Giving Compass' Take:
- Here is a brief on the findings from a study highlighting the economic impacts of long-COVID on Latino families.
- Why are Latino communities more likely to deal with the effects of long-COVID? How can public health practitioners help protect communities of color in future crises?
- Learn how COVID-19 exacerbated health inequalities for people of color.
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Although our extant knowledge of long COVID-19 remains limited, as more data becomes available some patterns are beginning to emerge that can help provide some perspective on the road ahead. Most notably, overall, the Latino population is more likely to struggle with the lingering effects of COVID-19, often referred to as long COVID, than other American populations. This inequality in long COVID is similar to other outcomes that Latinos have been disproportionately facing over the course of the pandemic. In fact, some estimates suggest that Latinos are more than twice as likely to die of COVID-19 than white Americans.
This blog post summarizes findings from original research presented during a collaborative panel focused on the economic consequences associated with long-COVID for Latino families across the United States. The webinar will make clear that policymakers and advocates will need to help address the economic stress being generated by long COVID symptoms among Latinos.
Because Latinos often face important inequalities, they represent a key sub-group for understanding the toll of long COVID. A statewide survey of Latinos in Colorado identified that nearly one-fourth (23%) of Latinos in that state are suffering from long-term COVID symptoms. One of the most important findings from this study is that Latino parents are three times as likely to suffer from long-term COVID symptoms relative to Latinos without children (23% compared to 7%). This finding suggests that Latino families are particularly vulnerable to economic challenges associated with long COVID and motivates the deeper investigation of Latino families taken during the webinar.
Read the full article about COVID-19's impact on Latino communities by Gabriel R. Sanchez, Noreen M. Sugrue, and Adrián A. Pedroza at Brookings.