Are some ethnic groups more vulnerable to COVID-19 than others?

Platt, Lucinda; Warwick, Ross

doi:10.1920/bn.ifs.2020.idrbn2

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“…The government's reaction to the pandemic has changed how public health systems deal with the situation. For example, the complete disappearance or further demolition of the welfare state due to neoliberal restructuring has had an unfair effect on those who suffer from class, racial, ethnic, and gender inequalities [40], which may be reflected in the right of access to medical care leading to death. In this case, the country's political determinism is an essential factor, reflecting the country's health promotion and financial and administrative power to manage sanitation, as well as promoting actions that prevent the deaths of citizens.…”

Section: Political Factorsmentioning

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Environmental and Economic Factors Affecting COVID-19 Infection in 175 Countries

Paphawasit¹,

Phantharot²,

Suwan³

2023

IJSSH

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This study explores a potential correlation between environmental and economic factors and the confirmed COVID-19 cases. This article uses official infection rate data and environmental and economic factors that may help accelerate transmissions, such as temperature, humidity, and GDP. Using statistical methods, i.e., ordinary least squares and quantile regression, our findings indicate that temperature, moisture, and island condition were the most influential explanatory variables. Nevertheless, the other factors, which are population density of a country, GDP, and country’s regime, are not statistically significant, indicating that those factors do not significantly explain changes in the confirmed COVID-19 cases.

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Section: Political Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental and Economic Factors Affecting COVID-19 Infection in 175 Countries

Paphawasit¹,

Phantharot²,

Suwan³

2023

IJSSH

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“…Ethnic minorities as migrants and refugees have poor access to healthcare due to poverty, cultural and language barriers, administrative barriers, racial discrimination, difficulties navigating the healthcare system and/or lack of entitlement to healthcare in general [16]. There is evidence that discrimination has been found to be one of the main postmigration adversities affecting mental health, well being and quality of life of migrants and refugees.…”

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Ethical dilemmas of mental healthcare for migrants and refugees

Schouler-Ocak,

Iris T.

2023

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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Purpose of review This review will discuss the current development of ethical dilemmas in psychiatry in the care of migrants and refugees. The world is in times of increasing conflicts and disasters, which are leading to increased migration and flight. In dealing with patients, psychiatrists have their own codes of ethics. The purpose of developing codes of ethics is to serve educational and regulatory functions and to provide explicit and visible standards for the professional conduct of psychiatrists. Recent findings The codes of ethics are more recognised and required as standards in the form of guiding ethical principles on duties and rights as well as explicit rules. However, in the case of migrants and refugees, ethical principles are suspended in many places, exposing patients to different barriers. Summary Many National Psychiatric Associations have adopted the World Psychiatric Association or European Psychiatric Association Code of Ethics for Psychiatry. However, migrants and refugees still do not have the same rights and opportunities to access mental healthcare as well as preventive measures and thus equal treatment due to various barriers. Not only is equal treatment suspended in comparison to native patients, but also access to care between migrants and refugees from different regions of origin for various reasons. This invalidates the ethical principles.

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“…Migrants commonly face adverse work conditions with low-wage jobs and experience excess chronic stress, exacerbated by economic, political, and social inequities (Sönmez et al, 2020). Migrants can also be exposed to crowded working conditions, work with hazardous material, or work while they are sick due to social or economic pressure, which may result in the further transmission of the disease (Platt and Warwick, 2020). As a result, several cases were reported in many production plants, factories, and on farms primarily by migrant workers.…”

Section: Working Conditions/work Sectors and Covid-19mentioning

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Spatial Associations between COVID-19 Incidence Rates and Work Sectors: Geospatial Modeling of Infection Patterns among Migrants in Oman

Mansour

Abulibdeh

Alahmadi

et al. 2022

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

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Migrants are one of the most vulnerable groups to infection with viruses due to the social and economic conditions in which they live. Therefore, spatial modelling of transmission of viruses among migrants is important for controlling and containing the COVID-19. This research focused on modelling spatial associations between COVID-19 incidence rates and migrant workers. The aim was to understand the spatial relationships between COVID-19 infection rates of migrants and the type of workplace at the sub-national level in Oman. Utilizing empirical Bayes smoothing (EBS) as well as the local indicator of spatial associations (LISA), six work sectors (health, agriculture, retail & business, administrative sector, manufacturing, and mining) were investigated as risk factors for disease incidence. The results indicated that the six work types each had a significant spatial association with cases of COVID-19. High rates of COVID-19 cases in relation to the workplace were clustered in the densely populated areas of Muscat. Similarly, high rates of COVID-19 cases were located in the north part of the country, along the Al-Batnah plain, where migrants are often employed in the agricultural sector. Further, COVID-19 migrants employed in the health sector was larger than for the other sectors. Therefore, working in the health sector can be considered a hotspot for the spread of COVID-19 infections. Due to a paucity of studies addressing the spatial analysis of COVID-19 associations with workplaces, the findings of this research are useful for decision-makers to set the necessary policies and plans to control the outbreak of the virus not only in Oman or the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) but also in other developing societies.

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Are some ethnic groups more vulnerable to COVID-19 than others?

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Environmental and Economic Factors Affecting COVID-19 Infection in 175 Countries

Environmental and Economic Factors Affecting COVID-19 Infection in 175 Countries

Ethical dilemmas of mental healthcare for migrants and refugees

Spatial Associations between COVID-19 Incidence Rates and Work Sectors: Geospatial Modeling of Infection Patterns among Migrants in Oman

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