comparemela.com

Latest Breaking News On - United kingdom nihrapplied research collaborationseast midlands - Page 1 : comparemela.com

New analysis claims deprivation driving COVID-19 ethnic disparities

zeenews Leicester [England], April 3 (ANI): Deprivation among society at large is ‘driving’ COVID-19 disparities among minority ethnic groups – predominantly South Asian and Black African or Caribbean populations – and could be considered the main cause of disproportionate infection rates, hospitalisation, and deaths experienced by these populations, according to new analysis from the University of Leicester. The study, supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) comes a day after a government-commissioned review concluded race and racism have become less important factors in explaining social disparities in the UK. Researchers at the University of Leicester used UK Biobank data of 407,830 South Asian, Black and White individuals to model a hypothetical intervention whereby 50 per cent of the general population were lifted out of material deprivation status (the ‘grade’ of deprivation was measured by the hig

© 2024 Vimarsana

vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.