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Neighborhood Disadvantage Measures and COVID-19 Cases in Boston, 2020
CONCLUSIONS: We found a significant association between neighborhoods with high rates of disadvantage and COVID-19. Policy makers need to consider these health inequities when responding to the pandemic and planning for subsequent health needs.PMID:33729070 | DOI:10.1177/00333549211002837
Source: Public Health Reports - March 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Margaret E Samuels-Kalow Stephen Dorner Rebecca E Cash Sayon Dutta Benjamin White Gia E Ciccolo David F M Brown Carlos A Camargo Source Type: research

Health Care Access Among Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers, 31 States, 2017-2018
CONCLUSION: Lack of health insurance and underinsurance were common among subsets of essential workers. Limited access to health care might decrease essential workers' access to medical testing and needed care and hinder their ability to address underlying conditions, thereby increasing their risk of severe outcomes from some infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. Improving access to health care for all workers, including essential workers, is critical to ensure workers' health and workforce stability.PMID:33715502 | DOI:10.1177/0033354921996688
Source: Public Health Reports - March 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Winifred L Boal Jia Li Sharon R Silver Source Type: research

The Health and Social Needs of Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department With Suspected COVID-19.
We describe the development of a telehealth follow-up program in Boston, Massachusetts, for patients discharged from the emergency department after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing to identify patients with worsening clinical symptoms, to screen for unmet HRSNs, and to deliver self-isolation counseling and risk-reduction strategies for socially vulnerable people. We prioritized telephone calls to patients with public health insurance and patients without primary care physicians. In the first 43 days of operation, March 30-May 12, 2020, our intervention reached 509 patients, with 209 (41.1%) patients reporting an...
Source: Public Health Reports - February 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research

Gaps in Knowledge About COVID-19 Among US Residents Early in the Outbreak.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of our study highlight the need for widespread, ongoing public health education about the virus and COVID-19, especially among certain populations. It is critical to effectively translate complex clinical and epidemiologic evidence into messages that most people can understand and act on during a pandemic, that combat misinformation about the virus and COVID-19, and that consider low levels of health literacy. PMID: 33176108 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Public Health Reports - November 12, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research