Document Type
Report
Publication Date
Spring 2023
Abstract
Experiences of Black and Latino Residents During the COVID-19 Response in Missouri centers conversations from focus groups and interviews with Black and Latino Missourians from the St. Louis and Southwest regions during the state’s response to COVID-19. The report examines challenges that Black and Latino Missourians faced during the pandemic and how inequities in response efforts hampered their reach, effectiveness, and further exacerbated the pandemic’s impact on people of color in Missouri. Lessons learned from these conversations provide ways that leaders in public health, health care, social service, and government sectors can create stronger, more equitable systems of care. The findings in this report focus on the period of the pandemic from March 2020 through May 2021, before the proliferation of the delta and omicron variants.
The Public Health Response to COVID-19 in the Southwest Region of Missouri, The Public Health Response to COVID-19 in the Northeast Region of Missouri, The Public Health Response to COVID-19 in the St. Louis Region of Missouri, and Experiences of Black and Latino Residents During the COVID-19 Response in Missouri, are part of a series of reports that were used to inform the state-level recommendations in the report Missouri’s Public Health Response to COVID-19: Key Findings and Recommendations for State Action and Investment.
Recommended Citation
Mead, Holly; Baños, Jacqueline; Trott, Jennifer; and Regenstein, Marsha, "Experiences of Black and Latino Residents During the COVID-19 Response in Missouri" (2023). Reports on Missouri's Public Health Response to COVID-19. Paper 4.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/sphhs_policy_missouri/4
Open Access
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