COVID-19 and african americans

CW Yancy - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Much has been published in leading medical journals about the phenomenon of severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The resulting condition …

Barriers and facilitators of adherence to social distancing recommendations during COVID-19 among a large international sample of adults

A Coroiu, C Moran, T Campbell, AC Geller - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Social distancing measures (eg, avoiding travel, limiting physical contact with
people outside of one's household, and maintaining a 1 or 2-metre distance between self …

Mental health status of medical staff in emergency departments during the Coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic in China

X Song, W Fu, X Liu, Z Luo, R Wang, N Zhou… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The emergency department is considered to be a high-risk area, as it is often
the first stop for febrile patients who are subsequently diagnosed with coronavirus disease …

Socio-economic status and COVID-19–related cases and fatalities

RB Hawkins, EJ Charles, JH Mehaffey - Public health, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives The United States has the highest number of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) in the world, with high variability in cases and mortality between communities …

Personal protective equipment and intensive care unit healthcare worker safety in the COVID-19 era (PPE-SAFE): An international survey

A Tabah, M Ramanan, KB Laupland, N Buetti… - Journal of critical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To survey healthcare workers (HCW) on availability and use of personal protective
equipment (PPE) caring for COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Materials and …

Post-COVID-19 global health strategies: the need for an interdisciplinary approach

Aging clinical and experimental research, 2020 - Springer
For survivors of severe COVID-19 disease, having defeated the virus is just the beginning of
an uncharted recovery path. What follows after the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection …

Challenges of COVID-19 in children in low-and middle-income countries

HJ Zar, J Dawa, GB Fischer… - Paediatric respiratory …, 2020 - Elsevier
As the coronavirus pandemic extends to low and middle income countries (LMICs), there are
growing concerns about the risk of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in populations with high …

Prevalence and predictors of emotional eating among healthy young Saudi women during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Al-Musharaf - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Emotional eating (EE) is prevalent among women and is associated with obesity. The
coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and mandatory quarantine increased the risk of …

Pandemic peak SARS-CoV-2 infection and seroconversion rates in London frontline health-care workers

CF Houlihan, N Vora, T Byrne, D Lewer, G Kelly… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
To evaluate these risks, we enrolled 200 patient-facing HCWs between March 26 and April
8, 2020, in SARS-CoV-2 Acquisition in Frontline Healthcare Workers—Evaluation to inform …

Risk of hospital admission with coronavirus disease 2019 in healthcare workers and their households: nationwide linkage cohort study

ASV Shah, R Wood, C Gribben, D Caldwell, J Bishop… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To assess the risk of hospital admission for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19)
among patient facing and non-patient facing healthcare workers and their household …