Risk of severe illness from COVID‐19 among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: the construct of 'vulnerable populations' obscures the root causes of health inequities

• Main Authors: Katherine A. Thurber (Author), Eden M. Barrett (Author), Jason Agostino (Author), Catherine Chamberlain (Author), James Ward (Author), Vicki Wade (Author), Mary Belfrage (Author), Raglan Maddox (Author), David Peiris (Author), Jennie Walker (Author), Bernard Baffour (Author), Mark Wenitong (Author), Charlee Law (Author), Timothy Senior (Author), Naomi Priest (Author), Kate Freeman (Author), Tanya Schramm (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: To quantify the prevalence of known health‐related risk factors for severe COVID‐19 illness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, and their relationship with social determinants. Methods: Weighted cross‐sectional analysis of the 2018‐19 National Aboriginal and Torre...