Vulnerability and Resilience: Use and Misuse of These Terms in the Public Health Discourse

Affiliations

¹ David H. Chae and Kara W. Chung are with the Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences and Thomas A. LaVeist is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Shedra A. Snipes is with the Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Connor D. Martz is with the Department of Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

Editorial

David H Chae et al. Am J Public Health. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;111(10):1736-1740.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306413. Epub 2021 Sep 23.

¹ David H. Chae and Kara W. Chung are with the Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences and Thomas A. LaVeist is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Shedra A. Snipes is with the Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Connor D. Martz is with the Department of Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

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