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Social Determinants and Indicators of COVID-19 Among Marginalized Communities: A Scientific Review and Call to Action for Pandemic Response and Recovery.
Brakefield, Whitney S; Olusanya, Olufunto A; White, Brianna; Shaban-Nejad, Arash.
  • Brakefield WS; The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) - Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Center for Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA.
  • Olusanya OA; The Bredesen Center for Data Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
  • White B; The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) - Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Center for Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA.
  • Shaban-Nejad A; The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) - Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Center for Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep ; : 1-10, 2022 May 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1829859
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has placed massive socio-psychological, health, and economic burdens including deaths on countless lives; however, it has disproportionally impacted certain populations. Co-occurring Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) disparities and other underlying determinants have exacerbated the COVID-19 pandemic. This literature review sought to (1) examine literature focused on SDoH and COVID-19 outcomes ie, infectivity, hospitalization, and death rates among marginalized communities; and (2) identify SDoH disparities associated with COVID-19 outcomes. We searched electronic databases for studies published from October 2019 to October 2021. Studies that were selected were those intersecting SDoH indicators and COVID-19 outcomes and were conducted in the United States. Our review underscored the disproportionate vulnerabilities and adverse outcomes from COVID-19 that have impacted racial/ethnic minority communities and other disadvantaged groups (ie, senior citizens, and displaced/homeless individuals). COVID-19 outcomes were associated with SDoH indicators, ie, race/ethnicity, poverty, median income level, housing density, housing insecurity, health-care access, occupation, transportation/commuting patterns, education, air quality, food insecurity, old age, etc. Our review concluded with recommendations and a call to action to integrate SDoH indicators along with relevant health data when implementing intelligent solutions and intervention strategies to pandemic response/recovery among vulnerable populations.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Randomized controlled trials / Reviews Language: English Journal: Disaster Med Public Health Prep Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Dmp.2022.104

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Randomized controlled trials / Reviews Language: English Journal: Disaster Med Public Health Prep Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Dmp.2022.104