Differential impact of mitigation policies and socioeconomic status on COVID-19 prevalence and social distancing in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The spread of COVID-19 has highlighted the long-standing health inequalities across the U.S. as neighborhoods with fewer resources were associated with higher rates of COVID-19 transmission. Although the stay-at-home order was one of the most effective methods to contain its spread, residents in lower-income neighborhoods faced barriers to practicing social distancing. We aimed to quantify the differential impact of stay-at-home policy on COVID-19 transmission and residents' mobility across neighborhoods of different levels of socioeconomic disadvantage.

Methods

This was a comparative interrupted time-series analysis at the county level. We included 2087 counties from 38 states which both implemented and lifted the state-wide stay-at-home order. Every county was a

SUBMITTER: Chang HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8201431 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature