December 4, 2020

The Effect of Area Deprivation on COVID-19 Risk in Louisiana

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): disparities, public health

• Individuals residing in the most deprived neighborhoods in Louisiana had almost 40% higher risk of COVID-19 compared to those in least deprived neighborhoods. Neighborhood deprivation was assessed using the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), and publicly available data were used to estimate COVID-19 cumulative case counts. The authors propose that factors that may have contributed to different cumulative incidence of COVID-19 by neighborhood disadvantage, as measured by ADI, were neighborhood socioeconomic status, more crowded housing, nature of residents’ occupations, use of public transportation, utility disruptions, and telecommunication infrastructure.

  KC. et al. (Dec 3, 2020). The Effect of Area Deprivation on COVID-19 Risk in Louisiana. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243028