Original Text Samantha Castro

Annotated Bibliography – Two Synthesized Articles

Background of Racial Health Disparities

Woolf, S. H., & Braveman, P. (2011, October 7). Where health disparities begin: The role of
social and economic determinants--and why current policies may make matters worse.
Health Affairs (Project Hope), 30(10), 1852-1859. http://dx.doi.org.lib-
proxy.fullerton.edu/10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0685
Woolf and Braveman, members of their respective organizations' health disparities departments,
provide background on the ongoing health disparities in minority groups due to low
socioeconomic status. The authors urge policymakers and organization leaders to continue public
policies and programs to improve disadvantaged populations' socioeconomic status and health
status. Dorn et al. further discuss how disadvantaged communities struggle more with the
COVID-19 shutdown for schools jeopardizing students' educational attainment and future career.
Finally, Laurencin and McClinton produced the first peer-reviewed article that highlighted
race/ethnicity regarding COVID-19 debunking the "black immunity" myth and stated increasing
cases and mortality rates.

Resolving Racial Health Inequity during COVID-19

Social stigma associated with COVID-19. (2020, February 24). World Health Organization.
Retrieved November 04, 2020, from https://www.who.int/docs/default-
source/coronaviruse/covid19-stigma-guide.pdf?sfvrsn=226180f4_2&download
The World Health Organization is an agency of the United Nations specializing in international
public health. This article attempts to inform governments, media, local, and healthcare
organizations of the dangers and provide prevention steps in social stigma related to COVID-19.
While this article frequently uses the Asian community as an example, the same strategies can be
applied to all minority groups to promote healthier societal relationships and ethically
appropriate public health guidelines. These proposed solutions are similar to the Critical Race
Theory provided by Ford and Airhihenbuwa to eliminate racism, health disparities and making
health equity a universal practice.