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Editorial
. 2024 May 7:4:1351696.
doi: 10.3389/fepid.2024.1351696. eCollection 2024.

Editorial: COVID-19 pandemic and the social determinants of health

Rosemary M Caron  1 , Ronica Rooks  2 , Mahmoud Kandeel  3   4
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Editorial

Editorial: COVID-19 pandemic and the social determinants of health

Rosemary M Caron et al. Front Epidemiol. .

Abstract

As we learn to co-exist with COVID-19, this Research Topic highlights significant research contributions that examine the interaction of COVID-19 and the social determinants of health. To emphasize the impactful research in this area, this Research Topic features scholarly contributions in the fields of Epidemiology, specifically Aging and Life-course Epidemiology, and Public Health, specifically Public Health Policy. This theme is intentionally broad in scope, and our editorial provides an overview of the key findings of the papers published in the Research Topic on COVID-19 pandemic and the social determinants of health. The types of articles received in response to this Research Topic are summarized below.

Keywords: COVID-19; disparity; health policy; healthcare systems; marginalized populations; social determinants of health.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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