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Nurturing Innovation at the Roots: The Success of COVID-19 Vaccination in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

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By Emily E Haroz, Christopher Kemp, Victoria M. O’Keefe, Katherine Pocock
| American Journal of Public Health Verified
Emily E. Haroz PhD, MA, MHS, Christopher G. Kemp PhD, MPH, Victoria M. O’Keefe PhD, MS, Katherine Pocock PA-C, David R. Wilson PhD, Loretta Christensen MD, MBA, MSJ, FACS, Melissa Walls MA, PhD, Allison Barlow PhD, and Laura Hammitt MD Emily E. Haroz, Christopher G. Kemp, Victoria M. O’Keefe, Melissa Walls, Allison Barlow, and Laura Hammitt are with the Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD.
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Indigenous communities demonstrate innovation and strength despite unequal losses during COVID-19

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By Victoria M. O’Keefe, Melissa L Walls
| Brookings Institution
A CDC report revealed COVID-19 incidence rates were 3.5 times higher for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) compared to White Americans during the first 7 months of the pandemic. A recent analysis by APM Research Lab provides a heartbreaking update: one in 475 AI/ANs has died from COVID-19, compared to one in 825 for White Americans and one in 645 for Black Americans.
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Special Issue : Novel Approaches to Suicide Prevention: Protective Factors and Clinical Interventions

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By David W. Hollingsworth, Jameson K. Hirsch, Victoria M. O’Keefe, Collin L. Davidson
| MDPI
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There are clear, race-based inequalities in health insurance and health outcomes

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By Victoria M. O’Keefe, Melissa L Walls, Jackson Gode, Rashawn Ray
| Brookings Institution
Editor's Note: This is part of a video series in which Brookings experts highlight race-based disparities or discrimination in public policy. Visit Race in American Public Policy for more videos in this series and related research from Brookings experts. In the United States, there are significant racial disparities in access to health coverage and in health outcomes. People of color are far more likely to be uninsured in America, due in part to several states’ refusal to expand Medicaid.
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