The ‘Coronavirus: The Whole Story’ podcast highlights UCL’s interdisciplinary expertise on Covid-19 – in this episode you can hear Rob Aldridge discuss his research that has highlighted the greatly increased risk in minority ethnic communities.
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We used NHS data of patients with a positive Covid-19 test, who died hospitals in England from March 1 to April 21 this year – which included data on age, region and ethnicity.
Our findings support an urgent need to take action to reduce the risk of death from Covid-19 for BAME groups. Actions to reduce these inequities include ensuring an adequate income for everyone so that low paid and zero-hours contract workers can afford to follow social distancing recommendations, reducing occupational risks such as ensuring adequate PPE, reducing barriers to accessing healthcare and providing culturally and linguistically appropriate public health communications.
Read the full research paper here.
We have published our analysis protocol for a linked population-based cohort study of 1.5 million migrants.
The results of this study will provide policymakers and civil society with detailed information about the health needs of non-EU international migrants and refugees in England.
You can read more about this study in the full research article published here.
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Rob Aldridge
Rob Aldridge is a Professor at UCL and is leading the HOME App research project. You can find out more about Rob here.