Multidisciplinary community-based investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak among Marshallese and Hispanic/Latino communities - Benton and Washington counties, Arkansas, March-June 2020
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
; 69(48):1807-1811, 2020.
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in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1502891
ABSTRACT
By June 2020, Marshallese and Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) persons in Benton and Washington counties of Arkansas had received a disproportionately high number of diagnoses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Despite representing approximately 19% of these counties' populations, Marshallese and Hispanic persons accounted for 64% of COVID-19 cases and 57% of COVID-19-associated deaths. Analyses of surveillance data, focus group discussions, and key-informant interviews were conducted to identify challenges and propose strategies for interrupting transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Challenges included limited native-language health messaging, high household occupancy, high employment rate in the poultry processing industry, mistrust of the medical system, and changing COVID-19 guidance. Reducing the COVID-19 incidence among communities that suffer disproportionately from COVID-19 requires strengthening the coordination of public health, health care, and community stakeholders to provide culturally and linguistically tailored public health education, community-based prevention activities, case management, care navigation, and service linkage.
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Year:
2020
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