COVID-19 Health Equity
Topic Collection
August 26, 2020

This collection provides a set of resources on the topic of Health Equity and Health Disparities associated with the COVID-19 emergency. When we think of Health Equity, we mean a fair and just opportunity for everyone to be as healthy as possible (“What is Health Equity?” https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2017/05/what-is-health-equity-.html). The collection includes but is not limited to a wide spectrum of topics ranging from cultural competency in the wake of a global pandemic and general guidance to mitigate racial and ethnic inequities in our healthcare system. Readers will also be able to navigate through an expansive disaster preparedness web-based library for culturally diverse communities and other at-risk populations. These articles and other resources are aimed to provide healthcare professionals with useful and practical information as they serve communities during this pandemic and beyond.

Please refer to the CDC’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 webpage for the most up-to-date guidance on COVID-19 Outbreak management.

If you are a decision-maker and have COVID-19 articles, plans, tools, promising practices, or templates to share with your peers, please visit the ASPR TRACIE Information Exchange COVID-19 Information Sharing Page (registration required) and place your resources under the relevant topic areas. Resources specific to decision-making on healthcare workforce can be placed under the COVID-19 Workforce Virtual Toolkit Topic.

NOTE: Inclusion of any reference in this document does not constitute an endorsement, acknowledgment, or suggestion that the reference is the only or best example for that topic. References are included as examples, which were provided as suggestions at the time the document was developed.

All guidance posted is accessible to the public, and non-federal resources are noted with an asterisk (*). Linking to a non-federal website does not constitute an endorsement by the U.S. Government, or any of its employees, of the information and/or products presented on that site, nor does it suggest the Government’s or a federal agency’s support for any views or positions espoused by the non-federal entity concerning any legislation pending before Congress.