Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 27, 2025

Bridging the Technology Divide in the COVID-19 Era: Using Virtual Outreach to Expose Middle and High School Students to Imaging Technology
Published on: September 28, 2022
Disparities Made Invisible: Gaps in COVID-19 Data for American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Alexandra Skinner1, Julia Raifman1, Elizabeth Ferrara1
1Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Introduction:
Complete COVID-19 data for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations are critical to equitable pandemic response.
Methods:
We used the COVID-19 U.S. State Policy database to document gaps in COVID-19 data reporting for AI/AN people.
Results:
Sixty-four percent of states do not report AI/AN data for at least one COVID-19 health metric: cases, hospitalizations, deaths, or vaccinations.
Discussion:
The lack of AI/AN-specific data masks the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 and presents challenges to COVID-19 prevention, policy implementation, and health equity.
Conclusions:
Public-facing data disaggregated by race may facilitate rapid response COVID-19 research and policymaking to support AI/AN communities.
More Related Videos
14:43A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting
Published on: January 12, 2018
06:55Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting Propensity Score using the Military Health System Data Repository and National Death Index
Published on: January 8, 2020
Related Concept Videos
Bias in Epidemiological Studies
Prevalence and Incidence
Prevalence indicates the proportion of individuals in a population who have a specific disease or health...
Pareto Chart
The Pareto chart is named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who described the Pareto...
Pie Chart
In a pie chart, the central angle, the arc length of each slice, and the area are directly proportional to the quantity or percentage it represents. Some real-world examples that can be depicted using pie charts include marks obtained by students...
Surveys
Data: Types and Distribution
Distributions in...