Health Equity

Better collection, reporting of race and ethnicity data are essential for fighting Covid-19

Abstract: Standardizing collection of race and ethnicity data across state and local health departments would help us better gauge Covid-19's impact.

Publication: STAT

Date Published: December 2, 2020

Author(s): Oliver T. Brooks and Lavarne A. Burton

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