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. 2021 Oct;111(S3):S197-S200.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306421.

Supporting Health Equity Through Data-Driven Decision-Making: A Local Health Department Response to COVID-19

Elinor Hansotte  1 , Elizabeth Bowman  1 , P Joseph Gibson  1 , Brian E Dixon  1 , Virgil R Madden  1 , Virginia A Caine  1
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Supporting Health Equity Through Data-Driven Decision-Making: A Local Health Department Response to COVID-19

Elinor Hansotte et al. Am J Public Health. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

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).

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COVID-19 Cases per 100 000 by Race/Ethnicity: Marion County, IN, March 6, 2020–January 27, 2021
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FIGURE 2—
COVID-19 Testing Rates per 100 000 by Race: Marion County, IN, March 6, 2020–January 27, 2021
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