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14 July 2020

Direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 on health and wellbeing

Direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 on health and wellbeing: Rapid evidence review v2
Champs Intelligence & Evidence Service, July 2020
  • This rapid evidence review provides a summary of what the evidence tells us about the direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 on health and wellbeing. It examines the impacts of COVID-19 on the ‘wider determinants of health’ - Impacts on family, friends and communities, money and resources, education and skills, our surroundings, transport, the food we eat; access to health and social care, individual health behaviours and health and wellbeing outcomes. 
  • The report concludes that the impacts of COVID-19 have not been felt equally – the pandemic has both exposed and exacerbated longstanding inequalities in society.