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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate and negative impact on people from black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities in the UK.1 The UK entered the pandemic already in a poor state of health with rising levels of child poverty and inequalities between socioeconomic groups and ethnicities2 with public service cuts (particularly in poorer areas) and austerity having an impact on health3. The COVID-19 pandemic and the wider governmental and societal response have now further exposed the inequalities in our society. It is vital to consider the action needed to ensure everyone can enjoy the same opportunity for good health and wellbeing in the post-COVID-19 recovery.
The Race Equality Foundation are leading a set of collaborations to develop an evidence-led narrative and make practical recommendations to better ensure that the recovery phase from COVID-19 in the UK addresses racial inequity. This briefing relates to the ʻChildren and Familiesʼ collaborative where we present an overview of the direct and indirect impact of the pandemic on the 19.4 million families in the UK4. This briefing is based on a broad scope of the literature and draws on a range of sources (peer-reviewed empirical work, policy reports, and grey literature) relating to children and families generally and for ethnic minority groups specifically. It is not meant to be an exhaustive review but rather an overview of key points of interest to inform discussions to develop a set of evidence-led solutions. Where possible, the briefing outlines the evidence relating to different ethnic groups rather than considering ʻethnic minoritiesʼ as one collective group. However, this is not always possible due to reporting in the literature so caution must be applied when considering the findings across all ethnic groups.
The briefing first outlines the literature on the direct impact of Covid-19 as related to children and families followed by the indirect impact of the pandemic and public health measures with some concluding remarks.

Publication Type:	Report
Additional Information:	This report has been published by the Race Equality Foundation and it's available online at: https://raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/projects/race-equity-collaboratives/
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Departments:	School of Health & Psychological Sciences School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Healthcare Services Research & Management
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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