Washington Counties, Arkansas, March–June 2020

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Center, Katherine E. ; Da Silva, Juliana ; Hernandez, Angela L. ; Vang, Kristyn ; Martin, Daniel W. ; Mazurek, Jerry ; Lilo, Emily A. ; Zimmerman, Nichole K. ; Krow-Lucal, Elisabeth ; Campbell, Ellsworth M. ; Cowins, Janet V. ; Walker, Chastity ; Dominguez, Kenneth L. ; Gallo, Bill ; Gunn, Jayleen K.L. ; McCormick, Donald ; Cochran, Cassie ; Smith, Michelle R. ; Dillaha, Jennifer A. ; James, Allison E.
• Description:
  By June 2020, Marshallese and Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) persons in Benton and Washington counties of Arkansas had received a disproportionately high number of diagnoses of coronaVirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Despite representing approximately 19% of these counties' populations (1), Marshallese and Hispanic persons accounted for 64% of COVID-19 cases and 57% of COVID-19-associated deaths. Analyses of Surveillance data, focus group discussions, and key-informant interviews were conducted to identify challenges and propose strategies for interrupting Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the Virus that causes COVID-19. Challenges included limited native-language health messaging, high household occupancy, high employment rate in the poultry processing industry, mistrust of the medical system, and changing COVID-19 guidance. Reducing the COVID-19 incidence among communities that suffer disproportionately from COVID-19 requires strengthening the coordination of public health, health care, and community stakeholders to provide culturally and linguistically tailored public health education, community-based Prevention activities, case management, care navigation, and service linkage.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Clinical Laboratory Techniques CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19/Ethnology Disease Outbreaks Female Health Status Disparities Hispanic Or Latino Humans Male Middle Aged Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander SARS-CoV-2 Young Adult

  More +
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 69(48):1807-1811
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  33270609
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7714036
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  48
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9292b472d4b00a70f05e43677114c630ad9e22adf1272cac75ea18b429bb7373d432504ca8a8bbde61b1fd8408b26f95968dceeec70af45c945e711b95e0de9b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/98593/cdc_98593_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 99.78 KB ]