HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT - COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED INCLUDING RADIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES - THE CITY OF HOUSTON WITH A POPULATION OF 2.32 MILLION, LIES IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. THE CITY IS ENTIRELY URBAN AND LIKE OTHER LARGE URBAN AREAS, FACES DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AND LARGE INEQUITIES IN RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS. HOUSTON IS ALSO SAID TO BE THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THE COUNTRY WITH 45% HISPANIC, 24.4% WHITE ALONE, 6.8% ASIAN ALONE AND 22.6% BLACK ALONE, 2.2 % MULTI-RACIAL AND THE A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVES ALONE AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND ALASKA NATIVES ALONE.HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT (HHD) IS COMMITTED TO HEALTH EQUITY AND HAS DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED PLANS THAT ADDRESS ACCESS AND EQUITY, FOR COVID -19 TESTING AND FOR VACCINES. HHD WILL USE A MULTILEVEL FRAMEWORK AND THE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL MODEL TO RESPOND TO THE GRANT.

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HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT - COVID-19 HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AT HIGH-RISK AND UNDERSERVED INCLUDING RADIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES - THE CITY OF HOUSTON WITH A POPULATION OF 2.32 MILLION, LIES IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. THE CITY IS ENTIRELY URBAN AND LIKE OTHER LARGE URBAN AREAS, FACES DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AND LARGE INEQUITIES IN RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS. HOUSTON IS ALSO SAID TO BE THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THE COUNTRY WITH 45% HISPANIC, 24.4% WHITE ALONE, 6.8% ASIAN ALONE AND 22.6% BLACK ALONE, 2.2 % MULTI-RACIAL AND THE A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVES ALONE AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND ALASKA NATIVES ALONE.HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT (HHD) IS COMMITTED TO HEALTH EQUITY AND HAS DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED PLANS THAT ADDRESS ACCESS AND EQUITY, FOR COVID -19 TESTING AND FOR VACCINES. HHD WILL USE A MULTILEVEL FRAMEWORK AND THE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL MODEL TO RESPOND TO THE GRANT.