Black Lives Matter: Six actions for health care systems to undo structural racism

In a recent article on racism, social risk factors and COVID-19, Leonard Egede, MD, and Rebekah Walker, PhD, from the Medical College of Wisconsin, argue that a concerted effort encompassing multiple sectors could change the fabric of structural racism and the social risk that leads to disparities in health. They offer a list of actions that health care systems and academic medical institutions and individuals can take to undo centures of structural racism including building cross-sector partnerships, remaining consist in efforts to build trust with communities, and embracing policies that increase economic empowerment.

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