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.
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?