COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparate Health Impact on the Hispanic/Latinx Population in the United States. (30th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Macias Gil, Raul; Marcelin, Jasmine R; Zuniga-Blanco, Brenda; Marquez, Carina; Mathew, Trini; Piggott, Damani A
• Is Part Of: Journal of infectious diseases. Volume 222:Number 10(2020)
• Page Start: 1592
• Page End: 1595
• Publication Date: 2020-07-30
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- coronavirus -- SARS-CoV-2 -- Hispanic -- Latinx -- health disparity; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa474
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1899

Abstract

Abstract: In December 2019, a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Wuhan, China, causing the coronavirus disease 2019 we now refer to as COVID-19. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 12 March 2020. In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed preexisting social and health disparities among several historically vulnerable populations, with stark differences in the proportion of minority individuals diagnosed with and dying from COVID-19. In this article we will describe the emerging disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Hispanic/Latinx (henceforth: Hispanic or Latinx) community in the United States, discuss potential antecedents, and consider strategies to address the disparate impact of COVID-19 on this population. Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled longstanding social and health disparities in the Hispanic/Latinx community in the United States. A multitiered approach will be critical to reduce the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the health and survival of the Hispanic/Latinx population.