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Chasing the Sun

CTS-03 - The Implications of COVID-19 on the African-American and Latinx Community

Wednesday, September 29, 2021
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

    Moderator(s)

  • Virginia Banks, MD, MBA, FIDSA

    Northeast Ohio Infectious Disease Associates
    Youngstown, OH, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

    • Speaker(s)

  • Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH

    Director of Health
    City of St. Louis Department of Health
    St. Louis, MO, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

  • Upton Allen, MD

    Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
    Hosp Sick Children
    Toronto, ON, Canada

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

  • DH

    Dial Hewlett, Jr., MD

    Medical Director-Deputy Commissioner
    Westchester County Department of Health
    White Plains, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:
Virginia D. Banks, MD MBA FIDSA: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Upton D. Allen, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Dial HJMF Hewlett, Jr., MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit

No CPE credits

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
  • discuss the impact of Covid-19 in African American and Latinx children and MIS-C
  • discuss strategies to gain trust in the people of color community and vaccine hesitancy
  • discuss social determinants of health and COVID-19 in the African-American and Latinx community

Presentations:

  • Increasing Vaccine Confidence in Racially Minoritized Communities

    Speaker: Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH – John Cochran VA Medical Center

  • The impact of COVID-19 on pediatric people of color communities and strategies for change

    Speaker: Upton D. Allen, MD – Hosp Sick Children

  • The Implications of COVID 19 on the African American & Latinx Community

    Speaker: Dial HJMF Hewlett, Jr., MD – Westchester County Department of Health