COVID-19 highlights health promotion and chronic disease prevention amid health disparities

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US.
² Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida; Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US.
⁴ Zanmi Lasante, Partners in Health, Haiti.

Editorial

Arch G Mainous 3rd et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 30;70(697):372-373.

doi: 10.3399/bjgp20X711785. Print 2020 Aug.

¹ Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US.
² Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida; Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US.
⁴ Zanmi Lasante, Partners in Health, Haiti.

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