item: #1 of 58 id: cord-031747-tnprxtoh author: Galassi, F.M. title: Sinophobia as the disease and palaeopathology as the cure: response to Adja et al. date: 2020-09-11 words: 756 flesch: 53 summary: However, concur with the authors and additionally stress that an in-depth scrutiny of the past of diseases and their historical interaction with human populations can help people understand that such a xenophobic response is not something new. In light of the presented facts and wishing to corroborate the authors' stance, we strongly believe that a comprehensive study of the history of medicine and palaeopathology, the science that examines diseases in past populations providing information on both chronic and infectious conditions, 5,6 can help biomedical scientists and the general public understand that such disease-related xenophobic events are nothing new and can be effectively tackled in their early stages. keywords: authors; disease cache: cord-031747-tnprxtoh.txt plain text: cord-031747-tnprxtoh.txt item: #2 of 58 id: cord-252218-jrgl0x06 author: Heerfordt, C. title: Has there been an increased interest in smoking cessation during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic? A Google Trends study date: 2020-04-20 words: 868 flesch: 60 summary: Previous Google Trends studies have found increased numbers of seaches relating to smoking cessation in association with the launch of national smoking cessation programmes and changes in tobacco control policies. We retrieved worldwide public query data for the following terms: 'quit smoking', 'smoking cessation', 'help quit smoking' and 'nicotine gum' between 9 January 2020 and 6 April 2020. keywords: cessation; covid-19; smoking cache: cord-252218-jrgl0x06.txt plain text: cord-252218-jrgl0x06.txt item: #3 of 58 id: cord-254904-4eduslpb author: Griffiths, S. title: Pandemics and epidemics: public health and gambling harms date: 2020-07-22 words: 1768 flesch: 57 summary: To facilitate mature debate, we needed to help public health, primary care and healthcare professionals see that gambling is not necessarily a harmless pastime, and to understand that gambling harms contribute to many of the social and economic inequalities that are determinants of health and well-being for individuals, their families and the communities in which they live. Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.06.022 sha: doc_id: 254904 cord_uid: 4eduslpb nan When we started the process of creating this special issue of Public Health, we were seeking to respond to an increasing call to recognise gambling harms as a public health problem and to address concerns about a potential growing epidemic of harms that threatened the health and well-being of populations across the globe. keywords: gambling; harms; health; public; reports cache: cord-254904-4eduslpb.txt plain text: cord-254904-4eduslpb.txt item: #4 of 58 id: cord-255078-jfwzax5l author: Spantideas, Nikolaos title: Covid-19 And Holy Communion date: 2020-08-20 words: 1146 flesch: 35 summary: The effects of receiving Holy Communion on health The hazards of infection from the shared communion cup Risk of the Common Communion Cup Infections associated with religious rituals Risk of infectious disease transmission from a common communion cup Eirini Drosou Mrs: Athens Speech Language and Swallowing Institute E-mail: eirinidr@gmail Prophylaxis in churches needed by the adoption of individual communion chalices or cups Communion cup and bacteria Survival of bacteria on the silver communion cup Infection hazards of the common communion cup Experiments on the communion cup keywords: communion; cup; holy cache: cord-255078-jfwzax5l.txt plain text: cord-255078-jfwzax5l.txt item: #5 of 58 id: cord-257325-pvf0uon3 author: Zeitoun, Jean-David title: Impact of Local Care Environment and Social Characteristics on Aggregated Hospital-Fatality Rate from COVID-19 in France: Nationwide Observational Study date: 2020-10-10 words: 2373 flesch: 49 summary: Thirdly, we did not have access to hospital data or patient data. 4 Fatality rate, defined as the number of deaths of patients in whom COVID-19 was confirmed, divided by the total number of COVID-19 cases, seems to vary among countries. keywords: covid-19; fatality; hospital; rate cache: cord-257325-pvf0uon3.txt plain text: cord-257325-pvf0uon3.txt item: #6 of 58 id: cord-258842-vuxzv6eu author: Bennett, B. title: Legal rights during pandemics: Federalism, rights and public health laws – a view from Australia date: 2009-02-26 words: 5075 flesch: 42 summary: As Gostin notes in his definition of public health law outlined above, public health laws are not only about articulating the coercive powers of the state for enforcement of public health measures, but also about the limits of state power and the rights of individuals and communities. Turning point: collaborating for a new century in public health: Model State Public Health Act -a tool for assessing public health laws Transforming public health law: the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act An exploration of conceptual and