COVID‐19 and vulnerable populations

Journal of Community Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 50(6), P. 2537 - 2541

Published: May 14, 2022

At the time of this special issue, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is leading cause death in United States and has contributed to millions deaths worldwide. The world had no idea how pandemic was going impact our lives. COVID-19 exposed inequities individuals that were most impacted by it: vulnerable populations. Vulnerable populations may be defined as those living poverty, with disability, racial, ethnic, sexual, gender minorities. Additionally, community psychologists we understand do not appear singlehandedly since human beings exist a vacuum there are multiple factors create level health well-being. Therefore, examining syndemic framework allows us explore synergistic epidemic (i.e., aggregation two or more concurrent sequential epidemics clusters population biological interactions) exacerbates prognosis burden disease, which can simultaneously. main goal issue concentrates on these reacted coped events.

Language: Английский

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Introducing Vulnerability Theory for Nursing Research Concerning Infants in Out of Home Care

Nursing Philosophy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 26(2)

Published: March 18, 2025

ABSTRACT Nurses often play crucial roles on teams involved in providing care to infants and families the context of child protection services, making them well‐placed research topics concerning these groups. Developed by North American legal scholar Martha Fineman 2008, a contemporary macro‐legal‐political theory with potential inform studies related nexus between healthcare law is ‘vulnerability theory.’ Conceiving vulnerability as universal, inevitable, enduring aspect human condition, it contends that onus State respond universal ensuring institutions structures do not confer unfair advantage or disadvantage. When access rights particularly difficult, ‘targeted group approach’ should be considered well consideration notion responses have increase vulnerability. This paper outlines background theory, explaining its key tenets criticisms, before considering how might useful focused out home care.

Language: Английский

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Patterns of opioid toxicity deaths after the implementation of COVID-19 emergency measures in Ontario, Canada: a weekly interrupted time series

International Journal of Drug Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 139, P. 104797 - 104797

Published: April 9, 2025

Language: Английский

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A National trends in type 2 diabetes in South Korea, including the COVID-19 pandemic, 1998-2021: A nationally representative survey study

Life Cycle, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4

Published: Sept. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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The incidence of empathy when interpreting in the field for vulnerable populations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Just Journal of Language Rights & Minorities Revista de Drets Lingüístics i Minories, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: April 16, 2024

This article describes the incidence of empathy in field interpreters who work with vulnerable populations context Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Qualitative data was gathered via interviews conducted 2018 professional working for international organizations (both freelancers and staffers), resulting two paradigmatic narratives (one each profile) aimed at preserving participants’ anonymity. The reveal a significant certain communicative situations, views as both hindrance useful emotion task hand. suggests that such conflicting perceptions may be addressed empowering to reconcile themselves their own positionality through psychological training.

Language: Английский

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Family resources, resilience beliefs, and parental adaptation: A moderated mediation analysis

Family Process, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 64(1)

Published: Oct. 13, 2024

Despite the extensive body of evidence documenting how pandemic-related stressors (e.g., disruptions in daily routine) impact individuals' mental health, research examining family mechanisms through which parental stress remains insufficient. The present study aims to address this gap by exploring a moderated mediation model that predicts resulting from accumulation stressors. Specifically, we hypothesized second-stage resilience beliefs indirect paths relationships and marital satisfaction, conditional effects. Study data were collected American parents (n = 1386). There was no satisfaction mediated association between stressor pile-up parent stress. In addition, did not significantly or affect However, relationship across all levels beliefs. findings carry significant implications for post-pandemic interventions, suggesting incorporation belief training management strategies improve intrafamilial communication.

