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Do COVID-19 Infectious Disease Models Incorporate the Social Determinants of Health? A Systematic Review.

Ava A John-Baptiste, Marc Moulin, Zhe Li, Darren Hamilton, Gabrielle Crichlow, Daniel Eisenkraft Klein, Feben W Alemu, Lina Ghattas, Kathryn McDonald, Miqdad Asaria and 11 more

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Ava A John-BaptisteDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Marc MoulinCentre for Medical Evidence, Decision Integrity and Clinical Impact, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Zhe LiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Darren HamiltonHealth Sciences Library, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada.
Gabrielle CrichlowDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Daniel Eisenkraft KleinDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Feben W AlemuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Lina GhattasDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Kathryn McDonaldJohns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Miqdad AsariaDepartment of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom.
Cameron SharpeDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Ekta PandyaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Nasheed MoqueetDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
David ChampredonPublic Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Seyed M MoghadasDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Lisa A CooperJohns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Andrew PintoDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Saverio StrangesDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Margaret J Haworth-BrockmanNational Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Alison GalvaniSchool of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
Shehzad AliDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To identify COVID-19 infectious disease models that accounted for social determinants of health (SDH). Methods: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, medRxiv, and the Web of Science from December 2019 to August 2020. We included mathematical modelling studies focused on humans investigating COVID-19 impact and including at least one SDH. We abstracted study characteristics (e.g., country, model type, social determinants of health) and appraised study quality using best practices guidelines. Results: 83 studies were included. Most pertained to multiple countries (n = 15), the United States (n = 12), or China (n = 7). Most models were compartmental (n = 45) and agent-based (n = 7). Age was the most incorporated SDH (n = 74), followed by gender (n = 15), race/ethnicity (n = 7) and remote/rural location (n = 6). Most models reflected the dynamic nature of infectious disease spread (n = 51, 61%) but few reported on internal (n = 10, 12%) or external (n = 31, 37%) model validation. Conclusion: Few models published early in the pandemic accounted for SDH other than age. Neglect of SDH in mathematical models of disease spread may result in foregone opportunities to understand differential impacts of the pandemic and to assess targeted interventions. Systematic Review Registration: [https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020207706], PROSPERO, CRD42020207706.

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COVID-19infectious disease modelsmodel validitypublic healthsocial determinants of health

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PMCPMC11499127

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