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Revisiting the Hispanic Health Paradox: The Housing and Work Experiences of Immigrants in NYC during the Covid-19 Pandemic

  • Funded by Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC)
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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC)

  • Principal Investigator

    Denton Callander, Étienne Meunier

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    CITY COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Internally Displaced and Migrants

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

New York City was the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic in Spring 2020 with many low-income Hispanic workers still reeling from its economic and health impacts. Drawing on a survey conducted in collaboration with the Mexican Coalition of New York City, administrative and census data, as well as 20 in-depth interviews, we propose a mixed-method study of the working and housing conditions and environmental hazards that Latino immigrants experience in NYC. We address the following questions: (1) How do working conditions and living arrangements affect the risk of contracting Covid-19? (2) How do environmental hazards lead to differential in mortality outcomes by gender? (3) How can this health crisis inform long standing theories about the more positive health outcomes of foreign-born compared to native-born Hispanics predicted by the Hispanic health paradox?