Connected in health: Place-to-place commuting networks and COVID-19 spillovers.
Health Place
; 77: 102891, 2022 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1983101
ABSTRACT
Biweekly county COVID-19 data were linked with Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data to analyze population risk exposures enabled by pre-pandemic, country-wide commuter networks. Results from fixed-effects, spatial, and computational statistical approaches showed that commuting network exposure to COVID-19 predicted an area's COVID-19 cases and deaths, indicating spillovers. Commuting spillovers between counties were independent from geographic contiguity, pandemic-time mobility, or social media ties. Results suggest that commuting connections form enduring social linkages with effects on health that can withstand mobility disruptions. Findings contribute to a growing relational view of health and place, with implications for neighborhood effects research and place-based policies.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Social Media
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Health Place
Journal subject:
Epidemiology
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Public Health
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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