Ethical burdens of Covid-19 testing
The case for a research agenda to improve effectiveness and equity in pandemic response
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22089995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dana Howard (0000-0001-7793-2912, Florida State University, corresponding author), Abigail Norris Turner (0000-0003-2463-6399, The Ohio State University), Julianna Nemeth (0000-0002-6431-2420, The Ohio State University), Tasleem Juana Padamsee (0000-0001-6644-8084, The Ohio State University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 1542587-1542587 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1542587 |
| PMID | 40115334 |
| OpenAlex | W4408206678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 29 |
US public health response to COVID-19 has focused on increasing availability and access to viral testing, which raises three sets of potential problems: (1) lack of testing uptake, (2) diminished public health impact of testing, and (3) loss of access to necessary social goods and supports. Moreover, these problems are encountered differentially in affluent vs. disadvantaged communities. If not addressed, these problems could exacerbate health disparities via the public health strategies that aim to lower the population-level impact of COVID. These problems also risk undermining trust in public health interventions more broadly and pose challenges to the sustainability of testing programs moving forward. In this perspective essay, we argue that public health research must aim to document and understand the mechanisms through which living in structurally disadvantaged environments exacerbates not only the logistical and material burdens of COVID-19 testing, but also the ethical and social burdens it creates. Such research will facilitate development of targeted interventions that empower people to make the testing-related decisions that best serve both their own interests and those of their broader communities
Business · Disadvantaged · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health equity · Pandemic · Political science · Population · Psychological intervention · Public economics · Public good · Public health · Public relations · Sustainability · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Gender and Health
Structural racism and health inequities in the USA
Addressing Covid-19 Testing Inequities Among Underserved Populations in Massachusetts
Impact of Social Determinants of Health on the Emerging Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States
Analyzing disparities in Covid-19 testing trends according to risk for Covid-19 severity across New York City
Covid-19 and techno-solutionism
Youth and society
Responsibilization and Sexual Stigma Under Austerity
Managing the Covid-19 pandemic through individual responsibility
Confronting Covid-19 in under-resourced, African American neighborhoods
Racial/Ethnic Segregation and Access to Covid-19 Testing
Structural Racism and Health Disparities
Risk Society
A Medical Sociologist Looks at Health Promotion
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |