COVID-19 Health Equity Initiatives: Chicago Racial Equity Rapid Response Team

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This case study describes a secondary purpose of Chicago’s Racial Equity Rapid Response Team, which is to improve health outcomes among communities that have been most heavily impacted. The work has included campaigns, town halls, prevention programs, city testing sites, and securing grant funding.

Resource Details

  • Population: Black or African American|Hispanic, Latino, or Latinx
  • Geographic Areas of Implementation: Urban
  • Setting/Context of Implementation: Community
  • Topics of Practice: Policy Change/ Development
  • Outcomes of Interest: Advancing Racial Equity|Partnership Building|Reduction of Health Disparities
  • Level of Evidence: Novel
  • Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
  • Social Determinants of Health: Social and Community Context
  • Outside of US: No