Confronting Legacies of Structural Racism and Settler Colonialism to Understand COVID-19 Impacts on the Navajo Nation

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  • Emerson, M.A.
    • Affiliation: N.C. Cancer Hospital, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Montoya, T.
    • Other Affiliation: University of Chicago
Abstract
  • At the time of writing, the United States remains the global epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic with mass vaccination efforts still months away from completion. Unsurprisingly, the spread of COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is not distributed equally. Legacies of structural racism and violence, specifically within settler colonial contexts, continue to manifest in contemporary examples of social and economic disparity for Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color populations. American Indian populations, in both rural and urban locales, face exceptional public health challenges. These inadequacies deprive American Indians of fundamental human rights including access to quality healthcare, clean water, and adequate living conditions.
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  • Article
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  • American Journal of Public Health
Journal volume
  • 111
Journal issue
  • 8
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  • 1465
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  • 1469
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  • English
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  • National Institutes of Health, NIH: T32-CA057726
  • National Cancer Institute, NCI
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  • 0090-0036
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  • American Public Health Association Inc.

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