• Monica E Peek, Russell A Simons, William F Parker, David A Ansell, Selwyn O Rogers, and Edmonds Brownsyne Tucker BT Monica E. Peek, Russell A. Simons, William F. Parker, and Selwyn O. Rogers are with the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. David A. Ansell is.
• Monica E. Peek, Russell A. Simons, William F. Parker, and Selwyn O. Rogers are with the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. David A. Ansell is with the Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago. Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds is with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
• Am J Public Health. 2021 Feb 1; 111 (2): 286-292.

AbstractAs the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded across the United States, troubling disparities in mortality have emerged between different racial groups, particularly African Americans and Whites. Media reports, a growing body of COVID-19-related literature, and long-standing knowledge of structural racism and its myriad effects on the African American community provide important lenses for understanding and addressing these disparities.However, troubling gaps in knowledge remain, as does a need to act. Using the best available evidence, we present risk- and place-based recommendations for how to effectively address these disparities in the areas of data collection, COVID-19 exposure and testing, health systems collaboration, human capital repurposing, and scarce resource allocation.Our recommendations are supported by an analysis of relevant bioethical principles and public health practices. Additionally, we provide information on the efforts of Chicago, Illinois' mayoral Racial Equity Rapid Response Team to reduce these disparities in a major urban US setting.

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