Policy document
February 18th 2022

The pandemic showed why social and structural determinants of health matter. Now it’s time for policymakers to act.

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Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
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The Brookings Institution is an American research group founded in 1916 on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C. It conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development. Its stated mission is to "provide innovative and practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: strengthen American democracy; foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans; and secure a more open, safe, prosperous, and cooperative international system."
Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Anthony Barr
The pandemic has a disproportionate impact on Black and Latino communities—both from an economic and a health perspective. It's crucial that we recognize the racial differences in Covid-19 cases and deaths and also understand the underlying mechanisms that give rise to these disparities.

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Topics in this document

Politics Social issues COVID-19 pandemic Health Medicaid Air pollution Social determinants of health Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Poverty Health insurance Food security Insurance Green infrastructure Food desert Health equity Health sciences Human activities Health insurance coverage in the United States Poverty threshold Obesity Food Infrastructure Environmental racism Health care

Related SDGs

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Target 3.8

Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all

SDG 10: Reduced Inequality
SDG 10: Reduced Inequality

Target 10.2

Empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status

Related COFOG Divisions

7: Health 7.4: Public Health Services 10: Social Protection 10.7: Social Exclusion n.e.c.:

Cites research funded by

Pfizer Inc 1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1 Harvard University 1 Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University 1 National Institutes of Health 1 Faculty of Arts and Sciences 1 FAS Division of Science, Harvard University 1

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Cited by 4 other policy documents (2 of them are from other policy sources)