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ArticleFrontiers in epidemiology2022

Investigating a key structural determinant of health, racism, and related social determinants of health in Massachusetts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arvis E Mortimer, Meagan J Sabatino, Esther Boama-Nyarko, Maira Castañeda-Avila, Melissa Goulding, Clevanne Julce, Stephane Labossiere, Guadalupe Mabry, Asli McCullers, Eileen McNicholas and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in epidemiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Arvis E MortimerDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
Meagan J SabatinoDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
Esther Boama-NyarkoDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
Maira Castañeda-AvilaDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
Melissa GouldingDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
Clevanne JulceDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
Stephane LabossiereDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
Guadalupe MabryYMCA Seattle | King | Snohomish, Seattle, WA, United States.
Asli McCullersDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States.
Eileen McNicholasDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
Ann MoormannDepartment of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
Elizabeth SchieberDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
Tubanji WalubitaInstitute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Sarah ForresterDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USNorthwestern University · USUniversity of Delaware · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A disproportionate burden of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is being shouldered by members of racial and ethnic minorities and socially disadvantaged communities. Structural and social determinants of health have been recognized as key contributors to the inequalities observed. Racism, a major structural determinant of health that patterns related social determinants of health, in the USA, warrants further investigation. In this perspective piece we provide an overview of the historical context of racism, followed by preliminary findings from the ongoing COVIDStory study-a cross-sectional study addressing perceptions of COVID-19 and COVID-19 research-that highlights the experiences of non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic identifying adult participants, residing in Worcester Massachusetts, during the COVID-19 pandemic. We then discuss these findings in the context of current and past research considering racism and relevant social determinants of health. Our study results suggest that racism and its residuals (residential segregation, economic insecurity, discrimination, bias, and vigilance) are modern challenges for non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic participants, and these findings are supported by the existing literature. It is our hope that this perspective piece provides additional evidence for action on structural and social determinants affecting the health of minoritized people, especially those living in Massachusetts.

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COVID-19MassachusettsracismSDOHstructural determinants

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