temporal fallacies in international health law and promotion of global public health preparedness keywords: act; health; influenza; laws; pandemic; public; quarantine; state; world cache: cord-258842-vuxzv6eu.txt plain text: cord-258842-vuxzv6eu.txt item: #7 of 58 id: cord-259727-u2zj7zf6 author: Wallar, L. E. title: Development of a tiered framework for public health capacity in Canada date: 2016-07-31 words: 1792 flesch: 36 summary: key: cord-259727-u2zj7zf6 authors: Wallar, L. E.; McEwen, S. A.; Sargeant, J. M.; Mercer, N. J.; Garland, S. E.; Papadopoulos, A. title: Development of a tiered framework for public health capacity in Canada date: 2016-07-31 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.03.009 sha: doc_id: 259727 cord_uid: u2zj7zf6 • Select SARS reports were qualitatively analyzed for usage of “capacity”/“capacities”. Public health capacity can be sub-divided into 17 individual capacity components. keywords: capacity; components; framework; health; systems cache: cord-259727-u2zj7zf6.txt plain text: cord-259727-u2zj7zf6.txt item: #8 of 58 id: cord-262577-70ifjvkf author: Kong, Q. title: Non-pharmaceutical intervention strategies for outbreak of COVID-19 in Hangzhou, China date: 2020-04-24 words: 664 flesch: 56 summary: key: cord-262577-70ifjvkf authors: Kong, Q.; Jin, H.; Sun, Z.; Kao, Q.; Chen, J. title: Non-pharmaceutical intervention strategies for outbreak of COVID-19 in Hangzhou, China date: 2020-04-24 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.03.005 sha: doc_id: 262577 cord_uid: 70ifjvkf nan Letter to the Editor Non-pharmaceutical intervention strategies for outbreak of COVID-19 in Hangzhou, China Hangzhou, a city with a population of more than 9.86 million in the south of China, encountered a large-scale outbreak of COVID-19 with 169 confirmed cases reported from January 21 to February 19. As there were no vaccines or antivirals, the spread of the disease was controlled by non-pharmaceutical interventions for nearly 45 days. keywords: cases; february cache: cord-262577-70ifjvkf.txt plain text: cord-262577-70ifjvkf.txt item: #9 of 58 id: cord-263057-1pty32l1 author: Bhopal, Sunil title: Children's mortality from COVID-19 compared with all-deaths and other relevant causes of death: epidemiological information for decision-making by parents, teachers, clinicians and policymakers date: 2020-05-30 words: 803 flesch: 46 summary: The situation in each country was almost identical, and in accordance with early data from China 8 i.e. COVID rarely kills children, even compared with influenza, against which many children are already vaccinated. Others have described collateral damage to children through social distancing measures 1 and questioned compatibility with the UN convention on the rights of the child. keywords: children; covid-19; data cache: cord-263057-1pty32l1.txt plain text: cord-263057-1pty32l1.txt item: #10 of 58 id: cord-263255-zdufwtn4 author: Cato, Susumu title: Social distancing as a public good under the COVID-19 pandemic date: 2020-08-13 words: 1706 flesch: 47 summary: key: cord-263255-zdufwtn4 authors: Cato, Susumu; Iida, Takashi; Ishida, Kenji; Ito, Asei; McElwain, Kenneth Mori; Shoji, Masahiro title: Social distancing as a public good under the COVID-19 pandemic date: 2020-08-13 journal: The purpose of this study is to show that social distancing is a public good under the COVID-19 pandemic. keywords: distancing; people; social; survey cache: cord-263255-zdufwtn4.txt plain text: cord-263255-zdufwtn4.txt item: #11 of 58 id: cord-263659-9i5qws5h author: Zhao, Y. title: Basic public health services delivered in an urban community: a qualitative study date: 2010-12-08 words: 5662 flesch: 42 summary: It is unrealistic to expect that basic public health services would be improved by placing additional burdens on providers without removing other demands: Time constraints and the short supply of public health service providers are barriers to the delivery of prevention. key: cord-263659-9i5qws5h authors: Zhao, Y.; Cui, S.; Yang, J.; Wang, W.; Guo, A.; Liu, Y.; Liang, W. title: Basic public health services delivered in an urban community: a qualitative study date: 2010-12-08 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.09.003 sha: doc_id: 263659 cord_uid: 9i5qws5h OBJECTIVES: keywords: beijing; care; china; chs; community; government; health; health services; organizations; public; services cache: cord-263659-9i5qws5h.txt plain text: cord-263659-9i5qws5h.txt item: #12 of 58 id: cord-263719-a9mnjr3s author: Lee, A. title: Wuhan novel coronavirus (COVID-19): why global control is challenging? date: 2020-02-29 words: 1282 flesch: 51 summary: The current concerns then regarding the 2019-nCoV outbreak must be for low-and middle-income countries where health protection systems tend to be weaker. Consequently, the risk of COVID-19 is most likely to be greatest in developing countries that are most likely to lack the means and health protection systems to protect themselves. keywords: countries; covid-19; disease; health cache: cord-263719-a9mnjr3s.txt plain text: