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This study passage highlights the intricate, multifaceted nature of health outcomes and focuses specifically on the complex relationships between unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, chronic diseases, and COVID-19 deaths and serious illness. The authors of this study refer to this relationship as a “”syndemic.”” This study analyzes CDC surveillance data and U.S. maps to illustrate the overlapping prevalence of COVID-19 deaths, unhealthy behaviors, and chronic diseases, notably in the southeastern region of the country. The study highlights the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on underserved communities, attributing it to social injustices. It underscores disparities in education, poverty, nutrition assistance, health insurance coverage, income inequality, and racial demographics, particularly affecting Black populations in the southeastern U.S.
Resource Details
- Setting/Context of Implementation: Community
- Topics of Practice: Data Collection and Analysis
- Outcomes of Interest: Reduction of Health Disparities
- Level of Evidence: Emerging
- Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
- Social Determinants of Health: Healthcare Access and Quality|Social and Community Context
- Outside of US: No