Health Equity

‘I Feel So Overwhelmed’: COVID-19 and Police Violence Takes a Toll on Black Health Care Workers

Abstract: Across the United States, and the world, health care workers are experiencing high levels of anxiety and stress due to the overwhelming workload of the COVID-19 pandemic. And those feelings of stress and anxiety can be compounded for Black health care workers.

Publication: KQED

Date Published: June 24, 2020

Author(s): Michelle Wiley

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This analysis of California’s state budget from 2007 to 2018 finds that to ensure the long-term health of the state, California needs to eliminate health care waste and direct the savings toward increased funding for programs that improve community conditions—like public education, public health, housing assistance, food assistance, and income support.