cord-263719-a9mnjr3s.txt item: #13 of 58 id: cord-265996-97xxpe8m author: Din, M. title: Delays in polio vaccination programs due to COVID-19 in Pakistan: a major threat to Pakistan's long war against polio virus date: 2020-10-13 words: 996 flesch: 63 summary: j.puhe.2020.09.004 sha: doc_id: 265996 cord_uid: 97xxpe8m nan Letter to the Editor Delays in polio vaccination programs due to COVID-19 in Pakistan: a major threat to Pakistan's long war against polio virus The WHO is ready to resume the vaccination plans but as Pakistan is witnessing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, with the next few weeks crucial, the resumption of polio vaccination campaigns might be delayed. keywords: pakistan; polio; vaccination cache: cord-265996-97xxpe8m.txt plain text: cord-265996-97xxpe8m.txt item: #14 of 58 id: cord-269575-hdqa12es author: Wei, B. title: Bridging the gap between education and practice in public health, with particular reference to less-developed provinces in China date: 2010-12-17 words: 3215 flesch: 43 summary: The challenges and opportunities of public health and public health education we are facing today Global minimum essential requirements in medical education. Institute for 15 International Medical Education (IIME) Opinions of contemporary public health education Implications of the development of modern public health Discussion of public health system and public health education Implications of modern public health contents for reforms in public health education in China Reflections of public health education reform in China The current state of public health in China Discussion on the changes of public health personnel training model in higher education Reforming education of preventive medicine and culturing new-type talents of public health The challenges and opportunities in public health education of China Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Cultivate public health professionals with comprehensive quality at the moment of internship Teaching health departments: meeting the challenge of public health education Applied topics in the essentials of public health: a skills-based course in a public health certificate program developed to enhance the competency of working health professionals The role of the faculty of public health (medicine) in developing a multidisciplinary public health profession in the UK Reform trends of teaching methods on public health education Analysis on the reform of public health education methods in China keywords: cdcs; china; education; health; practice; public; schools cache: cord-269575-hdqa12es.txt plain text: cord-269575-hdqa12es.txt item: #15 of 58 id: cord-270278-d61n3v90 author: Choi, S.M.Y. title: Enhancing legal preparedness for the prevention and control of infectious diseases: Experience from severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong date: 2009-03-31 words: 4225 flesch: 41 summary: It appears that, in general, public health emergency powers focus mainly on control and management of property and information, rather than on individuals. A further protection against abuse of powers is that any exercise of power under public health legislation or any exercise of discretionary power will be subject to judicial review. keywords: control; disease; health; legislation; powers; public; sars cache: cord-270278-d61n3v90.txt plain text: cord-270278-d61n3v90.txt item: #16 of 58 id: cord-276394-s9y11oep author: Liang, W. title: Hindsight: A re-analysis of the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in Beijing date: 2007-10-31 words: 2971 flesch: 46 summary: 3 Not surprisingly, the densely populated mainland of the People's Republic of China sustained the largest burden of SARS cases, an estimated 5327 cases, followed by China's Hong Kong-SAR, with 1755 confirmed cases. When the attack rates were examined by three age groupings (young, 0-19 years; younger adult, 20-49 years; older, 50280þ), adults and elderly people constituted higher rates of SARS cases (6.1, 24.0 and 17.5, respectively) (Po0.00001). keywords: analysis; cases; contact; epidemic; phase; sars cache: cord-276394-s9y11oep.txt plain text: cord-276394-s9y11oep.txt item: #17 of 58 id: cord-279032-plj9kg42 author: Jin, Kaifeng title: Re: Can the summer temperature drop COVID-19 cases? date: 2020-08-15 words: 708 flesch: 47 summary: Except for Japan, COVID-19 in some other Asian countries with different temperature, like 45 Singapore, South Korea and China, in these countries, the government regulation is much more 46 powerful, the pandemic is almost under control, which showed environment temperature may not 47 be a vital factor for virus transmission. Low temperature of environment can 13 suppression the immune response, people in low temperature are more susceptible to be infected. keywords: covid-19; temperature cache: cord-279032-plj9kg42.txt plain text: cord-279032-plj9kg42.txt item: #18 of 58 id: cord-280800-g25z8xzt author: Yang, M. title: A joint infection control system is needed in mental health institutions during outbreaks of major respiratory