Historical Perspective of Pediatric Health Disparities in Infectious Diseases: Centuries in the Making. (16th September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kronman, Matthew P; Snowden, Jessica N
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Volume 11(2022)Supplement 4
• Page Start: S127
• Page End: S131
• Publication Date: 2022-09-16
• Subjects: infectious disease -- disparity -- vaccination -- access -- children; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piac088
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2048-7193

Abstract

Abstract: Coronavirus (COVID-19) laid bare the disproportionate effects of infectious agents on vulnerable communities. However, historically, infectious diseases have long been known to affect certain communities to a greater extent than others. The mechanisms behind these differences are multifactorial, and lie less in biological susceptibility and instead more on socioeconomic factors and other social determinants of health. This article highlights health disparities in common infections such as respiratory syncytial virus, tuberculosis, HIV, syphilis, and influenza and will use lessons learned from previous pathogens and infectious disease disparities in vulnerable populations to provide context to the COVID-19 pandemic. Abstract : COVID-19 is not the first infectious disease to affect certain communities to a greater extent than others. This article highlights lessons learned and proposed mechanisms of health disparities in common infections to provide context to the COVID-19 and future pandemics.