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Health disparities in past influenza pandemics: A scoping review of the literature
SSM - population health, v 21, 101314
Mar 2023
PMID: 36514788
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing health disparities. To provide a historical perspective on health disparities for pandemic acute respiratory viruses, we conducted a scoping review of the public health literature of health disparities in influenza outcomes during the 1918, 1957, 1968, and 2009 influenza pandemics.
We searched for articles examining socioeconomic or racial/ethnic disparities in any population, examining any influenza-related outcome (e.g., incidence, hospitalizations, mortality), during the 1918, 1957, 1968, and 2009 influenza pandemics. We conducted a structured search of English-written articles in PubMed supplemented by a snowball of articles meeting inclusion criteria.
A total of 29 articles met inclusion criteria, all but one focusing exclusively on the 1918 or 2009 pandemics. Individuals of low socioeconomic status, or living in low socioeconomic status areas, experienced higher incidence, hospitalizations, and mortality in the 1918 and 2009 pandemics. There were conflicting results regarding racial/ethnic disparities during the 1918 pandemic, with differences in magnitude and direction by outcome, potentially due to issues in data quality by race/ethnicity. Racial/ethnic minorities had generally higher incidence, mortality, and hospitalization rates in the 1957 and 2009 pandemics.
Individuals of low socioeconomic status and racial/ethnic minorities have historically experienced worse influenza outcomes during pandemics. These historical patterns can inform current research to understand disparities in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics.
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- Title
- Health disparities in past influenza pandemics: A scoping review of the literature
- Creators
- Angela D'Adamo - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyAlina Schnake-Mahl - Drexel University, Urban Health CollaborativePricila H. Mullachery - Drexel University, Urban Health CollaborativeMariana Lazo - Drexel University, Urban Health CollaborativeAna V. Diez Roux - Drexel University, Urban Health CollaborativeUsama Bilal - Drexel University, Urban Health Collaborative
- Publication Details
- SSM - population health, v 21, 101314
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Health Management and Policy; Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000990562800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85145681166
- Other Identifier
- 991019399993304721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health