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January 28, 2021
Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals Engaged in a Longitudinal Cohort StudyUnderstanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals Engaged in a Longitudinal Cohort Study
Transgender and gender nonbinary (TGNB) individuals (n=208) from an established longitudinal cohort experienced increased psychological distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as expressed by significantly higher raw scores during than pandemic than pre-pandemic on the Global Severity Index (GSI) . Additionally, a significantly higher percentage of respondents met criteria for clinically significant depressive (41% vs…
January 27, 2021
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Trust of Information and COVID-19 Preventative Practices among People with Disabilities
Survey participants with disabilities who live outside of metropolitan areas had the lowest COVID-19 information trust ratings and reported significantly less trust in most information sources when compared to people with disabilities in either metropolitan or micropolitan counties. Increased compliance with CDC guidelines was associated with being over 65, identifying as female, and higher general…
January 25, 2021
Excess Mortality Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic among Californians 18-65 Years of Age by Occupational Sector and Occupation March through October 2020
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A study using death records from the California Department of Public Health found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, working age adults experienced a 22% increase in mortality compared to historical periods, which varied by race/ethnicity and occupational sector and occupation. Latino Californians experienced a 36% increase in mortality (59% among Latino food/agriculture…
January 22, 2021
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Unintentional Fatal and Nonfatal Emergency Medical Services–Attended Opioid Overdoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia
A cross-sectional study in Philadelphia found that the beginning of the city’s stay-at-home order on March 23, 2020 was associated a 52% increase in opioid overdose among non-Hispanic Black individuals but a 24% decrease among non-Hispanic white people. Researchers compared mean counts of fatal opioid overdoses in the 3 months after the beginning of Philadelphia’s…
Demographic Predictors of Hospitalization and Mortality in US Children with COVID-19
Although deaths and hospitalizations are rare among children in the United States diagnosed with COVID-19, Black and multiracial children are more likely than white children to be hospitalized (OR=1.5) and die (OR=3.0). Children with a prior medical condition are also more likely to be hospitalized (OR=3.6) and to die (OR=8.8). Of the 27,045 children whose…
January 21, 2021
Association of Social and Economic Inequality With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Incidence and Mortality Across US Counties
A cross-sectional ecologic analysis using US county-level data found that counties with higher income inequality and a higher proportion of Black or Hispanic residents had higher COVID-19 incidence and mortality. Each 1% increase in county-level income inequality, proportion of Black residents, and proportion of Hispanic residents corresponded to 2%, 1.9%, and 2.4% higher incidence and…
January 15, 2021
Reductions in 2020 US Life Expectancy Due to COVID-19 and the Disproportionate Impact on the Black and Latino Populations
The COVID-19 pandemic could result in to 3 to 4 times larger reductions in life expectancy for Black and Latino populations in the United States compared to the reduction in life expectancy among white people. Estimated reductions in life expectancy were 2.1 in Black and 3.1 years in Latino populations versus 0.7 years in white…
Perceived Interruptions to HIV Prevention and Treatment Services Associated with COVID-19 for Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in 20 Countries
More stringent pandemic control responses were correlated with decreased perceived access to HIV prevention and treatment services in a study of 10,654 men who have sex with men from 20 countries. For every ten-point increase in stringency, assessed with the Oxford Government Response Tracker Stringency Index, there was a 3% reduction in the prevalence of…
January 13, 2021
Impact of Residential Neighborhood and Race/Ethnicity on Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 in the Bronx
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A single center retrospective observational cohort study of SARS-CoV-2-positive adult residents (n = 977) of the Bronx hospitalized between March-May 2020 found that residing in the South Bronx (OR=1.8), age > 60 years (OR=2.5) and critical COVID-19 (OR=14.6) were significantly associated with mortality. There was no observed difference in 30-day mortality by…
January 12, 2021
Empiric Evidence of Ethnic Disparities in Coronavirus Positivity in Washington State
Minority groups experienced higher rates of SARS-CoV-2 positivity compared to white patients in Washington State during the first wave of the pandemic (n=18,667). Latinx patients had nearly a 5-fold risk of positivity compared to white patients, while Black patients had nearly a 2-fold risk of positivity. Notably, 22% of Latinx patients had self-pay insurance compared…
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