| Contents |
COVID-19 across the life course / Diana Kuh and Joanna Blodgett -- Social class, poverty, and COVID-19 / Alicia R. Riley and M. Maria Glymour -- Race/ethnicity and COVID-19 / Merlin Chowkwanyun, Dean Robinson, and Adolph Reed -- Racism, stigma, and the COVID-19 pandemic / David H. Chae, Kara W. Chung, Diamond J. Cunningham, Connor D. Martz, Ethan A. Smith, and Michael Cunningham / International migration, immigrant health, and social policies during the COVID-19 pandemic : a case study of six countries / Sarah Diaz, Rama Hagos, Tod Hamilton, and Carmela Alcántara -- Explaining binary sex and gender patterns in the direct and indirect health effects of COVID-19 : biologic and social constructions of difference / Lisa M. Bates -- Sexual and gender minorities in the COVID-19 pandemic / Liadh Timmins, Kevalyn Bharadwaj, Krish J. Bhatt, and Dustin T. Duncan -- Disability and ableism in the COVID-19 pandemic / Krish J. Bhatt and Bonnielin K. Swenor -- COVID-19 and mass incarceration / Sandhya Kajeepeta and Seth Prins -- Income inequality and COVID-19 / Ichiro Kawachi -- Work during and after the pandemic / Susan E. Peters and Gregory R. Wagner -- Housing conditions in the COVID-19 pandemic / Sebastián Sandoval Olascoaga, César García López, Gabriela Zayas del Rio, and Mariana C. Arcaya -- Neighborhoods and COVID-19 : current research, future directions, and place-based interventions / Byoungjun Kim, Adam Whalen, Andrew Rundle, Christopher Morrison, Charles Branas, and Dustin T. Duncan -- Social capital, social cohesion, and COVID-19 / Ichiro Kawachi and Yusuf Ransome -- Religion, spirituality, and COVID-19 / Yusuf Ransome, Tamara L. Taggart, and Ichiro Kawachi -- Trust in public health communications and the COVID-19 pandemic / Rachel McCloud, Mesfin Awoke Bekalu, and K. Vish Viswanath -- COVID-19, welfare states, and social policies / Wasie Karim, Emilie Courtin, and Peter Muennig. |
| Abstract |
"The novel coronavirus of 2019 (COVID-19) has caused one of the largest pandemics in human history. COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March 2020. The worldwide COVID health crisis has affected virtually every aspect of daily life, namely the conditions in which we are born, grow, learn, work, and age. For the last three years, for instance, we have engaged in social distancing, remote meetups and seemingly endless Zoom calls. We have also changed how we view healthcare, with many increasing their use of telemedicine. Many have also abandoned city living for a more comfortable life in suburban, peri-rural and rural environments, with greater access to trees and parkland. Travel has been significantly impacted-disrupting existing social networks but also potentially deepening more localized social networks. For some, these changes were only in initial lockdown period(s); for others, these changes may be ongoing. The idea for our book emerged from overwhelming evidence that the pandemic intersects with nearly every social determinant of population health and aggravating existing inequalities in social conditions and health outcomes"-- Provided by publisher. |
