Addressing gaps in public health reporting of race and ethnicity data for COVID-19 : findings & recommendations among 45 state & local health departments

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• Corporate Authors:
  Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Public health data reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affects people from racial and ethnic minority groups. Public health’s ability to identify and address such health inequities relies on the collection and reporting of complete and accurate race and ethnicity data for COVID-19; however, gaps in the public health reporting of these critical data have been observed at both the local and national level. Reporting to public health agencies occurs through a variety of reporting pathways, including case surveillance, laboratory reporting, syndromic surveillance, and immunization surveillance. It is necessary to explore the systemic factors contributing to the gaps in race and ethnicity data for COVID-19 – including where in the reporting stream these factors arise – in order to implement targeted, effectual, and well-resourced solutions that ultimately promote health equity for all.
  
  The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) conducted an assessment to identify the factors that are impacting the completeness and quality of race and ethnicity data for COVID-19 at public health agencies, as well as the solutions that may help mitigate these limiting factors.
  
  This summary report was supported in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cooperative agreement #NU38OT000297. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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  RaceEthnicityData_FINAL.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Asian Black Or African American COVID-19 COVID-19/ethnology COVID-19/mortality Health Services Accessibility Health Status Disparities Hispanic Or Latino Hospitalization Humans Pandemics Population Surveillance Risk Factors SARS-CoV-2 White

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• Document Type:
  Report
• Funding:
  cooperative agreement #NU38OT000297
• Pages in Document:
  31 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3d27302b759a98c1e917e80569e87fdc803a84d884ce33fb85ce60411cef95f1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/117473/cdc_117473_DS1.pdf
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