• Indigenous groups and pandemics 

      Alves, Daniele Evelin; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Dimka, Jessica; Simonsen, Lone; Mølbak, Mathias; Ørskov, Søren; Sattenspiel, Lisa; Tripp, Lianne; Noymer, Andrew; Chowell-Puente, Gerardo; Dahal, Sushma; van Doren, Taylor P.; Wissler, Amanda; Heffernan, Courtney; Short, Kirsty Renfree; Battles, Heather; Baker, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-12)
      In addition to posing a major threat to global health, pandemics impact economic activity, as witnessed during the spread of COVID-19 around the globe. The disease risks, however, are not uniform for major pandemic threats. ...
    • Investigating COVID-19 transmission and mortality differences among Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Mexico 

      Sushma, Dahal; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Luo, Ruiyan; Sattenspiel, Lisa; Self-Brown, Shannon; Chowell, Gerardo (International Journal of Infectious Diseases;Volume 122, September 2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-07)
      Objectives: Indigenous populations have been disproportionately affected during pandemics. We investigated COVID-19 mortality estimates among indigenous and non-indigenous populations at national and sub-national levels ...
    • “We didn't get much schooling because we were fishing all the time”: Potential impacts of irregular school attendance on the spread of epidemics 

      Dimka, Jessica; Sattenspiel, Lisa (American Journal of Human Biology;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-17)
      Objectives: Especially in traditional, rural, and low-income areas, children attend school irregularly. School-based interventions are common mitigation strategies for infectious disease epidemics, but if daily attendance ...