventing Chronic Disease 17: E65
2020
ISSN/ISBN: 1545-1151 PMID: 32678059 DOI: 10.5888/pcd17.200250Document Number: 242078
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has underscored longstanding societal differences in the drivers of health and demonstrated the value of applying a health equity lens to engage at-risk communities, communicate with them effectively, share data, and partner with them for program implementation, dissemination, and evaluation. Examples of engagement - across diverse communities and with community organizations; tribes; state and local health departments; hospitals; and universities - highlight the opportunity to apply lessons from COVID-19 for sustained changes in how public health and its partners work collectively to prevent disease and promote health, especially with our most vulnerable communities.