Critical review of social, environmental and health risk factors in the Mexican indigenous population and their capacity to respond to the COVID-19

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 733; p. 139357
• Main Authors: Díaz de León-Martínez, Lorena, de la Sierra-de la Vega, Luz, Palacios-Ramírez, Andrés, Rodriguez-Aguilar, Maribel, Flores-Ramírez, Rogelio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Comorbidity; Coronavirus Infections - ethnology; COVID-19; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Indigenous people; Indigenous Peoples; Mexico; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - ethnology; Risk Factors; SARS-CoV-2; Social, environmental and health risk factors; Vulnerability; Vulnerable Populations; Mexico; COVID-19; Mexico; Vulnerability; Social, environmental and health risk factors; Indigenous people

The objective of this study was to conduct a critical analysis of the social, environmental and health risk factors in the Mexican indigenous population in the context of the COVID-19 disease pandemic, and to propose strategies to mitigate the impacts on these communities. Regarding social factors,...