A Community Case Study on Geographic, Environmental, and Social Health Disparities in COVID-19 Disease: Yakima, Washington

• 作者: Alberto Saldana Amie Wojtyna Casey Mace Firebaugh Jaclyn Johnson Lilian Bravo Teresa Everson Tishra Beeson
• 来源期刊: 预防医学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 经济
• 关键词: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS SARS-CoV-2 Air Quality Hispanic/Latino Health Disparities
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（11）
• 页码范围: 288-297
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: F42

摘要

Yakima County, Washington, a rural county with an urban core suffered disproportionately under the conditions presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and summer wildfires of 2020. With an infection rate of over 700 per 100,000 population at the height of the pandemic, the county concurrently experienced 14 consecutive days of an air quality index in the unhealthy to hazardous range in August 2020. This paper examines the contributing socioeconomic, geographic, and environmental vulnerabilities that make Yakima County particularly susceptible to the continuum of expected COVID-19 disease and related outcomes and suggests comprehensive areas of investigation to mitigate its impact on special populations, including Hispanic-Latino communities, agricultural, food production, and other essential workers.