Inequities in the distribution of COVID-19: an adaptation of WHO's conceptual framework.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic currently affects populations worldwide. Although everyone is susceptible to the virus, there are numerous accounts of the pandemic having a greater impact on lower socioeconomic groups and minorities, which is a ubiquitous phenomenon. It is essential for public health administrations and governments to uncover and understanding these inequities to develop proper intersectoral policies to tackle this crisis. Therefore, developing a conceptual framework on this topic, describing the social mechanisms that explain the unjust distribution of the incidence and mortality of COVID-19, is a key task. The aim of this paper is to adapt the framework on social determinants of health from the World Health Organization to the specifics of COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, it identifies an

SUBMITTER: Vasquez-Vera H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8526437 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature