Examining Health Insurance and Non-Medical Challenges Among Vietnamese Americans in Texas During the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 22(2), P. 189 - 189

Published: Jan. 29, 2025

When COVID-19 data on Asian Americans are available, they frequently aggregated, concealing community-specific concerns. Consequently, there is limited literature Vietnamese Americans. In this study, we investigated the association between health insurance coverage and non-medical challenges during pandemic, in Texas. The NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Common Survey 2 was administered electronically English contained 23 questions about drivers of health, vaccination, research participation. American adults Texas were recruited September 2021 March 2022 via partnerships with community organizations. Responses compared analyzed using logistic regression. Of 217 respondents, (11%) uninsured. uninsured participants, 43% lost pandemic. Uninsured individuals had significantly higher odds experiencing challenges, including obtaining housing (OR = 6.10, p < 0.001), food 6.41, medications 3.45, 0.05) than insured individuals. a longer time-lapse since seeing healthcare provider (ordinal OR 0.20, Thus, lack strongly associated pandemic among Disaggregating can address advancing equity for marginalized communities.

Language: Английский

Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccination and Clinical Trials Among Saudi University Students

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: April 16, 2025

Language: Английский