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There’s a connection between covid and mental illness in women of color - according to a You of Eye professor. Dave Dahl reports …

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Three years after the pandemic started, a You of Eye researcher says anxiety and depression showed up more in Black and Latina women. More from Dave Dahl.

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a/Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo (SAN-druh-looz LAYR-uh sin-uh-SOH-moh), an associate professor of kinesiology and community health at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, says women of color have been particularly at risk for behavioral health problems because of covid.

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a/Lara-Cinimoso says - in the race struggle - society has not come that far.

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Three years after the pandemic started, a University of Illinois researcher says anxiety and depression showed up more in Black and Latina women. These non-whites have many things going against them, 

“They were overrepresented, and continue to be overrepresented, in chronic health

 conditions, often due to high levels of stress and poor access to quality health care,” said Lara-Cinisomo, an associate professor of kinesiology and community health. 

“In the context of the pandemic, they were overrepresented in terms of essential workers, so they were highly vulnerable, because they were still required to work.”

And many of those jobs do not offer paid sick leave, another factor which creates anxiety.

Lara-Cinisomo’s study showed nearly one-third of the people questioned sa8d they experienced mental health symptoms. That’s more than she expected.

Lara-Cinisomo also says racism and discrimination are still “pervasive” in America.

Demographic and COVID-19-Related Factors Associated with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Among African American and Latina Women in a Midwestern State - PubMed (nih.gov)