Kline Nolan S
Department of Anthropology, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, USA.
Health Equity. 2020 May 27;4(1):239-242. doi: 10.1089/heq.2020.0012. eCollection 2020.
Public health responses to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have emphasized older adults' vulnerability, but this obfuscates the social and political root causes of health inequity. To advance health equity during a novel communicable disease outbreak, public health practitioners must continue to be attentive to social and political circumstances that inform poor health. Such efforts are especially needed for populations who are exposed to numerous social and political factors that structure health inequity, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise-queer identifying (LGBTQ+) populations and im/migrant populations. The COVID-19 outbreak is, therefore, a critical time to emphasize root causes of health inequity.
针对2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行的公共卫生应对措施强调了老年人的脆弱性，但这掩盖了健康不平等的社会和政治根源。为在新型传染病爆发期间促进健康公平，公共卫生从业者必须持续关注导致健康状况不佳的社会和政治环境。对于那些面临众多构成健康不平等的社会和政治因素的人群，如女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者或其他酷儿身份认同（LGBTQ+）人群以及移民人群，尤其需要做出这样的努力。因此，COVID-19疫情是强调健康不平等根源的关键时机。
