Anthro Analyst

Investigating COVID-19 health disparities in Indigenous communities

The settler colonial logic of elimination lives on in America. Due to systemic disparities in water, housing, food, and wealth, Indigenous communities are experiencing the COVID-19 crisis worse than the rest of the country.

How coronavirus has affected human cultures and religions around the world

The field of healthcare isn't limited to clinical practice. Rather, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation [https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/beyond-health-care-the-role-of-social-determinants-in-promoting-health-and-health-equity/], factors influencing healthcare include"the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age that shape health," collectively known as the social determinants of health. In the first episode of the Anthro Analyst podcast, we explore how a core element of our society—religion—has affected, and been affected by, the coronavirus pandemic. By learning more about the societal underpinnings of the coronavirus, we can improve our pandemic response and better respond to similar issues in the future.