Abstract

Addressing Disparities for Intersectional BIPOC Communities: The Hood Medicine Initiative Case Study.

Highlights

  • The COVID-19 pandemic shed light on and exacerbated health disparities experienced by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) [1À3], BIPOC with multiple and intersectional marginalized identities (BIPOC/MIMI) [4]

  • Disparate access to vaccination during the early rollout and persistent disparate access to quality health care are especially pronounced for BIPOC with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer, as well as myriad other marginalized groups [5]

  • Hood Medicine Initiative (HMI)—a nonprofit public health collective comprised of experts in science, policy, technology, and marketing—was born out of the need to tackle health disparities for BIPOC/MIMI

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Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic shed light on and exacerbated health disparities experienced by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) [1À3], BIPOC with multiple and intersectional marginalized identities (BIPOC/MIMI) [4]. Addressing disparities for intersectional BIPOC communities: the hood medicine initiative case study Hood Medicine Initiative (HMI)—a nonprofit public health collective comprised of experts in science, policy, technology, and marketing—was born out of the need to tackle health disparities for BIPOC/MIMI.

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