Sonja S. Hutchins|Kevin Fiscella|Robert S. Levine|Danielle C. Ompad|Marian McDonald
Protection of Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations During an Influenza Pandemic
Office of Minority Health|Office of Minority Health|Office of Minority Health|Office of Minority Health|Office of Minority Health
racialethnic minority populations experience worse health outcomes groups disasters evidence differential impact pandemic influenza includes higher rates underlying health conditions minority populations increasing risk influenzarelated complications larger socioeconomic eg access health care cultural educational linguistic barriers adoption pandemic interventions implementation pandemic interventions could optimized 1 culturally competent preparedness response address specific needs racialethnic minority populations 2 improvements public health community health safety net systems 3 social policies minimize economic burdens improve compliance isolation quarantine 4 relevant practical culturally linguistically tailored communications