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Autor: Wojciechowski, Thomas Walter, Casey Sadler, Richard, Buchalski, Zachary, Harris, Alan, Lederer, Danielle, Furr-Holden, C Debra
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Annals of Epidemiology
ISSN: 1873-2585
1047-2797
Popis: Objectives : The establishment of community-academic partnerships to digest data and create actionable policy and advocacy steps is of continuing importance. In this paper, we document COVID-19 racial and geographic disparities uncovered via acollaboration between a local health department and university research center. Methods : We leverage individual level data for all COVID-19 cases aggregated to the census block group level, where group-based trajectory modeling was employed to identify latent patterns of change and continuity in COVID-19 diagnoses. Results : Linking with socioeconomic data from the census, we identified the types of communities most heavily affected by each of Michigan's two waves (in spring and fall of 2020). This includes a geographic and racial gap in COVID-19 cases during the first wave, which is largely eliminated during the second wave. Conclusions : Our work has been extremely valuable for community partners, informing community-level response toward testing, treatment, and vaccination. In particular, identifying and conducting advocacy on the sizeable racial disparity in COVID-19 cases during the first wave in spring 2020 helped our community nearly eliminate disparities throughout the second wave in fall 2020.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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