infectious diseases date: 2020-10-22 words: 1115 flesch: 32 summary: The establishment of such a department in the psychiatric hospital promotes 'one-stop' service for psychiatric infections. A joint infection control system is needed in mental health institutions during outbreaks of major respiratory infectious diseases Faced with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, vulnerable populations including the aged, children, pregnant women, and psychiatric patients have been widely concerned. keywords: control; health; patients cache: cord-280800-g25z8xzt.txt plain text: cord-280800-g25z8xzt.txt item: #19 of 58 id: cord-281241-k1adcls8 author: Döhla, M. title: Rapid point-of-care testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a community screening setting shows low sensitivity date: 2020-04-18 words: 1993 flesch: 53 summary: There was no statistically significant correlation between rapid test results and time from potential exposure (exact test, p ¼ 0.636), presence of symptoms (exact test, p ¼ 0.689), age (exact test, p ¼ 0.145) or gender (exact test, p ¼ 0.531). Positive individuals reported five symptoms in median (IQR: 3e7), while negative individuals reported only 4 (IQR: 2e5) symptoms. keywords: cov-2; individuals; infection; sars; test cache: cord-281241-k1adcls8.txt plain text: cord-281241-k1adcls8.txt item: #20 of 58 id: cord-281645-vvucoiqd author: Li, L. title: The challenges of healthcare reforms in China date: 2010-12-17 words: 2338 flesch: 59 summary: key: cord-281645-vvucoiqd authors: Li, L. title: The challenges of healthcare reforms in China date: 2010-12-17 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.10.010 sha: doc_id: 281645 cord_uid: vvucoiqd China is in the process of a new round of healthcare reforms. keywords: china; government; healthcare; public; reforms; system cache: cord-281645-vvucoiqd.txt plain text: cord-281645-vvucoiqd.txt item: #21 of 58 id: cord-283467-bgxc3ti8 author: Wu, Yan title: Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among contacts of individuals with COVID-19 in Hangzhou, China date: 2020-06-12 words: 1208 flesch: 45 summary: Compared to those who had brief contact with the index case, those who had dined with the index case had a 2.6 times greater risk of infection; those who had shared transport, visited, or had contact with the index case in a medical institution had a 3.6 times greater risk of infection; and household contacts had 41.7 times greater risk of infection. Compared to those who had brief contact with the index case, those who had dined with the index case had a 2.6 times greater risk of infection; those who had shared transport, visited, or had contact with the index case in a medical institution had a 3.6 times greater risk of infection; and household contacts had 41.7 times greater risk of infection. keywords: contact; index; infection cache: cord-283467-bgxc3ti8.txt plain text: cord-283467-bgxc3ti8.txt item: #22 of 58 id: cord-283553-n06og3cw author: De Coninck, David title: None date: 2020-05-13 words: 1019 flesch: 39 summary: However, there are several aspects related to the journalistic infrastructure on the one hand and on the reliance on news media as agents of information on the other that may (in)directly and inadvertently endanger the public's health in several ways. Governmental support is imperative to sustain and uphold the journalistic infrastructure, maintain integrity and quality in news media, given their importance in the dissemination of information to the public. keywords: health; media; public cache: cord-283553-n06og3cw.txt plain text: cord-283553-n06og3cw.txt item: #23 of 58 id: cord-285928-gl4jfb3z author: Armitage, Richard title: Substance misuse during COVID-19: protecting people who use drugs date: 2020-05-13 words: 522 flesch: 41 summary: Public health messaging should sensitively target this group to discourage drug and paraphernalia sharing, promote social distancing and hand hygiene, and empower PWUD to appropriately seek medical attention, while safeguarding provision of drug misuse services, and protecting the health workers delivering them. In addition, public health measures may exacerbate poor outcomes for PWUD, as social isolation is associated with increased substance misuse. keywords: health; public cache: cord-285928-gl4jfb3z.txt plain text: cord-285928-gl4jfb3z.txt item: #24 of 58 id: cord-286290-85l99l13 author: Goddard, N.L. title: Lessons learned from SARS: The experience of the Health Protection Agency, England date: 2005-11-16 words: 3394 flesch: 40 summary: Key components of the UK response to SARS Collaboration at an international level was fundamental to the prompt recognition of SARS cases throughout the global outbreak. Despite this, 368 reports of potential SARS cases were made to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) between March and July 2003. keywords: cases; health; hpa; outbreak; public; response; sars cache: cord-286290-85l99l13.txt plain text: cord-286290-85l99l13.txt item: #25 of 58 id: cord-286361-wh6aaqlu author: Calman, K. title: Beyond