Associate Professor of Public Health
by bmorey1
“‘Disaggregated data is powerful at the local and the state level in order to garner resources for those who need it the most,’ said Morey, who co-authored a paper this month on data reporting gaps among Pacific communities.”
Full article in Honolulu Civil Beat here: https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/09/heres-why-hawaii-is-a-model-for-identifying-pandemic-racial-disparities/
by bmorey1
Axios: “September 16, 2021-Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are one of the fastest-growing populations, yet data collection on the community at the federal and state levels remains “virtually nonexistent,” according to a new study published in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law.”
Read full article here: https://www.axios.com/covid-data-native-hawaiians-pacific-islanders-7814153f-8f00-4f44-8f1d-862fbd35a8e2.html
by bmorey1
“The Burden of COVID-19 on Pacific Islander Communities.” A talk for the UCI Program in Public Health Lunchtime Lecture Series on Sept. 17, 2020.
View recorded lecture here.
by bmorey1
The heavy burden didn’t surprise Brittany Morey, a public health professor at UC Irvine researching social and health inequities in Pacific Islanders.
Pacific Islanders are likely more vulnerable to coronavirus since they are more likely to face poverty, live in dense neighborhoods and crowded homes, and work low-wage essential jobs that increase their risk of exposure.
And while public health researchers lump Pacific Islander data with Asians, they probably share more social-economic traits and chronic conditions with African Americans, Morey said.