COVID-19 mortality associated with multidimensional poverty, ethnicities, and armed conflict in Colombia: retrospective observational study based on national records
This study highlights disparities in COVID-19 mortality influenced by ethnic, socioeconomic, and territorial factors, with a greater burden on Afro-Colombians, Indigenous peoples, and conflict zones. Public health policies must address these structural inequalities.
Authors
- Javier Riascos-Ochoa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6680-8510)
- Wilson Giovanni Jiménez Barbosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0467-0365)
- Federico Cosenz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2493-2139)
- Claudia Birchenall-Jiménez
Institutions
- Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano (CO)
- Hospital Universitario San Ignacio (CO)
- University of Palermo (IT)
- Universidad del Rosario (CO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1514076
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.79