Reaching the Hispanic Community About COVID-19 Through Existing Chronic Disease Prevention Programs

Prev Chronic Dis. 2020 Jun 25:17:E49. doi: 10.5888/pcd17.200165.

Abstract

Publicly available data on racial and ethnic disparities related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are now surfacing, and these data suggest that the novel virus has disproportionately sickened Hispanic communities in the United States. We discuss why Hispanic communities are highly vulnerable to COVID-19 and how adaptations were made to existing infrastructure for Penn State Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) and Better Together REACH (a community-academic coalition using grant funds from Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) to address these needs. We also describe programming to support COVID-19 efforts for Hispanic communities by using chronic disease prevention programs and opportunities for replication across the country.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Chronic Disease / epidemiology*
  • Chronic Disease / prevention & control*
  • Community Health Services*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / ethnology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Hispanic or Latino*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / ethnology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • United States / epidemiology