Education, Gender, and Inequality
Black Americans are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 due to systemic inequities, social determinants of health that are influenced by implicit bias, and racial discrimination which have perpetuated and worsened racial disparities in healthcare during the pandemic. Some of these long-standing systemic inequities are due to scientists and science communicators which have caused distrust between scientists and black communities. The “ComSciConcepts: Combatting COVID-19 with Black Communities” webinar addressed this issue by building on ComSciCons existing infrastructure of training graduate student science communicators by further providing the latest information on COVID-19 in Black communities, resources on the systemic inequities that lead to this racial disparity in healthcare, training on science communication, and building trust with Black communities. The webinar provided funding and further support to projects of attendees that are currently or wish to address these issues directly. The event took place on June 2, 2021, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.
Los Afroamericano se ven afectados de manera desproporcionada por el COVID-19 debido a las desigualdades sistémicas, los determinantes sociales de la salud que están influenciados por prejuicios implícitos y la discriminación racial que ha perpetuado y empeorado las disparidades raciales en la atención médica durante la pandemia. Algunas de estas desigualdades sistémicas de larga data se deben a científicos y comunicadores científicos que han causado desconfianza entre los científicos y las comunidades Afroamericano. El seminario web "ComSciConcepts: Combatiendo el COVID-19 con las Comunidades Afroamericano" abordó este problema al construir sobre la infraestructura existente de ComSciCons para capacitar a comunicadores científicos de estudiantes graduados al proporcionar más información sobre COVID-19 en comunidades Afroamericano, recursos sobre las desigualdades sistémicas que conducen a esta disparidad racial en la atención médica, la capacitación en comunicación científica y la creación de confianza con las comunidades Afroamericano. El seminario web proporcionó financiación y apoyo adicional a los proyectos de los asistentes que actualmente están o desean abordar estos problemas directamente. El evento tuvo lugar el 2 de Junio de 2021 en la Universidad de Harvard en Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Gabriela Fernandez (Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, US), Taylor Contreras (Harvard University, Department of Physics, US), Jordan Chapman (University of Georgia, US), Chad Singleton (Southern New Hampshire University, US), TiAir Riggins (Michigan State University, US), and Rob Campbell (Northeastern University, US). Dr. Chiquita Mays (Wellstar's Covid-19 Taskforce and DEI Advosory Council, US), Nicholas St. Fleur (STAT News Journalist, US), Anicca Harriot (University of Maryland School of Medicine, US), Dr. Reyhaneh Maktoufi (Rita Allen Foundation Civic Science Fellow in Misinformation at WGBH/NOVA, US), Dr. Jaye Gardiner (Fox Chase Cancer Center, US), and Lanell Williams (Harvard University, US). Special thanks to ComSciCon Harvard (US).