Perspective: COVID-19 and African American Religious Institutions

Abstract

Religious institutions have historically been an essential resource in African American communities and can serve as indispensable partners during a public health crisis. The purpose of this perspective is to establish African American churches, mosques, and temples as essential for an immediate, comprehensive, and sustained response to the elevated risk for and spread of COVID-19 among African Americans.Ethn Dis. 2020;30(3):425-428; doi:10.18865/ed.30.3.425