Navigators bring the personal touch to the COVID-19 response
Meet the community navigators: a group of trusted community leaders, organizers and health workers collaborating with Public Health to help us stay true to our equity goals.
Read MoreOfficial insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staff
Meet the community navigators: a group of trusted community leaders, organizers and health workers collaborating with Public Health to help us stay true to our equity goals.
Read MoreFor years, Indigenous communities have been sounding the alarm about missing and murdered Indigenous women and people in their communities. It results from harmful responses and policies at multiple government levels that ignore Indigenous people’s lived experiences across the U.S. and Washington state.
Read MoreThe impacts of COVID-19 are disproportionately impacting communities of color. A conversation with our Health Officer and Equity Officer provide insight.
Read MorePublic Health – Seattle & King County is releasing preliminary data of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and confirmed deaths by race/ethnicity. This preliminary data shows COVID-related deaths and hospitalizations are impacting people of all races and ethnicities. Additional data is needed to be able to draw conclusions about the impact COVID-19 is having across racial/ethnic groups in King County.
Read MoreAs King County’s population and housing costs have risen steeply, many people of color and lower income families in King County have migrated to south Seattle and south King County, with the most vulnerable populations at risk of being priced out of the county all together. This displacement can have negative health impacts: it disrupts […]
Read More(información en español) All people should feel safe when they get health services. Unfortunately, recent federal immigration proposals have made people in immigrant communities feel more fear and stress. Some families feel they must choose between two risks. Should they avoid a clinic and possibly risk their health? Or should they risk an encounter with […]
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