Topic in Focus: Health Care Equity

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COVID-19 underlines data need for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders

The lack of information on care trends for Asian Americans has long been a shortcoming in U.S. health care. Learn with the AMA and other health care leaders how to tackle this.

Population Health
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Prioritizing Equity video series: Mental Health & COVID-19

Join physicians and health equity leaders as they illuminate COVID-19's immediate and long-term effects on the mental health of minoritized and marginalized communities.

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Behavioral Health
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
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Data from 10 cities show COVID-19 impact based on poverty, race

Poverty plays a role in deaths and infections, but racism was still a factor in higher income areas. Learn why further community study is needed.

Health Equity
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Mira Irons, MD, on what’s behind the continuing high number of new cases

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by taking a look at the continuing high number of new cases.

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Infectious Diseases
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Physicians have role in the new COVID-19 lab reporting requirements

New national COVID-19 lab data reporting requirements call for collecting demographic data necessary to help contact tracing and address inequities.

Infectious Diseases
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Celebrating the work in policy, health justice of John Lewis

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by celebrating the work in health justice and policy of Congressman John Lewis.

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Infectious Diseases
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AMA and Center for Health Equity resources on COVID-19

Find a list of resources from the AMA and the AMA Center for Health Equity for addressing health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health Equity
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The role of data collection in the COVID-19 pandemic

Data (especially data on race/ethnicity, age, gender) is critical to understanding the impact of COVID-19 across the United States.

Health Equity
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2020: Teachable moment in fight against anti-Asian, anti-Black racism

An academic expert traces the origins of anti-Asian racism in the U.S. and reveals what seemingly disparate social justice movements have in common in 2020.

Population Health