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. 2021 Sep-Oct;136(5):523-531.
doi: 10.1177/00333549211026799. Epub 2021 Jun 23.

Using Syndemics and Intersectionality to Explain the Disproportionate COVID-19 Mortality Among Black Men

Derek M Griffith  1   2   3 , Christopher S Holliday  4 , Okechuku K Enyia  5 , Jennifer M Ellison  3 , Emily C Jaeger  3
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Using Syndemics and Intersectionality to Explain the Disproportionate COVID-19 Mortality Among Black Men

Derek M Griffith et al. Public Health Rep. 2021 Sep-Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Black men; COVID-19; health equity; intersectionality; men’s health; premature mortality; syndemics.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Dr Holliday is an employee of the American Medical Association (AMA), but the opinions expressed herein are his own and should not be interpreted as AMA policy.

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Figure 1
Change in life expectancy at birth in years, by Hispanic origin, race, and sex: United States, 2019-2020. Data source: Arias et al.
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Figure 2
Life expectancy at birth, by Hispanic origin, race, and sex: United States, 2019 and 2020. Data source: Arias et al.
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Figure 3
Syndemic approach to Black men’s mortality risk during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Describing the structural factors as anti-Black, gendered structural racism highlights the importance of using an intersectional approach to understand how structural factors affect specific populations.
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