Covid-19: the contribution of demography

Research Projects
To answer a number of the many questions on the impact of the coronavirus on populations and societies in France and across the world, INED has brought together the entire range of its disciplines and resources. This involves coordinating and supporting a number of projects, including an internet platform dedicated to the daily tracking of deaths due to Covid-19, the conducting of new surveys, participation in several international research projects, and wide diffusion of scientific publications. INED began designing and running a number of major, innovative research projects of its own and jointly with other institutions as early as March 2020. The projects encompass all stages in the life cycles and investigate a variety of lockdown-related issues, including home schooling and children’s behavior, housing and living conditions, family solidarity, remote working, the quality and resilience of maternal and neonatal care services, and end-of-life and death in nursing homes.
Publication
The research projects on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have produced a considerable amount of scientific findings. INED has compiled a selection of articles to help you understand certain phenomena better; for example, the impact of the health crisis on life expectancy and excess mortality in France; its repercussions on the health of essential and low-wage workers; the worsening of social inequalities due to the pandemic by family origin and minority “invisibility,” particularly in the département of Seine-Saint-Denis immediately outside Paris; and ethno-racial inequality in the United States in connection with the pandemic.
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Research Projects
COVID-EHPAD

COVID-EHPAD

Characterization of risk of serious covid19 infections and over-mortality in skilled nursing home in France

Summary of research: During the SARS-COV2 2020 pandemic, the lethality rate has been highest among subjects aged 80 or over, particularly those with underlying co-morbidities. Elderly subjects living in France’s EHPADs (Établissements pour Personnes Agées Dépendantes: skilled nursing care facilities) are therefore particularly vulnerable due to their individual and contextual characteristics (age, co-morbidities, collective living situation, access to treatment).

Approximately 600,000 old and oldest-old subjects live in these facilities in France. The aims of the COVID-EHPAD research project are

to determine over-mortality among subjects living in EHPADs during and after the epidemic;
to determine the causes of death (the share related to COVID-19 and share not related);
to determine the risk of serious SARS-COV-2 infection;
to evaluate treatment during the epidemic of subjects living in EHPADS in the areas of i) care for COVID-19 and ii) care for other pathologies in the context of lockdown and hospital saturation.
The consortium of researchers involved is under development. Jean-Marie Robine will participate in this project.

Funders: Caisse nationale de la solidarité pour l’Autonomie (CNSA), Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation (MESRI) et le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).

Contact: Florence CANOUI-POITRINE

Online :June 2021