May12
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