PHSWorkshop

Our annual Population Health Science Research Workshop tackles economics, epidemiology, demography and sociology. #PHS2020

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If you weren't able to attend #PHS2020's keynote, read @PennLDI's coverage of @TrevonDLogan's talk here. https://t.co/XlzKVisGjK

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Thanks to everyone who joined us for #PHS2020, especially @TrevonDLogan, our presenters, our scientific committee, and organizers! https://t.co/OSmJ7XlmVI

[Michelle Ko @michelleko2d]

"Even in a pandemic, they can still find ways to kill Black men on the street. The pandemic has stopped a lot of things, but it has not stopped police brutality." @TrevonDLogan @PhsWorkshop

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.@TrevonDLogan: The continued role of bias in medical care, racist ideas about Black people, and general racialized treatment cannot be ignored #PHS2020

[Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH @rohankhaz]

"We cannot think that, magically with a vaccine, we are going to turn the lights on and have things go back to normal."

@TrevonDLogan at @PHSWorkshop is putting on an absolute clinic with his keynote presentation. On every slide, there is so much pain we need to grapple with...

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@LeifScience Good question! We'll check on this.

[Ravi Gupta @rgupta729]

So much to think about while listening to a stellar lineup of thinkers and researchers @PhsWorkshop @PennLDI. Floored by @TrevonDLogan keynote on racially disproportionate effects of COVID and how the virus worsened underlying disparities & undid progress. #PHS2020 @atheendar

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The policy response to the pandemic has been uneven. More than 75% of the meatpacking workers infected with #COVID19 were Black (19%) or Latinx (56%). We see assistance and household financial distress are unevenly distributed, Dr. Logan says #PHS2020

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We're honored to have @TrevonDLogan join us as our keynote speaker, talking with #PHS2020 about "The Shadow of the Past: Black Americans and #COVID19"

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Overall life expectancy at birth will decline by 1 year, and COVID19 will reduce Black life expectancy at birth by more than 2 years. “This widening of the life expectancy gap erases more than a decade of gains in relative life expectancy for Black Americans.” @TrevonDLogan

[Xi Chen | 陈希 @xcyale]

Large and widening racial/ethnic gap in #COVID19 deaths (& death rate) per 100,000 people in America.
h/t: @TrevonDLogan @PhsWorkshop

[Michelle Ko @michelleko2d]

71% of Black Americans know someone hospitalized or died from COVID-19: "We are missing rituals of grief...of community, which are important for survivors. The psychological toll is also disproportionate." @TrevonDLogan @PhsWorkshop

[Osea Giuntella @Osea82]

Thank you for the opportunity to present our recent work with @kellydhyde @silvia_saccardo and @SallySadoff ! Great comments. and a super-interesting session on mental health.

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Lifting of strong eviction moratoriums was associated with significant increases in population mental distress, lifting of weak moratoriums was not. Increases may be larger among POC, though @LeifScience notes they were limited in power #PHS2020

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.@LeifScience presents on #COVID19 eviction moratoriums and population mental health. Leifheit cites that widespread unemployment brought on by COVID has left 30-40 million people behind on rent and at risk of eviction #PHS2020

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.@Osea82 et al find that declines in physical activity are a leading risk factor for depression during the pandemic. An intervention they tried substantially increased physical activity but did not improve mental health. Next steps: could longer/combined interventions work?

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.@Osea82 now shares about lifestyle and mental health disruptions during #COVID19. He finds at onset of pandemic, average steps decline from 9,400 to 4,600 steps per day, sleep increases by about 25-30 minutes/night, screen time more than doubles https://t.co/WBoaebYUne #PHS2020

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They found that curfew-induced decline in mobility substantially worsened mental health outcomes. Let's rethink how additional policy measures could mitigate mental burden of social isolation: on-the-ground local support for senior adults, telehealth services, health call centers

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In the mental health session, @ronuraltindag presents on mental health costs of lockdowns: evidence from age-specific curfews in Turkey. Read more about this paper here: https://t.co/yWfsXRjui3 #PHS2020

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How could restricted mobility affect mental health? Social + physical isolation, economic insecurity, household conflict potentially. Establishing a causal link is challenging because of reverse causality + many potential confounders that correlate with mobility, mental health