About this Research Topic
The goal of this Research Topic is to provide a platform for Indigenous people and allies to discuss issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We intend for these collections of articles to highlight the concerns but also the capacity of Indigenous communities to inform public health globally.
We would like to consider articles that are academically rigorous, yet tell the story of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Indigenous: health, society, culture, social media, economy, and policies in urban or rural settings. We will consider papers ranging from mental health to clinical interventions of COVID-19 to social media education. The First Peoples of this land have long been erased from data, media representation, and allocation of limited resources, we hope this body of work gives a voice to the first peoples.
In this Research Topic we encourage all papers that critically present (but not limited to) perspectives, viewpoints, quantitative surveys, qualitative interviews, comments, original research, literature reviews, case reports, case studies, data reports, and innovated approaches that have not yet been systematically tested but have applicability to the scope of this special issue.
***Due to the exceptional nature of the COVID-19 situation, Frontiers is waiving all article publishing charges for COVID-19 related research works.***
Keywords: Coronavirus disease, COVID-19, Indigenous People, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, health disparities, sociology, medicine, healthcare, public health, culture, health equity, health policy, traditional medicine, mental health, medical sociology, technology
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.