Following is a blog by Rafael E. Pérez-Figueroa, assistant professor in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society in the College of Public Health, and Kathryn M. Cardarelli, associate professor in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society and senior assistant provost for faculty affairs and professional development at the University of Kentucky.
Racism has long defined health and well-being in our state and the country. Currently, the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and law enforcement violence has exacerbated a complex ecosystem framing health inequities nationally. By March 2020, following the killing of Breonna Taylor, issues of structural racism and health inequities were at the forefront of our public consciousness. In response to the local and national reckoning associated with Taylor’s and others’ deaths, we organized a yearlong program of events at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health with the goal of promoting an anti-racist environme
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Just 50% of Louisianans are willing to get vaccinated for COVID-19, while 35% are hesitant and 15% are unwilling, according to a new survey by Louisiana s Public Health Institute.
LPHI surveyed nearly 1,100 Louisiana residents in February, and found that vaccine skepticism was highest among Black men and white women, but that Black women were the most unwilling to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
Much of that hesitancy stems from concerns about the vaccines safety, side effects and effectiveness, according to LPHI, as more than 90% of vaccine hesitant respondents said they were at least a little concerned about those factors. It s important to keep in mind that hesitancy is a spectrum, LPHI Managing Director Elizabeth Nauman said Thursday. Some people are interested in getting it but just want to wait and see if other people are okay after being vaccinated, while others are maybe more resistant.
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He participated in the Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1964 and entered the medical field to help close the healthcare disparity gap. Now, Robert E. Fullilove is a Columbia University professor trying to close the vaccine disparity for Blacks. (March 9)