Reports from Marquette University Provide New Insights into COVID-19 (Covid-19 and Latinx Alcohol Use: the Role of Health Insurance): Coronavirus – COVID-19

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2022 NOV 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx COVID-19 Daily -- Investigators publish new report on Coronavirus - COVID-19. According to news reporting out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Latinx people have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 evidenced by high rates of exposure, hospitalization, and death. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an increase in alcohol use across numerous communities but minimal work, thus far, has examined potential underlying mechanisms among Latinxs.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Marquette University, “Social determinants of health, such as lack of health insurance, can function as systemic barriers to necessary resources to manage COVID-19 placing individuals at greater risk for negative outcomes. The present study sought to examine the ability of emotional distress and physical health problems to mediate the relationship between COVID-19 exposure and alcohol use, which is conditional on having health insurance. An online survey study of 388 Latinx adults found that emotional distress, but not physical health problems, mediated the relationship between COVID-19 exposure and alcohol use. This indirect effect was stronger among uninsured Latinx participants.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These findings highlight the role of social determinants in exacerbating the negative consequences associated with the COVID-19 pandemic for Latinx adults.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Covid-19 and Latinx Alcohol Use: the Role of Health Insurance. Journal of Latinx Psychology, 2022. Journal of Latinx Psychology can be contacted at: Educational Publishing Foundation-american Psychological Assoc, 750 First St, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Jaclyn B. Pachicano, Marquette University, Dept. of Psychology, Pob 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201, United States. Additional authors for this research include Lucas Torres, Veronica L. Heredia and Lisa M. Edwards.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000214. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.