TCG: Health Inequities in the COVID Era (ft. Gulzar H. Shah)

Health Inequities in the COVID Era

A conversation with Dr. Gulzar H. Shah

In addition to the death, suffering, and terror caused by the COVID-19 crisis that emerged in December 2019, this pandemic has resulted in a “double jeopardy” — or even multifaceted jeopardy — for certain population groups. Expert projections show that the pandemic will push half a billion people around the globe into poverty and exacerbate inequities and disparities in health outcomes. Many social determinants of health (SDoH) — the socioeconomic and cultural factors that indirectly determine one’s ability to stay healthy — will worsen for the poor and disenfranchised. In this episode, Dr. Gulzar H. Shah, chair of the Department of Health Policy and Community Health in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University, shines a multidisciplinary light on the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis for different subgroups and health equity overall.

(Photo © CDC/Healthy People 2030)

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