COVID-19 Among African Americans: From Preliminary Epidemiological Surveillance Data to Public Health Action

Am J Public Health. 2020 Aug;110(8):1157-1159. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305764.

Authors

Steven S Coughlin¹, Justin Xavier Moore¹, Varghese George¹, J Aaron Johnson¹, Joseph Hobbs¹

Affiliation

¹ Steven S. Coughlin, Justin Xavier Moore, and Varghese George are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta. Steven S. Coughlin, Justin Xavier Moore, and J. Aaron Johnson are with the Institute of Public and Preventive Health, Augusta University. Joseph Hobbs is with the Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
Black or African American / statistics & numerical data*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / mortality
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Epidemiological Monitoring*
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
SARS-CoV-2
Socioeconomic Factors

Grants and funding

K01 MD015304/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States