“COVID-19 and the State of Health of Pacific Islanders in the United States”
Volume 17:1 & 2, (2020)
by Raynald Samoa, Joseph Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, Corina Penaia, Ridvan Tupai-Firestone, Elena Fa’amoe-Timoteo, Melisa Laelan, and Nia Aitaoto
ABSTRACT: In the United States, Pacific Islanders are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 at alarming rates. Prior to the pandemic, the population was experiencing some of the largest health disparities in the United States driven, in part, by a lack of access to economic resources and health care. Historical events provide a context to understanding the current socioeconomic indicators that predispose Pacific Islanders to COVID-19 and provides insight into the circumstances that have led to the effective transmission of COVID-19 in this community. Other Pacific populations demonstrate more optimal control of COVID-19 and may provide models that have the potential to improve the devastatingly dis proportional rates of infection and death in this vulnerable community.
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Raynald Samoa, Joseph Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, Corina Penaia, Ridvan Tupai-Firestone, Elena Fa’amoe-Timoteo, Melisa Laelan, and Nia Aitaoto (2020) COVID-19 and the State of Health of Pacific Islanders in the United States. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2020, Vol. 17, No. 1 & 2.