The poster highlighted the inequalities in healthcare access and lack of resources that minority communities commonly face, which became more difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic. The poster drew from information in the published report "Perceptions, Needs, Challenges and Insights of an Underserved Community in the COVID-19 Pandemic."
The report explained how Black, Latino and other minority communities greatly suffered from the virus. The report also provided recommendations regarding ways community leaders can support underserved minority residents during the pandemic.
“At the Center for Healthy Communities, we strive to listen to community members in order to understand their reality,” said Martha Arrieta, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., director of research at the Center for Healthy Communities and author of the report. “The poster allowed us to elevate the voices of community members as they described their experience in their own words. We appreciate that those voices resonated with the officials and were validated through the distinction award.”
The Center for Healthy Communities’ mission is to eliminate health disparities through education, research and public service.
The Southern Regional Meeting provides a platform and forum for collaborative interdisciplinary research and clinical applications. Physicians and healthcare professionals examine the most recent research findings in medicine to determine and inform future research projects.
