MIAMI-DADE'S INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS - THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (FDOH-MDC) IS THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPERATING UNDER THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (FDOH) LOCATED IN THE STATE CAPITAL OF TALLAHASSEE. FDOH-MDC SERVES MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (MDC) LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF FLORIDA. THE FDOH-MDC LEARNED THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS, BARRIERS, AND HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS. WHEN THESE DISPARITIES ARE EXAMINED THROUGH THE LENS OF COVID-19, DATA HIGHLIGHTS THE TRUE DISPARITIES AND IMPACT THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES HAVE FACED DURING THIS ONGOING PANDEMIC. RISK FACTORS FOR DISEASE, ILLNESS AND MORTALITY, SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, INEQUITIES IN HEALTH, AND QUALITY OF LIFE ARE EXACERBATED WHEN COMBINED WITH

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MIAMI-DADE'S INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS - THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (FDOH-MDC) IS THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPERATING UNDER THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (FDOH) LOCATED IN THE STATE CAPITAL OF TALLAHASSEE. FDOH-MDC SERVES MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (MDC) LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF FLORIDA. THE FDOH-MDC LEARNED THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS, BARRIERS, AND HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS. WHEN THESE DISPARITIES ARE EXAMINED THROUGH THE LENS OF COVID-19, DATA HIGHLIGHTS THE TRUE DISPARITIES AND IMPACT THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES HAVE FACED DURING THIS ONGOING PANDEMIC. RISK FACTORS FOR DISEASE, ILLNESS AND MORTALITY, SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, INEQUITIES IN HEALTH, AND QUALITY OF LIFE ARE EXACERBATED WHEN COMBINED WITH