Covid-19 pandemic and minority health disparities in New York City
A spatial and temporal perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21246836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rui Li (0000-0001-9744-7965, University at Albany, State University of New York, corresponding author), Youqin Huang (0000-0003-2980-1883, University at Albany, State University of New York) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1194-1211 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2399-8083 • E-ISSN: 2399-8091 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/23998083221126525 |
| PMID | 38603324 |
| OpenAlex | W4297901588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 27 |
New York City (NYC) was the epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic for a long time, and the government introduced a city-wide lockdown policy to mitigate the spread of virus. Minority communities, however, suffered disproportionally high percentage of infection and mortality rates, a disturbing phenomenon that deserves scrutiny. Adopting a spatial and temporal perspective, this study aims to investigate health disparities in this pandemic by focusing on mobility in the city. Considering both public transit and the lockdown policy essential factors that impact infection and mortality, this study introduced a measure indicating mobility-restricted transit as the spatial factor. Additional factors include ethnic minorities based on their nativity and three categories of social vulnerability: socioeconomic status, household composition, and housing type. This study selects eight phases, each of which consists of 2 weeks to derive infection and mortality rates to investigate the impacts of those factors. As infection and mortality data are published based on ZIP code, this study further estimates the infection and mortality rates at a finer level of census tract through spatial apportionment. Results reveal the significant impact of mobility-restricted transit on both infection and mortality and show certain clusters of neighborhoods being highly impacted. In addition, this study identifies neighborhoods where native-born and foreign-born of each ethnic minority (Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians) have high risk of infection and mortality. Through a spatial and temporal perspectives, this study identifies the complexity of patterns in minority health disparities in COVID-19 pandemic, which can inform policy makers for localized support to vulnerable neighborhoods to alleviate minority health disparities
Disease · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Geography · Mortality rate · Pandemic · Political science · Population · Public health · Scrutiny · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Urban Transport and Accessibility
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |