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Through analysis of and evidence from, the lived experiences of a national network of African American pastors, the authors recommend four strategies to expedite recovery from the pandemic in the African American community and to promote enduring beneficial societal change: (1) public health and faith communities should initiate and maintain ongoing relationships that are based on trust; (2) recognition and acknowledgement by public and health care organizations that faith community leaders possess unique knowledge of their communities; (3) inclusion of faith community lead- ers as full partners when planning and strategizing, making decisions, solving problems, and developing policies that affect community wellbeing; and (4) use of an intersecting approach that recognizes the multifactorial realities of COVID-19 and uses remedies that effectively address existing and new problems in a comprehensive, long-term manner.

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Enlightened public health strategies have long claimed the need for cultural competence and collaboration with marginalized communities. This article, using real-life examples, discusses the challenges and mechanisms for cross cultural collaboration. Special emphasis on the African American Church communities provides deeper understanding of that community's needs.

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As a Public Health professional, I have experienced the challenges of cross cultural collaboration. As a veteran of the AIDS crisis I have also seen the impact that effective collaboration can have on addressing public health problems. This article focuses on the need to better understand and develop collaboration between public health and the African American Church communities.

Peter Goldblum

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This page is a summary of: African American Faith Communities and Public Health: Working at the Intersections of COVID-19, Human Arenas, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s42087-021-00197-z.
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