COVID-19在拉丁美洲社区的影响
Laura Pedraza1, Ricardo Villela2, Vikki Kamatgi3
1Fundación Universitaria Juan N. Corpas, Bogotá, Columbia.
HCA healthcare journal of medicine
|July 10, 2023
概括
COVID-19大流行不成比例地影响了美国的拉丁裔社区,增加了死亡率,并由于系统和感知障碍,阻碍了获得护理和疫苗的机会. 解决这些问题需要一个更具包容性的医疗保健系统和有针对性的健康教育.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行加剧了美国少数群体,特别是拉丁裔社区的现有健康和社会差距.
- 拉丁裔个人面临的发病率,死亡率增加,由于诸如有限的医疗保健准入,财务不稳定和移民身份等因素,减少了对健康建议的遵守.
- 发现社会经济地位与大流行期间拉丁裔人口的较高死亡率相关,这与历史趋势的偏差.
研究的目的:
- 分析COVID-19流行病对美国拉丁裔社区的多方面的影响.
- 确定影响拉丁美洲社区健康结果和在疫情期间获得护理的关键障碍 - - 系统和感知障碍.
- 探索减轻大流行影响和改善拉丁美洲人口健康平等的策略.
主要方法:
- 这项研究是基于现有文献和关于COVID-19流行病对拉丁裔人口影响的观察数据的描述性分析.
- 综合了关于健康差异,获得护理和对疫苗的犹等方面的定性和定量数据.
- 分析的重点是确定影响健康结果的社会经济,系统和感知因素.
主要成果:
- 与其他族群相比,拉丁裔社区的COVID-19发病率和死亡率不成比例地高.
- 障碍包括有限的医疗保健准入,财务挑战,移民身份,低健康素养,以及因互联网成本而难以获得必需服务,如送货等.
- 感知障碍和遵守物理距离措施的减少,部分原因是社会经济限制,增加了暴露风险.
结论:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,美国拉丁裔社区的重大健康不平等现象凸显并恶化.
- 解决疫苗犹和改善健康结果需要将社区纳入一个欢迎的医疗保健系统,维护他们的地位,并加强卫生教育.
- 促进健康平等和可访问性至关重要,以减少传染病对拉丁美洲社区等弱势群体的影响.
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