Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania

Abstract The assessment and identification of risk/vulnerable groups and risk factors are vital elements that can help quantify the pandemic potential of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus in order to plan prevention and treatment measures. The aim of the study is to identify a methodological approach of populati...

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Autores principales:	Bianca Mitrică, Irena Mocanu, Ines Grigorescu, Monica Dumitraşcu, Adriana Pistol, Nicoleta Damian, Paul‐Răzvan Şerban
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Publicado:	American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021
Materias:	population vulnerability SARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection/COVID‐19 disease geographical‐methodological approach NUTS3/County level Romania Environmental protection TD169-171.8
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7bdaa7042bb6467c8e33c421d1c2f2542021-11-23T17:17:51ZPopulation Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania2471-140310.1029/2021GH000461https://doaj.org/article/7bdaa7042bb6467c8e33c421d1c2f2542021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000461https://doaj.org/toc/2471-1403Abstract The assessment and identification of risk/vulnerable groups and risk factors are vital elements that can help quantify the pandemic potential of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus in order to plan prevention and treatment measures. The aim of the study is to identify a methodological approach of population vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection. The study identifies reliable data sources and sets up a unitary database with statistical variables, quantitative and qualitative indicators with potential for being updated and improved. The analysis takes into account a number of variables/indicators (e.g., elderly persons, population without physician care, number of people suffering from cardiovascular diseases, number of people suffering from respiratory diseases, dwellings not connected to the public water supply network, no. of medical staff, number of COVID‐19 hospitals, PCR testing laboratories, number of vaccinated persons) grouped into the key vulnerability components: exposure, sensitivity, coping capacity and adaptive capacity. They allowed the computation of the final Index of Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection and the mapping of different dimensions of vulnerability. The study was performed using the statistical data available at NUTS3/County level provided by different institutions (e.g., the Ministry of Health, the National Institute of Public Health, the Strategic Communication Group, and the National Institute of Statistics). The mapping of the different degrees of vulnerability could solve a problem of visibility for possible areas with vulnerable population, but also a problem of communication between different institutional health and administrative levels, as well as between all of them and the local communities and/or professionals.Bianca MitricăIrena MocanuInes GrigorescuMonica DumitraşcuAdriana PistolNicoleta DamianPaul‐Răzvan ŞerbanAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)articlepopulation vulnerabilitySARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection/COVID‐19 diseasegeographical‐methodological approachNUTS3/County levelRomaniaEnvironmental protectionTD169-171.8ENGeoHealth, Vol 5, Iss 11, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
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topic	population vulnerability SARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection/COVID‐19 disease geographical‐methodological approach NUTS3/County level Romania Environmental protection TD169-171.8
spellingShingle	population vulnerability SARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection/COVID‐19 disease geographical‐methodological approach NUTS3/County level Romania Environmental protection TD169-171.8 Bianca Mitrică Irena Mocanu Ines Grigorescu Monica Dumitraşcu Adriana Pistol Nicoleta Damian Paul‐Răzvan Şerban Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania
description	Abstract The assessment and identification of risk/vulnerable groups and risk factors are vital elements that can help quantify the pandemic potential of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus in order to plan prevention and treatment measures. The aim of the study is to identify a methodological approach of population vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection. The study identifies reliable data sources and sets up a unitary database with statistical variables, quantitative and qualitative indicators with potential for being updated and improved. The analysis takes into account a number of variables/indicators (e.g., elderly persons, population without physician care, number of people suffering from cardiovascular diseases, number of people suffering from respiratory diseases, dwellings not connected to the public water supply network, no. of medical staff, number of COVID‐19 hospitals, PCR testing laboratories, number of vaccinated persons) grouped into the key vulnerability components: exposure, sensitivity, coping capacity and adaptive capacity. They allowed the computation of the final Index of Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus infection and the mapping of different dimensions of vulnerability. The study was performed using the statistical data available at NUTS3/County level provided by different institutions (e.g., the Ministry of Health, the National Institute of Public Health, the Strategic Communication Group, and the National Institute of Statistics). The mapping of the different degrees of vulnerability could solve a problem of visibility for possible areas with vulnerable population, but also a problem of communication between different institutional health and administrative levels, as well as between all of them and the local communities and/or professionals.
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author	Bianca Mitrică Irena Mocanu Ines Grigorescu Monica Dumitraşcu Adriana Pistol Nicoleta Damian Paul‐Răzvan Şerban
author_facet	Bianca Mitrică Irena Mocanu Ines Grigorescu Monica Dumitraşcu Adriana Pistol Nicoleta Damian Paul‐Răzvan Şerban
author_sort	Bianca Mitrică
title	Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania
title_short	Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania
title_full	Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania
title_fullStr	Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania
title_full_unstemmed	Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania
title_sort	population vulnerability to the sars‐cov‐2 virus infection. a county‐level geographical‐methodological approach in romania
publisher	American Geophysical Union (AGU)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/7bdaa7042bb6467c8e33c421d1c2f254
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Population Vulnerability to the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus Infection. A County‐Level Geographical‐Methodological Approach in Romania

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