Marina Del Rios, Shaveta Khosla, and Ruth Pobee are with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago. Aida Giachello is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. Geraldine Luna is with the Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago. Pamela Vergara-Rodriguez is with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, John H. Stroger Hospital, Cook County, Chicago. Noreen Sugrue is with the Latino Policy Forum, Chicago.
Am J Public Health. 2021 Oct;111(S3):S204-S207. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306407.
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, neither government officials nor members of the news media fully grasped what was happening in the Latino community. Underreporting of COVID-19 cases led to a systematic neglect of the Latino population and resulted in disproportionately high rates of infection, hospitalization, and death. Illinois Unidos was formed to engage in community mobilization, health communication, advocacy, and policy work in response to inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19 in Latino communities in Illinois. (. 2021;111(S3):S204-S207. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306407).
在 COVID-19 大流行初期,政府官员和新闻媒体成员都没有完全理解拉丁裔社区正在发生的事情。COVID-19 病例的漏报导致对拉丁裔人口的系统忽视,导致感染、住院和死亡的比例过高。伊利诺伊团结组织成立的目的是为了在伊利诺伊州的拉丁裔社区中,针对 COVID-19 加剧的不平等现象,开展社区动员、健康宣传、宣传和政策工作。(。2021 年;111(S3):S204-S207. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306407)。