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Combating COVID-19 health disparities in Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour Communities-A call for critical systems thinking.

Michele Battle-Fisher
Published in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2024)
This analysis underscores employing critical systems thinking to critically assess diverse methods appropriate for the ongoing complexity of global crises. It is argued that critically engaged subjectivity should be given space alongside data-dependent objectivity. COVID-19 disparities are reliant on the social determinants of health's effects as driving forces on disease transmission in Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour populations. It is moreover argued that critical systems thinking is demonstrated by linking epidemiological evidence with scenario planning and soft systems methodology. This in turn supports a critical systems thinking approach to uncover the state of health disparities among minoritized communities under COVID-19.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • mental health
  • electronic health record
  • risk assessment
  • affordable care act
  • sensitive detection
  • living cells
  • climate change