COVID-19 Contact Tracing Highlights Disparities: Household Size and Low-English Proficiency.

Authors

• Marisa E Giglio
• Matthew Pelton
• Ae Lim Yang
• Akshilkumar Patel
• Lindsay K Buzzelli
• Jacob Schick
• Anna Ssentongo
• Zizhong Tian
• Casey A Ryan
• Nina Razavi
• Benjamin Fredrick

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2022

Abstract

Although it is known that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities, our study characterizes the connection between COVID-19 susceptibility and both limited English proficiency (LEP) and large household size. We examined demographic and social data for 1130 individuals who tested positive for or were exposed to COVID-19. Analysis revealed that LEP persons were 3.2 times as likely to report difficulty obtaining supplies for quarantine. Individuals in large households were 1.9 times as likely to report difficulty obtaining supplies for quarantine and 2.0 times as likely to report inability to quarantine. This study, therefore, informs interventions targeted to these populations.

Volume

6

Issue

1

First Page

330

Last Page

333

ISSN

2473-1242

Published In/Presented At

Giglio, M. E., Pelton, M., Yang, A. L., Patel, A., Buzzelli, L. K., Schick, J., Ssentongo, A., Tian, Z., Ryan, C. A., Razavi, N., & Fredrick, B. (2022). COVID-19 Contact Tracing Highlights Disparities: Household Size and Low-English Proficiency. Health equity, 6(1), 330–333. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0148

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

35557552

Department(s)

Fellows and Residents

Document Type

Article