{"id":2909,"date":"2020-04-07T17:25:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/health-disparities\/?page_id=2909"},"modified":"2020-05-16T16:53:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T20:53:35","slug":"health-equity-week-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/health-disparities\/news-items\/health-equity-week-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Equity Week 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Join the UConn Health Disparities Institute and Health Equity Solutions for the 2nd annual<\/strong> #HealthEquityWeek<\/span>!
\nApril 5 – 11, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Health Equity Week is a week-long annual campaign created to bring awareness and start conversations on advancing health equity throughout the state of Connecticut.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the UConn Health Disparities Institute (HDI<\/a>) participated in the initial launch of Health Equity Week held at the State of Connecticut Legislative Building and introduced the release of their inaugural CT Report Card on Health Equity among Boys and Men of Color<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This year, HDI and Health Equity Solutions<\/a> issue a call to action to center health equity in Connecticut\u2019s COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> response. We call for the consistent collection and public reporting of race, ethnicity, and language data for COVID-19 testing, cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. We also recommend that standardized data collection is required across health, basic needs, and economic supports, such as Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and unemployment. We hope you join these actions so that emergency responses across systems of care can be utilized to address the most medically underserved populations.<\/p>\n

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To continue the conversation, share and follow us on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For additional information and resources, see below.<\/p>\n

In the News<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Frustration growing in minority communities over government’s response to pandemic<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n