Life and Death During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multi-Level Racism, Syndemics, and the Transmission of Grief

David Chae, ScD, MA, BA
Tulane University

ABSTRACT:
Racial inequities in health are rooted in racism and represent a major social and moral dilemma. Racism is physically embodied through social, behavioral, and psychobiological mechanisms. In this talk, I will discuss the utility of a social-ecological and developmental lens to examine racism as a fundamental determinant of health. I present evidence that racism is responsible for increasing exposure to health hazards, and creates increased susceptibility to disease. Preliminary findings from my lab suggest that the co-occurrence of multiple health hazards linked to racism, including COVID-19 disparities, compromises health throughout the lifecourse.

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