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Welcome to the Diversity Deep Dive Podcast. In this podcast, you will hear insights and uplifting stories of resilience and perseverance against the odds. We will share meaningful dialogue to positively impact diversity and inclusion by dispelling stereotypes, tackling biases, and providing best practices to achieve greater cultural competence. Join us as we break some glass and disrupt the way we think about diversity and inclusion.
013. COVID-19 Impact on Diverse & Underserved Communities
Diversity Deep Dive
46 minutes 52 seconds
5 years ago
013. COVID-19 Impact on Diverse & Underserved Communities
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 1 million people in the U.S. have been infected by COVID-19 as of April 30, 2020. This global pandemic has swept across communities leaving devastation and heartbreak behind. It has highlighted a longstanding problem of healthcare disparities plaguing poor and underserved communities which are most often populated by a large number of minorities. A more sobering realization is that the hospitalization and death rates which are disproportionately impacting African- American and Hispanics. In a recent Washington Post analysis, which compiled data from nine jurisdictions reporting infection and death rates by race, African Americans died at almost six times the rate of Caucasians.
Diversity Deep Dive
Welcome to the Diversity Deep Dive Podcast. In this podcast, you will hear insights and uplifting stories of resilience and perseverance against the odds. We will share meaningful dialogue to positively impact diversity and inclusion by dispelling stereotypes, tackling biases, and providing best practices to achieve greater cultural competence. Join us as we break some glass and disrupt the way we think about diversity and inclusion.
