OHIO INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS UNDERSERVED AND AT HIGH-RISK - COVID-19 AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS DIABETES, ASTHMA, COPD DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT MINORITIES IN OHIO AND THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS. AS A RESULT, THESE OHIOANS FACE WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES DRIVEN BY SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH) SUCH AS HOUSING, ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, AND TRANSPORTATION. WITH THIS GRANT, THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (ODH) PLANS TO ADDRESS THE SDOH AMONG THIS POPULATION, ADDRESS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THESE COMMUNITIES, AND REDUCE HEALTH INEQUITIES.ODH COLLABORATED WITH MANY PARTNERS IN DEVELOPING THE GRANT APPLICATION, ESPECIALLY THE STATE OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH. THE ODH TEAM INCLUDES EQUITY AND DISABILITY SPECIALISTS WHO CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES, OHIOANS WITH DISABILITIES, AND RURAL RESIDENTS. ODH ALSO COLLABORATED WITH SEVERAL STATE AGENCIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRANT APPLICATION,

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OHIO INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS UNDERSERVED AND AT HIGH-RISK - COVID-19 AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS DIABETES, ASTHMA, COPD DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT MINORITIES IN OHIO AND THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS. AS A RESULT, THESE OHIOANS FACE WORSE HEALTH OUTCOMES DRIVEN BY SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH) SUCH AS HOUSING, ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, AND TRANSPORTATION. WITH THIS GRANT, THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (ODH) PLANS TO ADDRESS THE SDOH AMONG THIS POPULATION, ADDRESS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THESE COMMUNITIES, AND REDUCE HEALTH INEQUITIES.ODH COLLABORATED WITH MANY PARTNERS IN DEVELOPING THE GRANT APPLICATION, ESPECIALLY THE STATE OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH. THE ODH TEAM INCLUDES EQUITY AND DISABILITY SPECIALISTS WHO CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS INCLUDING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES, OHIOANS WITH DISABILITIES, AND RURAL RESIDENTS. ODH ALSO COLLABORATED WITH SEVERAL STATE AGENCIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRANT APPLICATION,