Health Have, Health Have Nots in a Time of COVID-19

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Sandro Galea, Boston UniversityFollow

Description/Abstract

In this brief, my goal is to talk about something which has animated a lot of my thinking and writing in the past decade. It is how our health is fundamentally socially patterned and reflects the world around us. This has been true for decades in this country, and one could also argue, globally, however this brief will focus on this topic at the national level. As you will see, I will talk mostly of health haves and health have nots in general, but as we progress, show how COVID-19 has made this evermore apparent.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Date

11-2020

Language

English

Series

Reports Series

Acknowledgements

The Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy honors the memory of Herbert Lourie, MD, a distinguished Syracuse neurosurgeon, professor, and community leader for nearly 30 years. Generous contributions from his family, friends and colleagues, and former patients have endowed this series. The Lecture and Policy Brief are jointly sponsored by the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University and the Central New York Community Foundation, Inc., and is administered by the Center for Policy Research and The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion.

Disciplines

Economics | Finance and Financial Management | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Public Health | Sociology | Urban Studies and Planning

Additional Information

Policy brief no. 56

Recommended Citation

Galea, Sandro, "Health Have, Health Have Nots in a Time of COVID-19" (2020). Center for Policy Research. 271.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/271

Source

Local input

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