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Identifying Louisiana communities at the crossroads of environmental and social vulnerability, COVID-19, and asthma — Europe PMC PMID:35196332

Source: Europe PMC (en)
Original: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/35196332
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264336
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Identifying Louisiana communities at the crossroads of environmental and social vulnerability, COVID-19, and asthma — Europe PMC PMID:35196332 — Europe PMC (en), https://europepmc.org/article/MED/35196332 (CC0-1.0); archived copy: https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_4efbd2eba217 (Metraipolis archive dc_4efbd2eba217, sha256 e8d99929697b25f99893bd03e7c589694d155b1405fa8bdaf8783ab2ccd21338)

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@misc{dc4efbd2eba217,
  title = {Identifying Louisiana communities at the crossroads of environmental and social vulnerability, COVID-19, and asthma — Europe PMC PMID:35196332},
  howpublished = {Europe PMC (en)},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/35196332},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_4efbd2eba217; sha256 e8d99929697b25f99893bd03e7c589694d155b1405fa8bdaf8783ab2ccd21338},
  year = {2026}
}

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the socially and environmentally vulnerable, including through indirect effects on other health conditions. Asthma is one such condition, which may be exacerbated by both prolonged adverse in-home exposures if quarantining in unhealthy homes and prolonged outdoor exposures if the ambient air quality is unhealthy or hazardous. As both are often the case in Environmental Justice (EJ) communities, here we have analyzed data at the census tract (CT) level for Louisiana to assess any correlation between social and environmental vulnerability, and health issues like COVID-19 and asthma. Higher Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), Particulate Matter less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) and Ozone levels were associated with higher rates of cumulative COVID-19 incidence at various time points during the pandemic, as well as higher average annual asthma hospitalization rates and estimated asthma prevalence. Further, cumulative COVID-19 incidence during the first three months of the pandemic was moderately correlated with both asthma hospitalizations and estimated prevalence, suggesting similar underlying factors may be affecting both conditions. Additionally, 137 CTs were identified where social and environmental vulnerabilities co-existed, of which 75 (55%) had high estimated prevalence of asthma. These areas are likely to benefit from asthma outreach that considers both social and environmental risk factors. Fifteen out of the 137 CTs (11%) not only had higher estimated prevalence of asthma but also a high burden of COVID-19. Further research in these areas may help to elucidate any common social determinants of health that underlie both asthma and COVID-19 burdens, as well as better clarify the possible role of the environment as related to the COVID-19 burden in Louisiana.

Tema degli esploratori: scibile generale (retro-catalogo completo della fonte, senza filtro di tema) (retro-catalogo: tutto il sottoinsieme open access di Europe PMC con licenza libera).
Pubblicazione: PloS one, 2022 (prima pubblicazione 2022-02-23).
Identificativi: PMID 35196332 · PMCID PMC8865632 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0264336.
Descrittori MeSH principali: Social Vulnerability.
Pagina: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/35196332 — https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264336. Autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
Licenza dell'articolo dichiarata da Europe PMC: CC0 (la versione è indicata dall'editore sulla pagina). Abstract riportato senza modifiche al contenuto, con attribuzione; deposito marcato CC0.
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