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Early pandemic evaluation and enhanced surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II): additional analysis of ethnic inequalities

Safe People

Organisation name

University of Glasgow

Organisation sector

Academic Institute

Applicant name(s)

Vittal Katikireddi

Safe Projects

Project ID

eDRIS-2021-0115

Lay summary

Evidence from previous pandemics, and the current COVID-19 pandemic, has found that risk of infection/severity of disease is disproportionately higher for ethnic minority groups, and those in lower socioeconomic positions. It is imperative that interventions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are targeted towards high-risk populations. We will investigate the associations between social characteristics (such as ethnicity, occupation and socioeconomic position) and COVID-19 outcomes and the extent to which characteristics/risk factors might explain observed relationships in Scotland. The primary objective of this study is to describe the epidemiology of COVID-19 by social factors. Secondary objectives are to (1) examine receipt of treatment and prevention of COVID-19 by social factors; (2) quantify ethnic/social differences in adverse COVID-19 outcomes; (3) explore potential mediators of relationships between social factors and SARS-CoV-2 infection/COVID-19 prognosis; (4) examine whether occupational COVID-19 differences differ by other social factors and (5) assess quality of ethnicity coding within National Health Service datasets.

Latest approval date

05/10/2020

Safe Data

Dataset(s) name

NRS Census Data

Albasoft

COVID19 test

NHS24

SICSAG (Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group)

Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS)

CHI database

COVID19 Vaccination

Safe Setting

Access type

TRE

Safe Outputs