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Article: Community vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic: A narrative synthesis from an ecological perspective

TitleCommunity vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic: A narrative synthesis from an ecological perspective
Authors
Issue Date3-Dec-2022
PublisherInternational Society of Global Health
Citation
Journal of Global Health, 2022, v. 12, p. 05054 How to Cite?
Abstract

Background

We aimed to conduct a narrative synthesis of components and indicators of community vulnerability to a pandemic and discuss their interrelationships from an ecological perspective.

Methods

We searched from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Scopus (updated to November 2021) for studies focusing on community vulnerability to a pandemic caused by novel respiratory viruses on a geographic unit basis . Studies that reported the associations of community vulnerability levels with at least one disease morbidity or mortality outcome were included.

Results

Forty-one studies were included. All were about the COVID-19 pandemic. Suitable temperature and humidity environments, advanced social and human development (including high population density and human mobility, connectivity, and occupations), and settings that intensified physical interactions are important indicators of vulnerability to viral exposure. However, the eventual pandemic health impacts are predominant in communities that faced environmental pollution, higher proportions of socioeconomically deprived people, health deprivation, higher proportions of poor-condition households, limited access to preventive health care and urban infrastructure, uneven social and human development, and racism. More stringent social distancing policies were associated with lower COVID-19 morbidity and mortality only in the early pandemic phases. Prolonged social distancing policies can disproportionately burden the socially disadvantaged and racially/ethnically marginalized groups.

Conclusions

Community vulnerability to a pandemic is foremost the vulnerability of the ecological systems shaped by complex interactions between the human and environmental systems.


Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/333984
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dc.contributor.authorLiao, Qiuyan-
dc.contributor.authorDong, Meihong-
dc.contributor.authorYuan, Jiehu-
dc.contributor.authorLam, Wendy Wing Tak-
dc.contributor.authorFielding, Richard-
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-10T03:15:10Z-
dc.date.available2023-10-10T03:15:10Z-
dc.date.issued2022-12-03-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Global Health, 2022, v. 12, p. 05054-
dc.identifier.issn2047-2978-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/333984-
dc.description.abstract<h3>Background</h3><p>We aimed to conduct a narrative synthesis of components and indicators of community vulnerability to a pandemic and discuss their interrelationships from an ecological perspective.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>We searched from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Scopus (updated to November 2021) for studies focusing on community vulnerability to a pandemic caused by novel respiratory viruses on a geographic unit basis . Studies that reported the associations of community vulnerability levels with at least one disease morbidity or mortality outcome were included.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>Forty-one studies were included. All were about the COVID-19 pandemic. Suitable temperature and humidity environments, advanced social and human development (including high population density and human mobility, connectivity, and occupations), and settings that intensified physical interactions are important indicators of vulnerability to viral exposure. However, the eventual pandemic health impacts are predominant in communities that faced environmental pollution, higher proportions of socioeconomically deprived people, health deprivation, higher proportions of poor-condition households, limited access to preventive health care and urban infrastructure, uneven social and human development, and racism. More stringent social distancing policies were associated with lower COVID-19 morbidity and mortality only in the early pandemic phases. Prolonged social distancing policies can disproportionately burden the socially disadvantaged and racially/ethnically marginalized groups.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Community vulnerability to a pandemic is foremost the vulnerability of the ecological systems shaped by complex interactions between the human and environmental systems.</p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherInternational Society of Global Health-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Global Health-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titleCommunity vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic: A narrative synthesis from an ecological perspective-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.7189/jogh.12.05054-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85143340299-
dc.identifier.volume12-
dc.identifier.spage05054-
dc.identifier.eissn2047-2986-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:001123105000001-
dc.identifier.issnl2047-2978-

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