The pandemic has disrupted our nation’s health care, public health, and social systems. Organizations have had to adapt to provide services to meet the immediate and increasingly complex needs of their communities. Unstable conditions—from workforce reduction to a loss of revenue and limited government coordination and preparedness—have placed further burdens on service delivery. The pandemic has also highlighted existing health inequities; because of structural racism, people of color have been disproportionately affected.
This first-ever Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) For Action panel will feature investigators researching health equity and access to health and social services from the Evidence for Action (E4A), Policies for Action (P4A) and Systems for Action (S4A) research programs. Investigators Julia Raifman (E4A), Aditi Bhanja (P4A), and
Emmeline Chuang and Naderah Pourat (S4A) will discuss the impacts of the pandemic on health equity and health and social services, sharing their insights and findings from their RWJF-funded projects.
The RWJF signature research programs are dedicated to building a Culture of Health. Join them on Wednesday, January 12, at 12 p.m. (EST) as investigators share promising, data-informed innovations to address health inequities and effective stakeholder responses amid and beyond the pandemic. The special cross-pillar panel will also address how sectors can work together in future large-scale or national emergencies to protect the health of vulnerable populations.
