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Overcrowding and COVID-19 mortality across U.S. counties: Are disparities growing over time?
A growing line of research underscores that sociodemographic factors may contribute to disparities in the impact of COVID-19. Further, stages of disease theory suggests that disparities may grow as the pandemic unfolds and more advantaged areas are better able to apply growing knowledge and mitigati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8219888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34189244 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100845 |
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author | Kamis, Christina Stolte, Allison West, Jessica S. Fishman, Samuel H. Brown, Taylor Brown, Tyson Farmer, Heather R. |
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description | A growing line of research underscores that sociodemographic factors may contribute to disparities in the impact of COVID-19. Further, stages of disease theory suggests that disparities may grow as the pandemic unfolds and more advantaged areas are better able to apply growing knowledge and mitigation strategies. In this paper, we focus on the role of county-level household overcrowding on disparities in COVID-19 mortality in U.S. counties. We examine this relationship across three theoretically important periods of the pandemic from April–October 2020, that mark both separate stages of community knowledge and national mortality levels. We find evidence that the percentage of overcrowded households is a stronger predictor of COVID-19 mortality during later periods of the pandemic. Moreover, despite a relationship between overcrowding and poverty at the county-level, overcrowding plays an independent role in predicting COVID-19 mortality. Our findings underscore that areas disadvantaged by overcrowding may be more vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19 and that this vulnerability may lead to changing disparities over time. |
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spelling | pubmed-82198882021-06-28 Overcrowding and COVID-19 mortality across U.S. counties: Are disparities growing over time? Kamis, Christina Stolte, Allison West, Jessica S. Fishman, Samuel H. Brown, Taylor Brown, Tyson Farmer, Heather R. SSM Popul Health Article A growing line of research underscores that sociodemographic factors may contribute to disparities in the impact of COVID-19. Further, stages of disease theory suggests that disparities may grow as the pandemic unfolds and more advantaged areas are better able to apply growing knowledge and mitigation strategies. In this paper, we focus on the role of county-level household overcrowding on disparities in COVID-19 mortality in U.S. counties. We examine this relationship across three theoretically important periods of the pandemic from April–October 2020, that mark both separate stages of community knowledge and national mortality levels. We find evidence that the percentage of overcrowded households is a stronger predictor of COVID-19 mortality during later periods of the pandemic. Moreover, despite a relationship between overcrowding and poverty at the county-level, overcrowding plays an independent role in predicting COVID-19 mortality. Our findings underscore that areas disadvantaged by overcrowding may be more vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19 and that this vulnerability may lead to changing disparities over time. Elsevier 2021-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8219888/ /pubmed/34189244 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100845 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kamis, Christina Stolte, Allison West, Jessica S. Fishman, Samuel H. Brown, Taylor Brown, Tyson Farmer, Heather R. Overcrowding and COVID-19 mortality across U.S. counties: Are disparities growing over time? |
title | Overcrowding and COVID-19 mortality across U.S. counties: Are disparities growing over time? |
title_full | Overcrowding and COVID-19 mortality across U.S. counties: Are disparities growing over time? |
title_fullStr | Overcrowding and COVID-19 mortality across U.S. counties: Are disparities growing over time? |
title_full_unstemmed | Overcrowding and COVID-19 mortality across U.S. counties: Are disparities growing over time? |
title_short | Overcrowding and COVID-19 mortality across U.S. counties: Are disparities growing over time? |
title_sort | overcrowding and covid-19 mortality across u.s. counties: are disparities growing over time? |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8219888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34189244 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100845 |
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