Episode 27 - Racial and Ethnic Equity in Health and Society

May 12 2021 • 39 mins

For decades, the data on health inequity has been startling — and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made those disparities more evident. That’s where UNT’s new Center for Racial and Ethnic Equity in Health and Society — initiated by Dr. Chandra Carey, associate dean in UNT’s College of Health and Public Service and associate professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Health Services, and Dr. Tony Carey, associate chair and associate professor in UNT’s Department of Political Science — comes in. Through their research, more than 40 UNT faculty members are addressing inequities in how people in Texas live, work, learn and interact socially — factors that the Centers for Disease Control cite as contributions to overall health considerations and outcomes.

In this episode, we discuss:

● The health disparities that exist

● The contributing factors to health inequity

● UNT’s interdisciplinary approach to addressing health inequity

● How COVID-19 has further highlighted inequities at the state and national levels, and the policies that could potentially ameliorate the inequities that exist

● The historical reasons behind vaccine hesitancy

● The goals of CREEHS in addressing health inequity

Featured in this episode are:

● Dr. Chandra Carey, associate dean in UNT’s College of Health and Public Service and associate professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Health Services

● Dr. Tony Carey, associate chair and associate professor in UNT’s Department of Political Science

Helpful links:

● Learn more about the Center for Racial and Ethnic Equity in Health and Society: creehs.unt.edu