Pandemic-related socioeconomic disruptions and adverse health outcomes: a cross-sectional study of female caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate transmission resulted in sudden and widespread socioeconomic disruptions including school and child care closures, unemployment and underemployment, and housing precarity. Understanding the extent to which these disruptions may have contributed to adverse health outcomes is critical for establishing policy priorities that can mitigate further harm.

Methods

We explored the associations between pandemic-related child care, employment, and housing disruptions with depressive symptoms, self-rated health, and food security status among a sample of economically disadvantaged and racially diverse female caregivers of young children (n=464). Data were derived from the Assessing California Communities' Experiences with Safety N

SUBMITTER: Brown EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9552726 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature