DeepTrace: Improving Pandemic Health Care by Identifying Disparities and Determinants

This research provides new strategies for determining health determinants. The goal is to improve pandemic health care by providing a thorough analysis of health disparities and diets based on multiple COVID-19 datasets. We examine structural, social, and constructural health determinants to ascertain why disparities [in racial and ethnic minorities who are particularly disadvantaged] occur in infection and death rates due to COVID-19 pandemic. We trace determinants of nutrition and obesity through diet examination. Black Americans have a long-standing history of disadvantage (e.g., disparities in health outcomes) and are in a vulnerable position to experience this pandemic's impact. Prior research indicates high-risk and vulnerability of the elderly and patients with underlying co-morbidities, but little research paid attention to tracing the social, structural, and constructural health determinants. Extensive experimental results show the effectiveness of DeepTrace in this effort.