Health justice strategies for combating the pandemic

Host Ginny Chadwick is joined by Ruqaiijah Yearby to discuss health justice strategies to combat the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on people living in poverty, people of color, and people with disabilities. Yearby is a law professor at SLU and Executive Director of the Institute for Healing Justice and Equity.

Show Notes

Further reading/resources:

• Health Justice Strategies to Combat the Pandemic: Eliminating Discrimination, Poverty, and Health Disparities During and After COVID-19 (Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics)
• The Institute for Healing Justice and Equity at SLU
• Professor Yearby's publications
• Are Cities and Counties Ready to Use Racial Equity Tools to Influence Policy?

What is Community Pulse?

Community Pulse is a special report on the unfolding coronavirus situation in mid-Missouri featuring local family physician Elizabeth Allemann, M.D. and public health advocate Ginny Chadwick. Catch it live every Monday and Wednesday at 9am on KOPN 89.5 FM or streaming at kopn.org.