The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has been working on health equity issues for several years. In 2015, TPCHD published a comprehensive health equity report, focusing on increasing the quality of health and life for Pierce County residents. When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, all the equity issues and challenges were suddenly amplified.
Director of Health, Dr. Anthony L-T Chen, MD, MPH, and Gabe Moaalii, Health Equity Coordinator, joined host Evelyn Lopez to discuss health equity issues in our community, the pandemic and vaccine access, and the impact of hate and racism on health.
If you’d like to learn more about health equity (https://www.tpchd.org/healthy-people/health-equity), here are links to TPCHD’s health assessment and strategy reports:
- 2015 Health Equity Assessment full report
- 2015 Health Equity Assessment summary
- Pierce County COVID-19 Health Equity Assessment
In addition, if you know someone who needs help accessing vaccine information, especially individuals who are not comfortable with online processes or who do not have access to computers in their homes, they can call TPCHD and talk with someone who can assist them. Call TPCHD (253) 649-1412, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 7 days a week.
If you have feedback on this episode, or ideas for other programs, please get in touch!
Evelyn Lopez: truetacoma@gmail.com @True_Tacoma
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