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COVID-19 Collection: Social Determinants of Health and COVID-19

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social determinants of health and covid-19

The Impact of Race and History on COVID Vaccination Acceptance

Amanda Olagunju
Langley Air Force Base Hospital

This article delves into cultural and historical factors that negatively impact minority patient coronavirus vaccination acceptance. It provides a basic review of past transgressions committed against minority communities by American medical and scientific research fields. This article then discusses how medical providers can potentially address or mitigate minority patient fears about vaccination. 5 April, 2021. Non-refereed, online collection only. Permanent URL:  http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/167014

Food Bag Program to Address the Immediate Food Needs of Patients During the COVID-19 Crisis

Katherine Jahnes, Kathleen Hopkins, Emily Foote, Diana Fleisher, Kelly M. Doran

In this report we describe creation of a novel emergency department (ED) food bag program in New York City. The food bag program was designed to help meet immediate food needs of patients being discharged from the ED. Each bag contained  shelf-stable food as well as a handout describing other community food resources. The program leveraged community-hospital partnerships, was met with enthusiasm from patients and staff alike, and would be highly replicable to other settings. 6 July 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/156010

Family Medicine, Community, and Race: A Minneapolis Practice Reflects

Shailendra Prasad, Andrea Westby, Renee Crichlow

The authors describe the aftermath of a Family Medicine clinic that was looted and vandalized during the demonstrations in the aftermath of the brutal murder of George Floyd by an officer of the Minneapolis Police department. "The significant stress that healthcare systems have faced with COVID19 has led to a recognition that we have designed systems that are “person-centric rather than community centric”.  Understanding what constitutes this community is key to understanding the role that Family Medicine has to play in the future." Accepted 10/8/2020. Published 1/11/2021. URL: https://www.annfammed.org/content/19/1/69

A Triple Threat for COVID-19: Homelessness, Tobacco Use, and Aging 

Maya Vijayaraghavan, William J. McCarthy, Lillian Gelberg

The authors describe here potential solutions to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness, emphasizing the urgent need for permanent supportive housing. They highlight the opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic offers to heighten awareness of the harms of tobacco use and the benefits from smoking cessation. They also describe challenges to accessing telehealth primary care for people experiencing homelessness, and the roles that primary care providers and pharmacists can take to mitigate barriers to access healthcare and smoking cessation services. 12 June 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/155583

Addressing Food Insecurity During COVID-19: A Role for Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers 

Arvind Suresh, Arhem F. Barkatullah, Maureen B. Boardman

Past pandemics have revealed that populations served by the primary care safety net require resources beyond federal and state aid programs. At one federally qualified health center, staff have adapted their food prescription program for patients with chronic diseases to a home delivery service, which leverages existing relationships between care coordinators and patients. 29 May, 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/155450

Developing a COVID-19 Medical Respite Unit for Adults Experiencing Homelessness: Lessons Learned from an Interdisciplinary Community-Academic Partnership 

Katherine A. Nash, Benjamin A. Howell, Emma Lo, Jaclyn Portanova, Keitra Thompson, Philip Costello, Alison Cunningham, Mehul Dalal, Sarah B. Lipkin, David I. Rosenthal, Angela Martinez-Strengel

The authors, a group of public health officials, clinicians, academics, and non-profit leaders, partnered with the City of New Haven, Connecticut, to develop a COVID-19 medical respite program for people experiencing homelessness in their community. They describe the key processes and challenges inherent to designing the COVID-19 respite, including: the balance between patient autonomy and a public health agenda; how to deliver trauma informed, equitable, patient-centered, high-quality care with low resources; and approaches to program evaluation. 21 May 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/155396

COVID 19 Hotspots And Vulnerable Populations Identified By Area Deprivation Index Mapping 

Niharika Khanna, Elena Klyushnenkova

The authors used the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) to create an online tool for physicians and target outreach efforts to patients with greatest needs. COVID 19 pandemic is an opportunity for innovation to bridge the digital divide and the ADI is the first step in identifying patients most in need of practice supports. 12 May, 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/155341

Housing as Health Care During and After the COVID-19 Crisis 

Kelly M. Doran, Stephen Cha, Richard Cho, Barbara DiPietro, Lillian Gelberg, Margot Kushel

The COVID-19 crisis has illustrated clearly that “housing is health care.” The authors describe strategies to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 for homeless populations and for the health care system. 23 April 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/154767

Epidemiology of COVID-19 Among People Experiencing Homelessness: Early Evidence From Boston 

Travis P. Baggett, Elizabeth Lewis, Jessie M. Gaeta

The authors estimated population frequencies of confirmed COVID-19 cases among adults experiencing homelessness in Boston relative to the Massachusetts adult population. Over a 15-day period, 182 homeless adults in Boston were diagnosed with COVID-19 for an estimated cumulative frequency of 46.3 cases per 1000 persons, as compared to 1.9 cases per 1000 among Massachusetts adults on the same date. The trajectory and burden of COVID-19 cases among homeless adults suggests that cities should prepare urgently for the possibility of a COVID-19 surge in this population. 10 April 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/154734

COVID-19 and the Potential Devastation of Rural Communities: Concern from the Southeastern Belts

Charles Ellis, Molly Jacobs, Keith Keene, Ronny Bell, Daniel Dickerson

Five states in the southeastern US (South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida) were some of the last to enact statewide “shelter in place” mandates. The spread of COVID-19 from urban to rural communities should be alarming. This essay posits that the conditions exist to create the perfect storm for COVID-19 to have devastating effects on rural America, particularly in the southeastern US. 8 April 2020. Nonrefereed, online collection only. Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/154715

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