Civic
Civic
San Francisco Public Press & KSFP, Mel Baker
Doctors stress need for community engagement, prevention in public health responses
33 minutes Posted Mar 20, 2021 at 1:36 am.
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From early on, the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare stark health inequities through infection and death rates. Testing access quickly became a concern, and now, so has vaccine access — state health department data indicate that Black and Latino Californians are under-represented among people getting vaccinated. Dr. Kim Rhoads and Dr. Carina Marquez, who have been working on community-driven initiatives to address those inequities, talk about the importance of prevention and community engagement to public health.