The Creation of a Vulnerable Population
I am a student pursuing her Master's in Public Health with a concentration in Health Equity. This piece is inspired by Black people, who, once again, have been overlooked as a vulnerable population and continue to be subjected to blame for their underlying health issues and deaths. This piece is a conceptual model that aims to show people how and why Black people have the underlying health issues they have and are now at higher risk for COVID-19 related death. My goal is to create empathy for this marginalized population through this fact-based conceptual model and bring to light the social determinants of health affecting health outcomes.