Economic, Social, and Health Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic for Aging African Americans

COVID-19 大流行对非裔美国人老年人的经济、社会和健康影响

基本信息

批准号：
10162101
负责人：
Ronald L Simons
金额：
$ 37.28万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-04-01 至 2022-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10162101
关键词：
Acquaintances Address Affect African American Aging Alcohol consumption Anger Antibodies Anxiety Biological Aging Biological Assay Biological Clocks COVID-19 COVID-19 pandemic Caring Categories Color Communities Conflict (Psychology)Contracts Cross-Sectional Studies Data Data Collection Diagnosis Diet Domestic Violence Economics Employment Ensure Epidemic Exposure to Failure Family Family Relationship Financial Hardship Food Fostering Fright Funding Government Grant Health Home environment Household Income Individual Interview Investigation Knowledge Loneliness Low income Maintenance Medical Mental Depression Occupations Outcome Participant Patient Self-Report Persons Pharmaceutical Preparations Policies Policy Maker Positioning Attribute Privatization Process Quarantine Race Reporting Research Resources Respondent Risk Behaviors Saliva Sampling Secure Services Severities Shelter facility Smoking Social Class Social Distance Social Policies Social support Source Stress Symptoms Telephone Interviews Testing Unemployment Violence Virus Waxes Weather Well in self Work base cohesion coping design diet and exercise emotional adjustment experience federal policy infection rate lower income families member methylomics middle age pandemic disease programs psychological distress psychosocial response social statistics stressor success

项目摘要

PROJECT SUMMARY The current proposal seeks funding to expand the focus of our NIA grant “Psychosocial Context and the Biological Clock: Changes in Weathering during Middle-Age” (5R01AG055393-03), a longitudinal investigation of biological aging in a sample of roughly 500 middle-aged African Americans. While significant progress is being made regarding the aims of this project, additional funds are being sought through the competitive revision mechanism to investigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our study participants. The pandemic is predicted to wax and wane over the next several months or years, with the result likely being recurring episodes of self-quarantine and financial hardship. The African American community has been especially hard hit by the epidemic. As they struggle with self-quarantine, a faltering economy, and high rates of infection, there is a need for specific information regarding how these families are being affected, the stressors and challenges being encountered, and the supports and coping resources being utilized. Such knowledge is essential if we are to design effective programs to aid families during this difficult period. Unfortunately, cross- sectional studies will not be able to establish whether reports of the financial problems, family strain, and psychological distress are a response to the epidemic or simply a continuation of everyday stress and adversity experienced by many African Americans. The proposed research, however, is ideally suited to investigate change in response to the pandemic. Our last round of interviews was completed in 2019, a year before the pandemic. These interviews included detailed information on work, economic hardship, psychological well- being, family relationships, religiosity, social support, and health risk behaviors such as diet, smoking, and alcohol consumption. We propose to use these 2019 data as a baseline in assessing participants’ functioning during the Covid-19 crisis. Telephone interviews will be used to collect the new round of data. In addition to the constructs that have been assessed in prior waves, new data collection will investigate: a) difficulties in securing food, prescription medications, and medical care; b) sources of support from relatives and the community; c) success/failure/challenges in implementing shelter-in- place; d) family cohesion and conflict (including domestic violence) during shelter in place; and e) whether any member of the household has contracted COVID-19, how they were tested, and the medical care received. Following the telephone interviews, participants will be sent saliva kits so that we can perform antibody assays to determine whether they have had contact with the virus. The saliva samples will also be used to conduct methylomic assessments of smoking and alcohol consumptions, an approach that avoids the problems associated with self-reports. The proposed research will provide a better understanding of how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting the lives of poor and aging individuals, especially those of color. This information is needed to better identify the types of support that need to be provided by governmental and private agencies when policies like social distancing are implemented.

项目概要当前的提案寻求资金来扩大我们 NIA 赠款“心理社会背景和生物钟：中年风化的变化”（5R01AG055393-03），纵向对大约 500 名中年非裔美国人样本进行的生物衰老调查虽然意义重大。该项目的目标正在取得进展，正在通过竞争性修订机制来调查 Covid-19 大流行对我们研究参与者的影响。预计这种流行病将在未来几个月或几年内消退，其结果可能是非裔美国人社区反复出现自我隔离和经济困难的情况。他们受到疫情的打击尤其严重，因为他们正在与自我隔离、经济衰退和高感染率作斗争。感染，需要有关这些家庭如何受到影响、压力源的具体信息遇到的挑战，以及正在利用的支持和应对资源。如果我们要设计有效的方案来帮助这一困难时期的家庭，这一点至关重要。局部研究将无法确定财务问题、家庭压力和心理困扰是对流行病的反应，或者只是日常压力和逆境的延续然而，这项研究非常适合进行调查。我们的最后一轮采访于 2019 年完成，即疫情爆发前一年。这些访谈包括有关工作、经济困难、心理健康的详细信息。存在、家庭关系、宗教信仰、社会支持和健康风险行为，如饮食、吸烟和我们建议使用 2019 年的数据作为评估参与者功能的基线。在 Covid-19 危机期间，将使用电话采访来收集新一轮的数据。对于在前几波中已评估过的结构，新的数据收集将调查：a）安全方面的困难食物、处方药和医疗保健； b) 亲属和社区的支持来源；实施就地庇护所的成功/失败/挑战 d) 家庭凝聚力和冲突（包括家庭暴力）在庇护所期间；以及 e) 家庭成员是否遭受过家庭暴力； COVID-19、他们的检测方式以及接受的医疗护理。参与者将收到唾液套件，以便我们可以进行抗体检测，以确定他们是否患有唾液样本还将用于对吸烟和吸烟进行甲基组学评估。饮酒，一种避免与自我报告相关的问题的方法。将更好地了解 Covid-19 大流行如何影响贫困和老龄化的生活个人，尤其是有色人种，需要这些信息来更好地确定需要的支持类型。当实施社交距离等政策时，由政府和私人机构提供。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（32）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Incarceration exposure and epigenetic aging in neighborhood context.

社区背景下的监禁暴露和表观遗传老化。

DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115273
发表时间：
2022
期刊：
Social science & medicine (1982)
影响因子：
0
作者：
Berg,MarkT;Rogers,EthanM;Riley,Kendall;Lei,Man-Kit;Simons,RonaldL
通讯作者：
Simons,RonaldL

Racial Discrimination as a Risk Factor for African American Men's Physical Partner Violence: A Longitudinal Test of Mediators and Moderators.

种族歧视是非裔美国男性身体伴侣暴力的一个危险因素：调解员和调解员的纵向测试。

DOI：
10.1177/1077801219830245
发表时间：
2020
期刊：
Violence against women
影响因子：
2.2
作者：
Sutton,TaraE;GordonSimons,Leslie;Martin,BrittanyT;Klopack,EricT;Gibbons,FrederickX;Beach,SteveRH;Simons,RonaldL
通讯作者：
Simons,RonaldL

Racial Discrimination, Inflammation, and Chronic Illness Among African American Women at Midlife: Support for the Weathering Perspective.