Language: Английский

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Stressor pileup, family and couple relational well‐being, and parent stress during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Family Relations, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 73(1), P. 95 - 115

Published: Dec. 21, 2023

Abstract Objective The goal was to explore mechanisms linking cumulative stressors with parent stress during COVID‐19. Background Public health measures helped contain COVID‐19 spread, but disrupted family life and increased parents' stress. Positive relationships beliefs about the impact of challenges can foster psychological resilience adversity may influence Method Participants included parents from U.S. sample internet‐based Covid Family Life Study survey who indicated they were married or living a romantic partner ( n = 1,386). We tested moderated mediation model predicting pileup stressors, couple relationship satisfaction, beliefs. Results High stressor associated lower higher Relationship satisfaction mediated effect on stress, indirect effects similar across all levels only for low Parent relations between relational well‐being Higher moderate beliefs, high Conclusion explain how affects Resilience affect explanatory role satisfaction. Implications Interventions improve be most impactful have confidence in their ability adapt change bounce back adversity.

Language: Английский

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Environmental health, COVID-19, and the syndemic: internal medicine facing the challenge

Internal and Emergency Medicine, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 17(8), P. 2187 - 2198

Published: Oct. 1, 2022

Language: Английский

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Community Level Correlates of COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Vaccines, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(2), P. 167 - 167

Published: Feb. 6, 2024

Introduction: Evidence exists that individual-level sociodemographic factors contribute to vaccine hesitancy, but it is unknown how community-level affect COVID-19 booster dose hesitancy. The current study aims fill this knowledge gap by comparing data from a nationwide survey on hesitancy with indicator, i.e., the Distressed Communities Index (DCI). Methods: Attitudes toward vaccinations, literacy, confidence index, and trust were measured using 48-item, psychometrically valid reliable tool. In study, 2138 participants residing in United States divided into quintiles of varying community distress levels based their zip codes DCI. Data analyzed through Chi-square, one-way ANOVA, post hoc analysis Tukey’s test. Results: A significantly higher proportion distressed communities had lower than prosperous counterparts (26.6% vs. 37.6%, p < 0.001). On contrary, index scores those (2.22 ± 1.13 1.70 1.01, Conclusions: These findings affirm importance developing interventions promote vaccinations increase uptake. From these results, future studies can examine efficacy various interventions.

Language: Английский

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Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Roma Vulnerable Communities in Western Romania: Insights and Predictive Factors from a Retrospective Study

Viruses, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(3), P. 435 - 435

Published: March 12, 2024

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected vulnerable populations like Roma patients in Western Romania due to marginalization and limited healthcare access. Methods: A retrospective study analyzed cases between March 2020 August 2022 using data from the Directorate of Public Health Timis county. Demographic, epidemiological, clinical, laboratory were assessed, along with risk factors biomarkers for ICU admission mortality prediction. following assessed: C-reactive protein (CRP), ferritin (FER), IL-6, D-dimers, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), 25-OH vitamin D (25-OHD). Results: In comparison general population (GP), more overweight (p = 0.0292), came rural areas 0.0001), could not recall transmission source 0.0215), admitted intensive care unit (ICU, p 0.0399) frequently, had worse symptomatology 0.0490), showed elevated levels CRP 0.0245) IL-6 < 0.0001) lower HDL 0.0008) 25-OHD 0.0299). stronger, significant correlation was observed severity (rho 0.791 vs. 0.433 GP), an inverse stronger one −0.850 −0.734 GP) patients. male sex continues be important factor (OR 2.379) death 1.975), while heavy smoking relation 1.768). Although ethnicity 1.454 times at than GP, this did prove statistically 0.0751). most predictive regards both 1.381) GP 1.110) 1.154 Roma, OR 1.104 GP). protective effect normal values 0.947, 0.853, respectively) 0.920, 0.921, respectively), group, only considered 0.703). Cutoff 28.98 mg/L 29.03 patients, specificity groups (over 95). Conclusions: Higher rates admissions, severe symptomatology, distinct biomarker profiles among emphasize critical importance personalized strategies targeted interventions mitigate disproportionate burden on communities. have a clear impact as assessment significance HDL, should also overlooked these

Language: Английский

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