WEAR A MASK
The metro Atlanta area continues to see a significant rise in the number of individuals infected with COVID-19. This virus is impacting people of all ages, in all neighborhoods of our community but is having a disproportionate impact on Black and Latino populations in Atlanta. Wearing a mask is one of the most important steps everyone must take to stop the spread of the virus. But it is critical that Atlantans, especially those who are at greatest risk hear this message from people and organizations they trust. The Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement’s partners are committing to ensuring that every individual and family they serve knows the importance of wearing a mask, washing their hands, and watching their social distance.
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Additional Infographics:
- Videos and infographics are available from the Georgia Department of Public Health on stopping the spread, contact tracing, and how to quarantine: https://dph.georgia.gov/contact-tracing
- Videos from the Latino Community Fund
- Get Georgia Well Toolkit
Resources:
- Get GA Well campaign: #MaskUpGA
- Wearing a Mask Could be Ever More Important than We Thought
- Opinion: 3 W’s That Can Keep You Safe
- CDC Calls on Americans to Wear Masks to Prevent COVID-19 Spread
- COVID-19 Health Equity Interactive tool: Please keep in mind when searching county-state level of data that the county characteristics are not COVID-19 characteristics:
- County-Level Proportion of Non-Hispanic Black Population is Associated with Increased County Confirmed COVID-19 Case Rates After Accounting for Poverty, Insurance Status, and Population Density
- Characteristics Associated with Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 — Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, March–April 2020
- DPH & CORE: Free, Walk-Up COVID-19 Testing Sites in Clarkston
- Available Languages: Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, English, French, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Lingala, Malay, Nepali, Oromo, Portuguese, Rohingya, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Zulu
- The Center for Victims of Torture List of Mental Health Resources in Multiple Languages During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Resources and Information on Testing in Spanish from the Latin American Association
TOGETHER WE CAN
Healthcare costs by -13%
Non-urgent trips to the emergency room by -45%
Hospital readmissions by -13%
Worker productivity by +7%
Access to preventive and chronic care by +16%
ARCHI IN CONTEXT
ARCHI is driving a movement that unites community perspective with institutional action to accelerate health improvement. We believe health is a state of being, a destination, a culture.
OUR PRIORITIES
In 2012, over 70 stakeholders gathered to analyze data about the health system in Fulton and DeKalb Counties and consider the disparate health status of residents.
Using the ReThink Health, dynamic systems model they considered a range of potential interventions and investment strategies—the Atlanta Transformation Scenario, emerged as the most effective way to produce a lasting improvement in health status while increasing the region’s economic vitality.
PEOPLE & PARTNERS
The imperatives were evident, the ambition was endless. Could we come together and mutually reinforce each other’s work with greater impact? Since ARCHI’s founding, over 70 organizations representing a wide range of disciplines have pledged their support and are working toward ARCHI’s goals.