Health Affairs July 21, 2020
As the nation responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers, community residents, and leaders from all sectors are being called upon to deal with multiple needs in their communities. In addition to the health consequences of the pandemic, the economic impacts have exacerbated and further exposed gaps in meeting basic needs, including housing, transportation, and education—all of which impact overall health and well-being. Children and communities of color are among those at greatest risk from gaps that have existed for generations but are deepened by the pandemic. For example, at the end of April, two in five households of mothers with children 12 and younger were food insecure. The economic, racial, and health disparities that existed at baseline in our...
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