According to the CDC, COVID-19 has caused nearly 570K deaths in the US as of early April 2020. COVID-19 can cause numerous complications including blood clots, nerve damage, and pneumonia. The impact of COVID-19 can be observed through potential changes in pneumonia and influenza deaths in 2020 compared to previous years. The impact of COVID-19 […]
A48-P: How Has Anxiety From the Covid-19 Pandemic Affected Drinking and Smoking Behaviors In College Students?
Alcohol and marijuana use among college students are a public health crisis. Additionally, “the frequency of alcohol use (i.e., average number of alcohol-using days) increased significantly… and the frequency of cannabis use (average number of cannabis using days) increased significantly from pre-COVID to post-COVID” (Dumas et al., 2020). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people are […]
B11-P: Adding Insult to Injury: COVID-19 and Food-Insecure Households
As a public health major in KNH with a minor in global health, I wanted to research the impact of COVID-19 on food-insecure households. I was interested in better understanding how vulnerable populations have been impacted by food insecurity due to the pandemic. Therefore, my research question was: How has COVID-19 impacted households who were […]
C26-P: The Coronavirus Pandemic and its Impact on the Insurance Industry
This project was focused on estimating the overall economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the insurance industry and related fields. It is particularly relevant with respect to the new rollout of vaccines and large-scale infrastructure of prevention for the disease. The study primarily used a prevalence-based approach to determine the impact on a number […]
C12-T: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Social Vulnerability and COVID-19 Impact in the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly affected all of us over the past year; however, not all regions of the country have been impacted equally. The purpose of our project is to determine how well the impact of COVID-19 across the United States has been predicted by “social vulnerability,” which is defined by the CDC as […]