ArticleThe Review of Black political economy2022
Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Essential Workers, Mental Health, and the Coronavirus Pandemic.
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- Low Risk, High Stakes: Factors Associated with Low COVID-19 Risk Perception Among Black Chicago Residents.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- COVID-19 Deaths in Transnational Settings: Disrupted Bereavement and Pandemic-Related Prolonged Grief Disorder in the Latinx Immigrant Population.Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses · 2025Article
- The Mental Health of Essential Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of U.S. State-level Policies.Society and mental health · 2025Article
- Psychiatric Epidemiology During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Current epidemiology reports · 2024Article
- Novel CHATogether family-centered mental health care in the post-pandemic era: a pilot case and evaluation.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
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- Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Pandemic-Era Unemployment Insurance Access: Implications For Health And Well-Being.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2022Article
- Financial Stress Among Latino Adults in California During COVID-19.Journal of economics, race, and policy · 2022Article
- "I'm sick of being called a hero - I want to get paid like one": Filipino American frontline workers' health under conditions of COVID-19 and racial capitalism.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Evidence is emerging of the pandemic disproportionately impacting communities of color. This study investigates mental health distress among essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic across race and ethnicity. We evaluate individual responses to the patient health questionnaire and general anxiety disorder questionnaire using a unique, nationally representative data set. Our findings suggest that essential healthcare workers reported the highest rates of mental health distress at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. However, when evaluated across race and ethnicity, we find that Black essential healthcare workers disproportionately report symptoms of anxiety; while, Hispanic essential healthcare workers disproportionately report symptoms of depression. Additionally, we find that being a Black or Hispanic essential nonhealthcare worker is associated with higher levels of distress related to anxiety and depression. These findings highlight the additional dimensions to which Black and Hispanic Americans may be disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, it calls into question how the essential worker classification, compounded by US unemployment policies, is potentially amplifying the mental health distress experienced by workers.
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