The disproportionate impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on African American communities necessitates an increased focus on the intersectional roles of racism, stigma, and other social determinants of health in influencing disease and mortality risk. The Weathering Framework is applied to demonstrate the dynamic interrelationships between these factors and to conceptualize COVID-19 as a stressful life event that will have profound health implications over the life course for African Americans. Recommendations for population health research, interventions and policies aimed at reducing COVID-19 incidence and mortality, and mitigation of the long-term impacts of the pandemic on communities of color are discussed.
【저자키워드】 Health disparities, Stigma, social determinants of health, racism, race/ethnicity, Systemic racism, COVID-19/coronavirus, Blacks/African Americans, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus disease, pandemic, Mortality, Intervention, Health, Impact, Research, Community, disease, African American, African Americans, mortality risk, framework, COVID-19 incidence, Factor, implication, Course, applied, reducing, social determinant, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19, application, African American, life,