2022
Centering Health Equity Within COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Connecticut's Community Outreach Specialist Program
Johnson K, Diallo K, Hennein R, Shelby T, Zhou X, Gupta AJ, Ludomirsky A, Weiss JM, Nunez-Smith M, Soto K, Davis JL. Centering Health Equity Within COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Connecticut's Community Outreach Specialist Program. Journal Of Public Health Management And Practice 2022, 28: 728-738. PMID: 36194817, PMCID: PMC9560910, DOI: 10.1097/phh.0000000000001608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-English speaking populationsRelevant language skillsLanguage skillsCultural barriersCompetent careField notesContact tracingLanguageCommunication effortsTarget communityCOVID-19-related stigmaMaterial supportSpecialist programLocal health departmentsQualitative analysisLow socioeconomic statusCross-sectional analysisCommunity-engaged strategiesProportion of residentsSpeakingCOVID-19 contactHealth departmentsCommunityHealth equityCOVID-19 education
2020
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Population-Level Covid-19 Mortality
Gross CP, Essien UR, Pasha S, Gross JR, Wang SY, Nunez-Smith M. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Population-Level Covid-19 Mortality. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 35: 3097-3099. PMID: 32754782, PMCID: PMC7402388, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06081-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAfrican American Adherence to COVID-19 Public Health Recommendations
Block R, Berg A, Lennon RP, Miller EL, Nunez-Smith M. African American Adherence to COVID-19 Public Health Recommendations. HLRP Health Literacy Research And Practice 2020, 4: e166-e170. PMID: 32926172, PMCID: PMC7410494, DOI: 10.3928/24748307-20200707-01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPublic health recommendationsCOVID-19 public health recommendationsHealth recommendationsCOVID-19Public health messagingAfrican AmericansCOVID-19 riskPercent of respondentsHigh riskHealth messagingCoronavirus 2019Racial disparitiesAdherenceRiskSocial distancingRepresentative surveyPlace ordersUrgent needAmerican adherenceRecommendationsRisk assessmentCompliance