Supporting Health Equity Through Data-Driven Decision-Making

A Local Health Department Response to Covid-19

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AuthorsElinor Hansotte (0000-0002-5901-1068, Elinor Hansotte, Elizabeth Bowman, P. Joseph Gibson, Virgil R. Madden, and Virginia A. Caine are with the Marion County Public Health Department, Indianapolis, IN. Brian E. Dixon is with the Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis., corresponding author), Elizabeth Bowman (0000-0003-3733-4920, Elinor Hansotte, Elizabeth Bowman, P. Joseph Gibson, Virgil R. Madden, and Virginia A. Caine are with the Marion County Public Health Department, Indianapolis, IN. Brian E. Dixon is with the Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis.), Elizabeth S Bowman, P Joseph Gibson (0000-0001-9365-2881, Elinor Hansotte, Elizabeth Bowman, P. Joseph Gibson, Virgil R. Madden, and Virginia A. Caine are with the Marion County Public Health Department, Indianapolis, IN. Brian E. Dixon is with the Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis.), Brian E Dixon (0000-0002-1121-0607, Elinor Hansotte, Elizabeth Bowman, P. Joseph Gibson, Virgil R. Madden, and Virginia A. Caine are with the Marion County Public Health Department, Indianapolis, IN. Brian E. Dixon is with the Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis.), Virgil R Madden (Elinor Hansotte, Elizabeth Bowman, P. Joseph Gibson, Virgil R. Madden, and Virginia A. Caine are with the Marion County Public Health Department, Indianapolis, IN. Brian E. Dixon is with the Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis.), Virginia Caine, Virginia A Caine (Elinor Hansotte, Elizabeth Bowman, P. Joseph Gibson, Virgil R. Madden, and Virginia A. Caine are with the Marion County Public Health Department, Indianapolis, IN. Brian E. Dixon is with the Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis.)
Year2021
Volume111
IssueS3
PagesS197-S200
Publication date2021-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2021.306421
PMID34709872
OpenAlexW3209637702
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

COVID-19 highlights preexisting inequities that affect health outcomes and access to care for Black and Brown Americans. The Marion County Public Health Department in Indiana sought to address inequities in COVID-19 testing by using surveillance data to place community testing sites in areas with the highest incidence of disease. Testing site demographic data indicated that targeted testing reached populations with the highest disease burden, suggesting that local health departments can effectively use surveillance data as a tool to address inequities. ( Am J Public Health . 2021;111(S3):S197-S200. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306421

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Environmental health · Equity (law · Family medicine · Health care · Health department · Health equity · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Public health surveillance · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gerontology

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