Translation Challenges
COVID-19 resources and information on the internet only reaches a number of individuals proficient in the more popular and accessible...
SOCIAL IMPACT
COVID-19 is amplifying economic, health, and social inequalities around the world. We bring attention to these inequalities and the ways to possibly mitigate the social impact equitably.
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Indigenous Communities Isolation and Protection
In Ecuador, recent trends have arisen of indigenous groups and communities rushing back to indigenous territory in attempts to avoid the...
Latinos in Rhode Island and Coronavirus Testing
The Providence Journal reports that almost half (43%) of Rhode Island positive coronavirus cases are Latino individuals. However, members...
Parent and Teacher at Home
How do parents who are also teachers fare in context of remote learning and teaching? The challenges of instructing from the home, while...
Colombians Hang Red Flags
Amidst the current pandemic, Colombians have begun to hang red flags from windows and doors as a symbol asking for help. The red flags...
An Oral History of Coronavirus
Frontline healthcare workers such as nurses, and their families, have contributed to crafting oral histories of their experiences during...
Coronavirus Affecting Independent Bookstores
Previously thriving independent bookstores found themselves struggling within the COVID-19 pandemic. However, an online movement has...
Hong Kong's Cage Homes and Isolation
In Hong Kong's "cage homes" - tiny apartments usually smaller than 100 square feet - social distancing presents itself as a huge...
TV to Instagram Struggles To Find Balance Between Empathy and Sales
Stay-at-home orders and millions of individuals in quarantine means that advertising on TV and social media have accordingly adjusted....
Social Networks and Xenophobia
Asian-Americans have been the target of xenophobic attacks on social media networks. Platforms such as Tik Tok, Facebook, and Twitter...
Home Birth vs. Hospital Births
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, several expecting mothers have expressed that they would prefer to have a home birth rather than...
Coronavirus and Dating
In the midst of new forms of socialization imposed by COVID-19, some wonder how these changes influence dating life and social...
Women's Health and COVID-19
Gender-based inequities are crucial and pervasive. The UN Population Fund warns that the COVID-19 crisis may have hard-hitting, immense...
Racial disparities in the U.S. and COVID-19
The U.S. is home to stark and shocking racial disparities in healthcare. Particularly, communities of color suffer disproportionately....
Photos – life in the time of COVID-19 in China
Photos narrate stories that may be difficult to narrate in words. Take a look at some photos from the COVID-19 crisis in China in the...
Xenophobia against Asian Americans
Xenophobic acts and attitudes towards Asian Americans have called for Asian American legislators to take action. In a letter addressed to...
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TEAM
This site was created by Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, a social epidemiologist at the Brown University School of Public Health. It brings together colleagues from sociology - Antwan Jones (George Washington University), health geography - Imelda Moise (University of Miami) and education - Sarai Coba-Rodriguez (University of Illinois-Chicago) to examine the social impact of COVID-19.
Madeline Noh, a Brown University undergraduate double majoring in public health and anthropology, is the site manager.
Health inequalities and the social determinants of health are not a footnote to the determinants of health. They are the main issue.