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Importance of collecting data on socioeconomic determinants from the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak onwards

May12
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CEPAR researchers Professor Robert Cumming and Dr Saman Khalatbari-Soltani, in collaboration with the University of Toulouse, highlight in their recent paper the importance of collecting data on socioeconomic determinants from the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak onwards.

Key messages:

  •  Prior evidence on the social and socioeconomic determinants of disease suggests that COVID-19 is likely to have a socially patterned population distribution.
  •  Social and socioeconomic data are not being collected and made available to understand and address COVID-19 health inequalities.
  • Pandemic recommendations and guidelines need to reflect the contribution of the social determinants of health and their intersectional nature.

Khalatbari-Soltani S, Cumming RG, Delpierre C, et al. (2020): Importance of collecting data on socioeconomic determinants from the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak onwardsJ Epidemiol Community Health. doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214297