Work, Health Disparities and COVID-19

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University. College of Human Medicine ; Michigan State University. College of Human Medicine
• Description:
  Both Michigan and National data have found increased COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates among minority populations. In Michigan, the incidence of and mortality from COVID-19 among Blacks is 15.8 and 1.6 per 100,000 as compared to 5.2 and 0.4 per 100,000 among whites, respectively. The reason for this increase is presumably multifactorial: increased prevalence of underlying health conditions among Blacks; implicit and explicit bias in obtaining health care; social determinants related to lower socioeconomic status, which means a lack of health insurance and differential access to health care, lack of access to a car and the need to take public transportation, unstable or crowded housing conditions; and lower wage but essential jobs such as home health aides, grocery store workers, and workers at meat and poultry processing facilities with potential COVID-19 exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Healthcare Disparities Minority Health Mortality Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Coronavirus COVID-19 Health Disparities Minority Health Mortality Rates Respiratory Diseases Socioeconomics Surveillance
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University-College of Human Medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter ; Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066651
• Citation:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News 2020 Sep; 31(4):1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  MSU-CHM, West Fee Hall, 909 Fee Road, Room 117, East Lansing, MI 48824-1316
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:192c2dcfaa9c051747e7dbc5595a421850a0c4f3c074a8916a80854b192c2ac40f49b39a505f022bd9081f515df7fc4ba17c046fe8e735d2b89f15df4809479d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230942/cdc_230942_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 396.03 KB ]