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Titulo |
The COVID-19 pandemic and health inequalities |
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Autoría |
Bambra C, Riordan R, Ford J, Matthews F. |
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Fuente |
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Nov 74(11):964-968. doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214401. Epub 2020 Jun 13. 10.1136/jech-2020-214401 |
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Resumen |
This essay examines the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for health inequalities. It outlines historical and contemporary evidence of inequalities in pandemics-drawing on international research into the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918, the H1N1 outbreak of 2009 and the emerging international estimates of socio-economic, ethnic and geographical inequalities in COVID-19 infection and mortality rates. It then examines how these inequalities in COVID-19 are related to existing inequalities in chronic diseases and the social determinants of health, arguing that we are experiencing a syndemic pandemic It then explores the potential consequences for health inequalities of the lockdown measures implemented internationally as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the likely unequal impacts of the economic crisis. The essay concludes by reflecting on the longer-term public health policy responses needed to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not increase health inequalities for future generations. Keywords: DEPRIVATION; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; Health inequalities. |
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URL |
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32535550 |
