Taskforce Addresses Health Equity in Kansas County with First COVID Death

A Community’s Response to a Pandemic: Wyandotte County’s Health Equity Taskforce

This month we spotlight Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds and learn how a county engaged its diverse community in the pandemic response.

Wyandotte County experienced the state of Kansas’ first death. Its residents, over half of whom are minorities, have been impacted by COVID-19 at disproportionally high rates. In response to these data, community members representing the diversity of the county’s neighborhoods partnered with the Unified Government of Wyandotte Health Department to launch a wide array of COVID-19 services despite a small budget and public health infrastructure.

Billed as the Health Equity Task Force (HETF), this group made of grassroots and community activists, as well as civic and organizational leaders and the faith community, has given a voice in the planning and delivery of COVID-19 related services in Wyandotte since April 2020. The speakers at this grand rounds will present their work, achievements, and next steps.

SPEAKERS

Nicole R. Garner, MBA
Planning & Operations Director
Wyandotte County Health Department
Kansas City, Kansas

Broderick R. Crawford
Co-Principal Investigator for RADxUP Project, funded by NIH
President
NBC Community Development Corporation
Kansas City, Kansas

Presentation Details

• Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. ET
• Remote participation only: https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/1606918210?pwd=VTZ6UjhaenFwaGVOQndpdWo4Y1ZJQT09external icon

These Grand Rounds presentations are provided as a courtesy of CDC’s Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship (PMR/F) program with the goal of sharing systems-based approaches and leadership practices to address population health issues and public health emergencies.

Continuing Education

Continuing education (CE) is available and there is no cost for this activity. For more details, go to https://www.cdc.gov/prevmed/pmgr/upcoming-lectures.html.

For More Information

Please contact the PMR/F program at prevmed@cdc.gov or visit the Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds web page.