Association Of Neighborhood Disadvantage With Racial Disparities In COVID-19 Positivity In Chicago.

ABSTRACT: Racial health inequities exemplified during the COVID-19 crisis have awakened a sense of urgency among public health and policy experts to examine contributing factors. One potential factor includes the socioeconomic disadvantage of racially segregated neighborhoods. This study quantified associations of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage in Chicago, Illinois, as measured by the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), with racial disparities in COVID-19 positivity. A retrospective cohort included 16,684 patients tested for COVID-19 at an academic medical center and five community-based testing sites during Chicago's "first wave" (March 12, 2020-June 25, 2020). Patients living in Black majority neighborhoods had two times higher odds of COVID-19 positivity relative to those in White majority nei

SUBMITTER: Tung EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8975623 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature