Open AccessPerspective: COVID-19 and African American Religious Institutions
Author(s) -
Marino A. Bruce
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ethnicity and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1945-0826
pISSN - 1049-510X
DOI - 10.18865/ed.30.3.425
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , covid-19 , african american , political science , public health , economic growth , sociology , medicine , ethnology , nursing , outbreak , virology , economics , disease , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Religious institutions have historically been an essential resource in African American communities and can serve as indispensable partners during a public health crisis. The purpose of this perspective is to establish African American churches, mosques, and temples as essential for an immediate, comprehensive, and sustained response to the elevated risk for and spread of COVID-19 among African Americans.Ethn Dis. 2020;30(3):425-428; doi:10.18865/ed.30.3.425