COVID-19 Resource Page

May 2020

Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations

In these very uncertain times, we appreciate that our stakeholders are doing all they can to keep their communities safe and to increase protections for vulnerable populations.

Your work is especially important since the COVID-19 pandemic will both reveal and widen inequalities across the US and internationally. It will disproportionately burden those already experiencing socioeconomic barriers, especially. We’ve complied a selection of recent articles and data highlighting the potential impacts on resource-poor individuals and communities. We also link to a repository of questions developed to identify impacts of the epidemic and its aftermath on vulnerable populations. Further down, we have begun to aggregate information on a range of ways that health care systems can act to mitigate these adverse impacts.

To help our stakeholders, SIREN is sharing resources on the following topics. Click on any of the hyperlinks below to learn more.

• Articles connecting the COVID-19 pandemic with social determinants and health equity.
• COVID-19 health equity, policy, and social risk impact data
• COVID-19 research question bank for measures re: impacts of the pandemic and economic shutdown on vulnerable populations.
• COVID-19 research funding opportunities that have an emphasis on social determinants.
• Resources for health care teams about addressing social conditions at the point of care and beyond.
• A selection of other COVID-19 resource pages that focus on supporting vulnerable populations.

Please don’t hesitate to send us ideas about how to make this new resource more useful for you. We know you all are doing rapid cycle learning in this area, too.