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Racial disparities and COVID-19: socio-environmental and health conditions in quilombola communities in northeastern Brazil

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: COVID-19 is not associated with a particular population group. Groups like the quilombolas, larger health dimensions. The objective of the study was to analyze the existence of an association between COVID-19 and socio-environmental and health conditions in quilombola communities. The research was carried out in four rural quilombola communities in Northeast Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, developed between January and August 2021, in which 120 quilombolas who underwent RT-PCR laboratory test for COVID-19 were interviewed. The prevalence of COVID-19 was 25.8% and the age of the individuals ranged from 18 to 78 years, with a mean of 41 ± 13.7 years. Among the socio-environmental and health variables, the symptoms of shortness of breath and diarrhea were associated with the disease. Aquatic leisure presented a protective factor for COVID-19. Educational and health promotion measures are necessary to control the spread of the disease and to prevent health problems in quilombola communities.

Source: Concilium

DOI: 10.53660/clm-2091-23p31

Authors: Simone Figueiredo Freitas de Campos Campos, Jessy Tawanne Santana, Maria Nogueira Marques Marques, Cristiane Costa da Cunha Oliveira Oliveira, Cláudia Moura de Melo Melo

Institution: Universidade Tiradentes

Language: English

Topic: Indigenous Health and Education

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4387581372

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