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April 8, 2021
Association of Human Mobility Restrictions and Race/Ethnicity–Based, Sex-Based, and Income-Based Factors With Inequities in Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
African American and Hispanic individuals, women, and households with low income were disproportionately affected by adverse social and mental health outcomes during lockdown in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic according to a large population-representative cross-sectional survey of over 1 million US respondents from April to July 2020. On average, every 10% reduction in…
Differences in COVID-19 Testing and Test Positivity Among Veterans, United States, 2020
US Veterans who are female, from racial/ethnic minority groups, had a low income, or had a service-related disability were more likely to obtain a COVID-19 test according to a retrospective cohort study with over 6 million veterans across 130 Veterans Health Administration facilities. Among veterans who were tested, those who identify as African American or…
April 5, 2021
A Multicountry Perspective on Gender Differences in Time Use during COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, women spent more time than men on tasks such as childcare and household chores, according to responses from eight cross-sectional surveys and one longitudinal survey of adults in the US, Canada, Denmark, Brazil, and Spain (n = 31,141). These differences were stronger for parents. The authors note that to the extent…
April 2, 2021
A Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Transmission and Mortality Rates at the County Level in the United States Considering Socio-Demographics, Health Indicators, Mobility Trends and Health Care Infrastructure Attributes
Restricting county-level mobility through a stay-at-home-order (SAHO) with 50% compliance could result in a potential reduction of about 33% in daily COVID-19 cases, according to a modeling study. The models used smartphone mobility data and COVID-19 case and death data from March to August 2020 in 1,752 US counties that had at least 100 recorded…
March 29, 2021
Years of Potential Life Lost Secondary to COVID-19: Cook County, Illinois
Among residents of Cook County, Illinois during the COVID-19 pandemic, the years of potential life lost (YPLL) was 4.8 times greater in the most affected racial/ethnic group (YPLL: 2289/100,000 population among Hispanic individuals) than in the least affected group (YPLL: 480/100,000 population among Asian individuals). 8,283 Cook County residents died from COVID-19 between March and…
Counties with Lower Insurance Coverage Are Associated with Both Slower Vaccine Rollout and Higher COVID-19 Incidence across the United States
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] US counties with high levels of uninsured individuals had significantly lower COVID-19 vaccination rates and tended to have the highest COVID-19 incidence rates in March 2021 relative to December 2020, according to an analysis of data from over 1,500 counties (228 million individuals). Counties with higher percentages of Black and Hispanic individuals…
March 25, 2021
Counties with High COVID-19 Incidence and Relatively Large Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations — United States, April 1–December 22, 2020
US county-level data show that during April 2020 11% of counties (n=3,142) reported high 2-week COVID-19 incidence (>100 new cases per 100,000 persons), which rose to 65% of counties in August, and 99% in December 2020. Counties whose percentages of racial and ethnic minority populations are larger than the respective national percentages were consistently overrepresented…
March 19, 2021
Shelter Characteristics, Infection Prevention Practices, and Universal Testing for SARS-CoV-2 at Homeless Shelters in 7 US Urban Areas
Findings from SARS-CoV-2 testing offered to clients and staff at 63 homeless shelters, irrespective of symptoms, found lower prevalence of infection at shelters that implemented head-to-toe sleeping and that excluded symptomatic staff from working. Shelters with medical services available were less likely to have very high infection prevalence (defined as >10%). Self, J et al….
March 18, 2021
Neighborhood Disadvantage Measures and COVID-19 Cases in Boston, 2020
Census tracts in Boston with high incidence of COVID-19 between February and May 2020 had significant colocation of several neighborhood-level factors and the top quintile of cases: percentage of population that was Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, without health insurance, receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, and living in poverty. They observed a 25% higher incidence of…
March 16, 2021
Self-Reported Hearing Difficulties Are Associated with Loneliness, Depression and Cognitive Dysfunction during the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the context of increased social isolation during the COVID-19, hearing difficulties among older adults were associated with self-reported anxiety, depression, and cognitive function, according to an online survey. Participants (n=80) had a mean age of 76 years and had their hearing measured by the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ12) and were…
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