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December 28, 2020
Financial Hardship and Social Assistance as Determinants of Mental Health and Food and Housing Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
[pre-print; not peer-reviewed] In a nationally-representative survey of working-age adults in the US, 54% reported household income loss since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experiencing somewhat of a financial hardship (vs no hardship) was associated with a greater likelihood of depressive (OR=2.9) or anxiety symptoms (OR=3.1) and greater likelihood of food insufficiency (OR=15.6). Experiencing…
December 23, 2020
Comparison of Knowledge and Information-Seeking Behavior After General COVID-19 Public Health Messages and Messages Tailored for Black and Latinx Communities
In a randomized trial, participants who identified as Black and Latinx who were assigned to watch public health video messages recorded by a physician of the same race/ethnicity were less likely have knowledge gaps regarding COVID-19 when compared to those who were received messages delivered by race-discordant physicians. Participants were presented videos regarding the symptoms,…
Clinical Outcomes, Costs, and Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies for Adults Experiencing Sheltered Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In a modeling study that simulated adults living in shelters, daily symptom screening with PCR testing of individuals who had positive symptom screening and use of alternative care sites for COVID-19 management were associated with substantially reduced new cases and costs compared with other strategies. When community transmission surges, adding universal testing every two weeks…
Changes in UK Hospital Mortality in the First Wave of COVID-19 the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol Prospective Multicentre Observational Cohort Study
[pre-print; not peer-reviewed] Among people recently admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, there was a 19% reduction in the odds of mortality compared to the first wave of the epidemic. After adjusting for demographics, comorbidities, and illness severity, the authors compared the mortality observed during a four-week interval in March to…
Variation in US Hospital Mortality Rates for Patients Admitted With COVID-19 During the First 6 Months of the Pandemic
COVID-19 mortality rates in the US declined among hospitalized patients over the first few months of the pandemic with better outcomes associated with low community prevalence of COVID-19, according to a retrospective cohort analysis. The authors constructed a cohort of 38,517 adults from a deidentified administrative database in patients admitted with COVID-19 from January 1…
December 21, 2020
Excess Mortality in California During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic, March to August 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic in California, older adults, residents who identified as Black and Latino, and those without college degrees have experienced the highest per capita excess mortality. From March 1 through August 22, 2020, an estimated 19,806 deaths in excess of those predicted by historical trends occurred in California. Excess deaths among Latino residents…
How Information Sources, Risk Perception, and Efficacy Appraisal Predicted Engagement in Protective Behaviors Against COVID-19: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey in China (Preprint)
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A six-wave, repeated cross-sectional survey (N = 1942) conducted in six major cities in China from February to April found that reliance on expert sources for information on COVID-19 was not a major factor motivating protective actions (staying at home, wearing a facemask, and washing hands) until wave 3, and the negative…
December 18, 2020
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rural America
A study of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living in rural communities in the western US found significant negative impacts on self-reported overall life satisfaction, mental health, and economic outlook. These impacts were generally consistent across age, ethnicity, education, and sex. More than half of all respondents reported some level of negative impact…
COVID-19 as the Leading Cause of Death in the United States
By October 2020, COVID-19 had become the leading cause of death in the United States for people over age 35. In October 2020, COVID-19 had become the third leading cause of death for persons aged 45 through 84 years and the second leading cause of death for those aged 85 years or older. COVID-19 mortality…
December 17, 2020
Telehealth Practice Among Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, July 11–17, 2020
A survey conducted in July 2020 among 1,009 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded health centers found that health centers in urban areas were more likely to provide >30% of visits virtually than those in rural areas (55.1% vs 29.9%). A higher proportion of health centers in the Northeast, West, US territories, and freely associated…
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