Strengthening Community Resilience – Lessons Learned from COVID-19: Health Equity, Collaboration, and Data

Earn 1 CE Hour


Primary Speaker:

Linnea Warren May, MPH

Associate Policy Researcher
RAND Corporation










Session Summary: COVID-19 is a novel virus, but the pandemic has been a classic example of a community resilience challenge. This session will describe the approaches of 9 U.S. communities as they responded to the pandemic, highlighting themes related to health equity, collaboration, and use of data. Principles of health equity and collaboration in the context of the analysis and reporting of community COVID-19 data will be described as a case study of equitable pandemic response.

Learning Objectives:

  • Define community resilience
  • Describe COVID-19 pandemic as a community resilience challenge
  • Characterize community responses related to health equity, collaboration, and use of data
  • Describe principles of health equity and collaboration in the analysis of COVID-19 data

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IHA Health Literacy Conference
2022
Public Health
Community Engagement
Topic
Audience
Public Health Professionals, Community-Based and Social Service Professionals, Policymakers and Government Professionals
Setting
Public Health Departments and Agencies, Community-Based Organizations and Nonprofits
Level
Applied