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Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts in Michigan, USA
Racial disparities have been observed in the impacts of COVID-19 in the USA. In the present paper, we used a representative sample of adults in Michigan to examine differences in COVID-19 impacts on Blacks and Whites in four domains: direct, perceived, political, and behavioral. We found that in the...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7901513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33620712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00939-9 |
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author | Anderson-Carpenter, Kaston D. Neal, Zachary P. |
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description | Racial disparities have been observed in the impacts of COVID-19 in the USA. In the present paper, we used a representative sample of adults in Michigan to examine differences in COVID-19 impacts on Blacks and Whites in four domains: direct, perceived, political, and behavioral. We found that in the initial wave of the outbreak in May 2020, Blacks experienced more severe direct impacts: they were more likely to be diagnosed or know someone who was diagnosed, and more likely to lose their job compared to Whites. In addition, Blacks differed significantly from Whites in their assessment of COVID-19’s threat to public health and the economy, the adequacy of government responses to COVID-19, and the appropriateness of behavioral changes to mitigate COVID-19’s spread. Although in many cases these views of COVID-19 were also associated with political ideology, this association was significantly stronger for Whites than Blacks. Continued investigation of racial disparities in COVID-19’s impact is necessary; however, these preliminary findings of a race-by-ideology interaction are important because they suggest some racial disparities are restricted to conservatives, while more liberal Whites and Blacks exhibit few differences. |
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spelling | pubmed-79015132021-02-24 Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts in Michigan, USA Anderson-Carpenter, Kaston D. Neal, Zachary P. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities Article Racial disparities have been observed in the impacts of COVID-19 in the USA. In the present paper, we used a representative sample of adults in Michigan to examine differences in COVID-19 impacts on Blacks and Whites in four domains: direct, perceived, political, and behavioral. We found that in the initial wave of the outbreak in May 2020, Blacks experienced more severe direct impacts: they were more likely to be diagnosed or know someone who was diagnosed, and more likely to lose their job compared to Whites. In addition, Blacks differed significantly from Whites in their assessment of COVID-19’s threat to public health and the economy, the adequacy of government responses to COVID-19, and the appropriateness of behavioral changes to mitigate COVID-19’s spread. Although in many cases these views of COVID-19 were also associated with political ideology, this association was significantly stronger for Whites than Blacks. Continued investigation of racial disparities in COVID-19’s impact is necessary; however, these preliminary findings of a race-by-ideology interaction are important because they suggest some racial disparities are restricted to conservatives, while more liberal Whites and Blacks exhibit few differences. Springer International Publishing 2021-02-23 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC7901513/ /pubmed/33620712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00939-9 Text en © W. Montague Cobb-NMA Health Institute 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Anderson-Carpenter, Kaston D. Neal, Zachary P. Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts in Michigan, USA |
title | Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts in Michigan, USA |
title_full | Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts in Michigan, USA |
title_fullStr | Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts in Michigan, USA |
title_full_unstemmed | Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts in Michigan, USA |
title_short | Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts in Michigan, USA |
title_sort | racial disparities in covid-19 impacts in michigan, usa |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7901513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33620712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00939-9 |
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