The COVID-19 syndemic: a perfect storm for the life expectancy of the most disadvantaged Americans
COVID-19 widened preexisting inequalities in LE in the US, both via direct mortality and through syndemic interactions with other diseases and health conditions. The underlying social, political, economic, and environmental factors driving the clustering and interaction of diseases among the most disadvantaged Americans need to be addressed.
Authors
- William C. Kerr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6612-9200)
- Carolin Kilian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5913-6488)
- Nina Mulia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5847-9697)
- Charlotte Probst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4360-697X)
- Jürgen T. Rehm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5665-0385)
- Yachen Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-6168)
- Charlotte Buckley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8430-0347)
- Sophie Bright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8577-5221)
- Yu Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2336-3803)
Institutions
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- 3M (United States) (US)
- Mental Health Research Institute (AU)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Public Health Institute (US)
- Public Health Agency (GB)
- Alcohol Research Group (US)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-04-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf069
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health