COVID-19 and African American Religious Institutions

Ethn Dis. 2020 Jul 9;30(3):425-428. doi: 10.18865/ed.30.3.425. eCollection 2020 Summer.

Abstract

Religious institutions have historically been an essential resource in African American communities and can serve as indispensable partners during a public health crisis. The purpose of this perspective is to establish African American churches, mosques, and temples as essential for an immediate, comprehensive, and sustained response to the elevated risk for and spread of COVID-19 among African Americans.

Keywords: African Americans; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Religiosity; Religious Institutions.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • Black or African American / psychology
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / prevention & control
  • Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics* / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
  • Religion and Medicine*
  • Religious Missions / organization & administration
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • United States