A team of researchers at the UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing write
that 2020 has had so many stressful events that public health is endangered.
This is especially true among the most vulnerable populations.
The commentary by Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, E. Alison Holman, PhD, and Dana Rose Garfin, PhD, appears in the journal Nature Human Behavior.
As the world grappled with numerous traumatic events in 2020, it all unfolded in real-time in the media. This has led to intense stress among the public and taxed its ability to cope.
The stress of these events endangers those with existing health disparities the most.
“Because of historical and racial trauma, economic turmoil and loss of health insurance may exacerbate chronic health conditions, with devastating consequences.”
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