Disparities in COVID‐19–related stressful life events in the United States: Understanding who is most impacted
| Autor: | Bradley M. Appelhans, Glenn I. Roisman, Alexis S. Thomas, Maria E. Bleil, Cathryn Booth-LaForce, Madalyn Osbourne |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adolescent Sociology and Political Science Ethnic group Race (biology) Intervention (counseling) Health care Pandemic Ethnicity Humans Pandemics Socioeconomic status SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Health Policy Stressor Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 United States Female business Positive Youth Development Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Follow-Up Studies Demography |
| Zdroj: | Health & Social Care in the Community. 30:1199-1211 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2524 0966-0410 |
| Popis: | Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States have been exacerbated by pre-existing inequities in resources and opportunities, leaving the most vulnerable to face a multitude of hardships. The goal of the current study was to characterise COVID-19-related stressful life events in specific life domains and to identify the sociodemographic characteristics of individuals who are more likely to experience such events. Participants (n = 372, 57% female) in a follow-up study of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development completed the Epidemic-Pandemic Impacts Inventory (June-August 2020) to assess COVID-19-related stressors. Sociodemographic factors (gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and wealth) were examined simultaneously as predictors of the number of stressful life events in separate categories of work/finances, home life, social activity, health and healthcare, adjusted for covariates (household size, community COVID-19 transmission risk). In negative binomial regression analyses, being female (vs. male) predicted a 31%, 64%, 13% and 94% increase in the number of stressful life events in domains of work/finances, home life, social activity and healthcare, respectively, whereas each one standard deviation increase in wealth predicted a 17%, 16% and 21% reduction in the number of stressful life events in domains of work/finances, COVID-19 infection and healthcare, respectively. Findings highlight the pronounced and far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women as well as the unique role wealth may play in lessening such impacts. This new knowledge may be leveraged to develop intervention and policy-related strategies to remediate impacts of COVID-19-related stressors on those most vulnerable. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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