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. 2020 Jul 16:17:E65.
doi: 10.5888/pcd17.200250.

Engaging With Communities - Lessons (Re)Learned From COVID-19

Lloyd Michener  1   2 , Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola  3 , Philip M Alberti  4 , Manuel J Castaneda  5 , Brian C Castrucci  6 , Lisa Macon Harrison  7 , Lauren S Hughes  8 , Al Richmond  9 , Nina Wallerstein  10
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Engaging With Communities - Lessons (Re)Learned From COVID-19

Lloyd Michener et al. Prev Chronic Dis. .

Abstract

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.

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