Association of income, education, employment and COVID-19 mortality in Brazil
Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences
; 84(8-A):No Pagination Specified, 2023.
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in English
| APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-2324636
ABSTRACT
The increased mortality rates from COVID-19 in Brazil have adversely affected vulnerable populations and placed a severe burden on its public health system as compared to other nations. Focusing on socioeconomic status as a risk factor in this retrospective cohort study, I investigated the association between Brazilian COVID-19mortality rate, income, school enrollment rate, and employment rate after controlling for the demographics and immunization rate. This is an important issue as an increase in incidence and mortality rates affects how governmental and public health leaders can effectively control and prevent disease spread. Using the fundamental causes of disease theory as the theoretical framework, I evaluated the underlying influence of socioeconomic factors on COVID-19 mortality at different geographic levels (region, state, and capital). Therefore, the foci of these three manuscripts is the need to assess this influence to encourage governmental response through better planning, strategies, and actions toward socioeconomic equality in Brazil, which could promote a reduction in the COVID-19 mortality rate. Most findings do not agree with the theory tested, which can be explained by a series of other factors, such as population density and heterogeneity.Thus, there are still inconsistencies regarding how minority groups are at greater risk of disease contamination and death. The social change implications of this study include a potential increase in opportunities for socioeconomic equality. A decrease in the COVID19 mortality rate could also allow Brazilians to improve individual lives with healthier families and communities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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APA PsycInfo
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Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
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Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences
Year:
2023
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Article
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