Publications by authors named "Suresh Nath Neupane"
COVID-19 Deaths and Minority Health Social Vulnerability, in the U.S., January 1, 2020 through June 24, 2023.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Health disparities leading to higher COVID-19 death rates are caused by social and structural factors, significantly affecting lower socioeconomic groups and socially vulnerable communities.
- The study analyzed data from over a million COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., using the Minority Health Social Vulnerability Index (MHSVI) to categorize counties based on their social vulnerability.
- Results showed that higher vulnerability correlated with increased death rates, except for those counties with better healthcare access, which saw lower death rates.
Association between Racial Residential Segregation and COVID-19 Mortality.
J Urban Health
October 2023
This study investigates the impact of racial residential segregation on COVID-19 mortality during the first year of the US epidemic. Data comes from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's and the University of Wisconsin's joint county health rankings project. The observation includes a record of 8,670,781 individuals in 1488 counties.
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