1. ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES AS RISK FACTORS IN THE DISSEMINATION OF COVID-19 IN NATAL, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE.
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BANDEIRA, E. D., NAVONI, J. A., SOUZA, J. R., CUNHA, D. C. S., and LUCENA, S. V.
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ENVIRONMENTAL risk , *COVID-19 , *ENVIRONMENTAL health , *DISPERSAL (Ecology) - Abstract
The aim of the study was to elucidate the potential influence of socio-environmental conditions prevailing in distinct neighborhoods of Natal/RN city on the profile of positive cases and fatalities stemming from the disease. A descriptive and analytical study was conducted, employing the analytical territorial typology based on the Environmental Health Matrix of Driving Forces-PressureState-Exposure-Effect-Action (DPSEEA) to discern the heterogeneity of conditions prevailing within the studied municipality. The findings expounded that areas characterized by superior socio-economic and environmental indicators exhibited elevated rates of COVID-19 incidence, whereas regions marked by greater social vulnerability registered heightened mortality rates due to the disease. Consequently, this investigation delineates how socio-environmental disparities may have influenced the disease's propagation in the Natal/RN municipality, accentuating extant health inequities as vulnerability factors in the face of an emergent public health situation, as exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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