id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-352460-ql0eogzz Farmer, Nicole COVID-19: Growing Health Disparity Gaps and an Opportunity for Health Behavior Discovery? 2020-07-10 .txt text/plain 2546 124 30 Reasons for the disparity in COVID-19 affecting African Americans are likely multifactorial, including structural inequities and social injustice, misinformation about infection risk, limited testing availability and health care access, and disproportionate prevalence of preexisting conditions. 13 Consequences of these neighborhood environments can directly impact physical and mental health: less access to foods identified to prevent chronic diseases, 14 increased exposure to violence, 15, 16 and less access to green space, 17 a known mitigating factor of psychosocial stress. Examples of how multilevel interventions may be useful during this pandemic to address psychosocial health and health-promoting behaviors may include health communication and messaging interventions (institutional and societal levels); promotion and identification of locations within an area to engage in social distancing physical activities (neighborhood levels); family-based interventions around instrumental or emotional support (interpersonal level); and psychological interventions on perception and self-awareness of behaviors (individual level). ./cache/cord-352460-ql0eogzz.txt ./txt/cord-352460-ql0eogzz.txt