March 15, 2022
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Hispanic Michiganders were more likely than white Michiganders to suffer severe COVID-19 symptoms and have longer hospital stays, according to a new U-M study. Hispanic Michiganders were more likely than white Michiganders to suffer severe COVID-19 symptoms, have longer hospital stays and experience increased social stressors—being unable to pay rent, buy food or arrange child care, according to a new University of Michigan study. The findings shine a light into the health inequalities that were already observed by an earlier analysis comparing non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white adults, says Luis Zavala Arciniega, the main author of the most recent analysis from the Michigan COVID-19 Recovery Surveillance Study. “Our findings corroborate some of the anecdotal evidence we’ve heard about since the beginning of the pandemic, and I hope they will help to guide future response efforts to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in this and other related health outcomes in Michigan,” said Zavala, a doctoral candidate at the U-M’s School of Public Health. For their study, researchers reached out to 6,000 adults in Michigan with COVID-19 onset on or before Nov. 15, 2020. A total of 1,839 online and phone surveys were completed. Responses were weighted to be representative of adults with COVID-19 onset in Michigan with respect to age, sex and geographic location. In all, 67% were white, 10% were Hispanic and the rest were from other racial/ethnic groups. Researchers found that: The study also found differences between U.S.-born Hispanic and foreign-born Hispanic respondents: Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Differences in Access to Care, Recovery, and the Social Impact of COVID-19 More information: After COVID-19 illness, Michiganders experienced increased disabilities
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Nancy Fleischer
Nancy Fleischer, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Health equity, structural racism, COVID-19 recovery, tobacco
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