Understanding COVID-19 risks and vulnerabilities among black communities in America: the lethal force of syndemics.
Black Americans
COVID-19
HIV
Health disparities
Syndemic theory
Journal
Annals of epidemiology
ISSN: 1873-2585
Titre abrégé: Ann Epidemiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9100013
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
received:
28
04
2020
accepted:
10
05
2020
pubmed:
19
5
2020
medline:
8
9
2020
entrez:
19
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Black communities in the United States are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic and the underlying conditions that exacerbate its negative consequences. Syndemic theory provides a useful framework for understanding how such interacting epidemics develop under conditions of health and social disparity. Multiple historical and present-day factors have created the syndemic conditions within which black Americans experience the lethal force of COVID-19. These factors include racism and its manifestations (e.g., chattel slavery, mortgage redlining, political gerrymandering, lack of Medicaid expansion, employment discrimination, and health care provider bias). Improving racial disparities in COVID-19 will require that we implement policies that address structural racism at the root of these disparities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32419765
doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.05.004
pii: S1047-2797(20)30177-0
pmc: PMC7224650
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1-3Subventions
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : R25 HD045810
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : R25 MH067127
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR001863
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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