Effects of Investments From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant on Health Departments' Capacity to Address Public Health Emergencies

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Armstead, Theresa L. [1 ]
Castelin, Kimberly [1 ]
Cairns, Catherine P. [1 ]
Skillman, Megan [2 ]
Lamia, Tamara L. [1 ]
Heilig, Charles M. [1 ]
Dauphin, Leslie A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Ctr State Tribal Local & Terr Publ Hlth Infra, 1600 Clifton Rd NE,MS V24-6, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA
[2] NORC, Chicago, IL USA
关键词
health department; health disparities; COVID-19; federal grants; public health emergencies;
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10.1177/00333549241310409
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The COVID-19 pandemic magnified long-standing health disparities, showing that certain populations are at higher risk for effects of public health emergencies than others. The pandemic response also put demands on the nation's health departments and stretched their limited resources. In 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, Including Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities (hereinafter, COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant) to reduce COVID-19 health disparities and advance health equity. Health departments in all 50 states, 50 localities, 5 territories, and 3 freely associated states were recipients of approximately $2.25 billion. This study explored the extent to which investments from the COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant, through the allocation of funds across 5 strategies, correspond to reported changes in recipient health departments' capacity to address the COVID-19 public health emergency and future emergencies as measured in the Health Department and Jurisdiction Capacity Survey in 2023. The survey measured capacity along 4 domains: workforce and human resources, interorganizational relationships, data and informational resources, and governance and planning. In total, 70 of 75 recipients who responded to the survey reported that they began with low capacity in at least 1 capacity domain and advanced their capacity during grant implementation. This study demonstrated the reported value of investments in health departments to build capacity and infrastructure to address health disparities and advance health equity to respond to future public health emergencies.
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