COVID-19 among African Americans: An action plan for mitigating disparities
This journal article from Peek et al. makes recommendations to address COVID-19 disparities among African Americans based on principles of public health and bioethics.
Pandemic
Webinar: Rethinking vaccine confidence: Supporting uptake through equitable community responses
This event took place in English. Canadians’ COVID-19 vaccine confidence has improved over time, but significant inequities in vaccine uptake remain. Communities with the highest health and social burden of COVID-19 are also those with the lowest levels of vaccine access and uptake. This highlights the continuing impacts of the social and structural determinants of
Together we must reset normal
This series of reports from the Canadian Women’s Foundation focuses on gender equality and pandemic recovery in Canada. This includes gender-based analyses, restructuring of care sectors and addressing gender-based violence. It also features a background video, advocacy letter, podcast and statistics on gendered impact of Covid-19.
Ensuring equity in COVID-19 planning, response, and recovery decision making: An equity lens tool for health departments
This tool and accompanying webinar from Human Impact Partners and Big Cities Health Coalition outlines a five-step process for healthcare departments to apply an equity lens to COVID-19 decision-making. It highlights community involvement as vital to the process.
Communicating about the covid-19 vaccines: Guidance and sample messages for public health practitioners
This webpage from the Berkeley Media Studies Group explores hesitancy regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. It also provides tips for public health to communicate effectively about COVID-19 vaccines and related equity aspects, and includes sample messages.
Making the link: Improving health and health equity through strong social protection systems
This report from the EuroHealthNet Policy Précis series describes approaches taken by the European Union, United Nations and other international organizations to social protection policies and social welfare spending. The policies in question specifically support health and health equity, recovery from COVID-19 and working toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Social policy responses to COVID-19 in Canada and the United States: Explaining policy variations between two liberal welfare state regimes
This article from Béland et al. and accompanying webinar from McGill University’s Institute for Health and Social Policy compare social policies enacted in Canada and the US to ensure health and economic security in response to COVID-19.
Protecting and supporting vulnerable groups through the Covid-19 crisis
This report from the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development summarizes responses from a survey of academics and practitioners on vulnerable groups affected by COVID-19. It also examines policy responses currently in place and the gendered dimensions of policies to encourage policy responses that are more sensitive to the needs of vulnerable groups.
Social participation: Synergies in systems strengthening & emergency response
This webinar from the World Health Organization focuses on the importance of social participation and investing in mechanisms to dialogue with people and communities in relation to COVID-19. More specifically, it explores these topics as they relate to strengthening emergency responses.
Are we prepared? The development of performance indicators for public health emergency preparedness using a modified Delphi approach
This journal article from Khan et al. presents a set of 67 actionable indicators designed to be used by local/regional public health agencies to assess and guide improvement in public health emergency preparedness.