Confronting Structural Racism in the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the United States
Asabor EN, Vermund SH. Confronting Structural Racism in the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 73: e3531-e3535. PMID: 33242078, PMCID: PMC8563219, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1763.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsStructural racismPeople of colorLow-income workersUnited StatesRacist policiesDisproportionate incarcerationState governmentsVulnerable communitiesMarginalized populationsCrowded prisonsRecent immigrantsHealth servicesEssential health servicesRacismImmigrantsIncarcerationPoor accessAffordable careKey populationsNational averagePreventive health servicesControl of tuberculosisPeopleGovernmentBIPOC