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ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2023

COVID-19 Infection and Contact Tracing Among Refugees in the United States, 2020-2021.

Mengxi Zhang, Colleen Payton, Ashok Gurung, Philip Anglewicz, Parangkush Subedi, Ahmed Ali, Anisa Ibrahim, Mahri Haider, Navid Hamidi, Jacob Atem and 8 more

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Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Mengxi ZhangDepartment of Health Systems and Implementation Science, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, 24073, USA. mengxizhang@vt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2996-5346
Colleen PaytonSchool of Nursing and Public Health, Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Ashok GurungPolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Philip AnglewiczDepartment of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Parangkush SubediOffice of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC, USA.
Ahmed AliSomali Health Board, Seattle, WA, USA.
Anisa IbrahimPediatric Clinic, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Mahri HaiderDivision of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Navid HamidiAfghan Health Initiative, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jacob AtemSouthern Sudan Healthcare Organization, Okemos, MI, USA.
Jenni ThangDepartment of Consulting Psychology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Siqin WangSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Curi KimOffice of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC, USA.
Sarah L KimballBoston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord St, Boston, MA, USA.
Fatima KarakiDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Najib NazhatRefugees Northwest, Seattle, WA, USA.
Mouammar AbouagilaRefugee Resettlement and Placement Services, Lutheran Community Services Northwest, SeaTac, WA, USA.
Katherine YunDivision of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Blvd. , Philadelphia, PA, USA. yunk@chop.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Refugees in the United States are believed to be at high risk of COVID-19. A cross-sectional study design was utilized to collect anonymous, online surveys from refugee communities in the United States during December 2020 to January 2021. We invited bilingual community leaders to share the survey link with other refugees aged ≥18 years. We identified factors associated with COVID-19 infection and measured the distribution of contact tracing among those who tested positive. Of 435 refugees who completed the survey, 26.4% reported testing positive for COVID-19. COVID-19 infection was associated with having an infected family member and knowing people in one's immediate social environment who were infected. Among respondents who tested positive, 84.4% reported that they had been contacted for contact tracing. To prepare for future pandemics, public health authorities should continue partner with refugee community leaders and organizations to ensure efficient programs are inclusive of refugee communities.

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COVID-19RefugeesAdolescentAdultContact TracingCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPublic HealthUnited StatesCase investigationContact tracingCOVID-19InfectionRefugee

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PMID36586088
PMCPMC9803886

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