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Municipal Ethnic Composition and Disparities in COVID-19 Infections in New Jersey: A Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Analysis.
Wang, Yuqi; Reyes, Laurent; Greenfield, Emily A; Allred, Sarah R.
  • Wang Y; Department of Social Work, China Youth University of Political Studies, Beijing 100089, China.
  • Reyes L; School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • Greenfield EA; School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
  • Allred SR; Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ 08102, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health ; 19(21)2022 Oct 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2123596
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has disproportionally impacted Latinx and Black communities in the US. Our study aimed to extend the understanding of ethnic disparities in COVID-19 case rates by using a unique dataset of municipal case rates across New Jersey (NJ) during the first 17 months of the pandemic. We examined the extent to which there were municipal-level ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection rates during three distinct spikes in case rates over this period. Furthermore, we used the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis to identify municipal-level exposure and vulnerability factors that contributed to ethnic disparities and how the contributions of these factors changed across the three initial waves of infection. Two clear results emerged. First, in NJ, the COVID-19 infection risk disproportionally affected Latinx communities across all three waves during the first 17 months of the pandemic. Second, the exposure and vulnerability factors that most strongly contributed to higher rates of infection in Latinx and Black communities changed over time as the virus, alongside medical and societal responses to it, also changed. These findings suggest that understanding and addressing ethnicity-based COVID-19 disparities will require sustained attention to the systemic and structural factors that disproportionately place historically marginalized ethnic communities at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ethnicity / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ijerph192113963

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ethnicity / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ijerph192113963