A Community Case Study on Geographic, Environmental, and Social Health Disparities in COVID-19 Disease: Yakima, Washington

Autor:	Tishra Beeson, Jaclyn Johnson, Lilian Bravo, Teresa Everson, Alberto Saldana, Amie Wojtyna, Casey Mace Firebaugh
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	education.field_of_study business.industry Population Disease Health equity Geography Agriculture Environmental health Pandemic Social determinants of health education business Air quality index Socioeconomic status
Zdroj:	Open Journal of Preventive Medicine. 10:288-297
ISSN:	2162-2485 2162-2477
DOI:	10.4236/ojpm.2020.1011021
Popis:	Yakima County, Washington, a rural county with an urban core suffered disproportionately under the conditions presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and summer wildfires of 2020. With an infection rate of over 700 per 100,000 population at the height of the pandemic, the county concurrently experienced 14 consecutive days of an air quality index in the unhealthy to hazardous range in August 2020. This paper examines the contributing socioeconomic, geographic, and environmental vulnerabilities that make Yakima County particularly susceptible to the continuum of expected COVID-19 disease and related outcomes and suggests comprehensive areas of investigation to mitigate its impact on special populations, including Hispanic-Latino communities, agricultural, food production, and other essential workers.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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