the ‘nanny state’: Stewardship and public health date: 2009-01-09 words: 4351 flesch: 51 summary: This model suggests guiding principles for making decisions about public health policies, and highlights some key principles including Mill's harm principle, caring for the vulnerable, autonomy and consent. This was chaired by Lord Krebs, and included members with expertise in health economics, law, philosophy, public health policy, health promotion and social science. keywords: council; harm; health; individual; people; public; state cache: cord-286361-wh6aaqlu.txt plain text: cord-286361-wh6aaqlu.txt item: #26 of 58 id: cord-288616-7i1kukmn author: Wan, Kelvin H. title: The end of cordon sanitaire in Wuhan: the role of non-pharmaceutical interventions date: 2020-05-14 words: 1176 flesch: 48 summary: 10 Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease Early dynamics of transmission and control of COVID-19: a mathematical modelling study Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany The updates on COVID-19 in Korea as of Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks The effect of control strategies to reduce social mixing on outcomes of the COVID-19 epidemic in 8 China: a modelling study. In contrast, citizens are advised to wear facemask only when they are ill in most non-Asian countries. keywords: china; covid-19; health; public cache: cord-288616-7i1kukmn.txt plain text: cord-288616-7i1kukmn.txt item: #27 of 58 id: cord-290173-r3ikazrt author: Acharya, Yogesh title: Re: Letter to the Editor of Public Health in response to 'Nipah virus infection: gaps in evidence and its public health importance' date: 2020-03-02 words: 484 flesch: 42 summary: key: cord-290173-r3ikazrt authors: Acharya, Yogesh title: Re: Letter to the Editor of Public Health in response to 'Nipah virus infection: gaps in evidence and its public health importance' date: 2020-03-02 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.01.007 sha: doc_id: 290173 cord_uid: r3ikazrt nan Re: Letter to the Editor of Public Health in response to 'Nipah virus infection: gaps in evidence and its public health importance' I agree; emerging infectious diseases remain the most suitable candidates to warrant the search for novel agents against them. Please cite this article as: Acharya Y, Re: Letter to the Editor of Public Health in response to 'Nipah virus infection: gaps in evidence and its public health importance keywords: health; virus cache: cord-290173-r3ikazrt.txt plain text: cord-290173-r3ikazrt.txt item: #28 of 58 id: cord-293316-kip8mrjo author: de Sa, J. title: Risk communication and management in public health crises date: 2009-09-10 words: 1742 flesch: 39 summary: key: cord-293316-kip8mrjo authors: de Sa, J.; Mounier-Jack, S.; Coker, R. title: Risk communication and management in public health crises date: 2009-09-10 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.07.017 sha: doc_id: 293316 cord_uid: kip8mrjo nan As the world faces its first influenza pandemic in 40 years, it has been argued that we have never been better prepared. The boundaries between risk communication and management are not, however, sharply delineated, as illustrated by the controversy surrounding H5N1 influenza virus sharing. keywords: communication; health; management; risk cache: cord-293316-kip8mrjo.txt plain text: cord-293316-kip8mrjo.txt item: #29 of 58 id: cord-294884-6l25y6fw author: Lee, Andrew title: COVID19 - The need for Public Health in a time of emergency date: 2020-04-08 words: 1295 flesch: 52 summary: 3 Key ingredients for an effective response appear to be the need for extensive testing, proactive contact tracing, an emphasis on home diagnosis and care, and the monitoring and protection of health care and other essential staff. The economic agenda has been prioritised over public health and we are now seeing the fallout from this. keywords: care; health; public; response cache: cord-294884-6l25y6fw.txt plain text: cord-294884-6l25y6fw.txt item: #30 of 58 id: cord-297197-klr208kp author: Weizman, Yehuda title: Use of Wearable Technology to Enhance Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2020-07-01 words: 1362 flesch: 46 summary: Wearable biometric bracelets are widespread and commonly used in the form of wrist-worn activity trackers that are both familiar and liked by the general population. In time, we may see different sets of restrictions/privileges for people with different immune statuses. keywords: bracelet; data; population; sars cache: cord-297197-klr208kp.txt plain text: cord-297197-klr208kp.txt item: #31 of 58 id: cord-298652-96l3h3ih author: Aragona, M. title: Negative impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health service access and follow-up adherence for immigrants and individuals in socio-economic difficulties date: 2020-08-06 words: 2668 flesch: 34 summary: However, factors such as insufficient information, 10 total quarantine in reception centres that report COVID-19 cases among their asylum seekers and other barriers to the access to mental health services 26 can limit the possibility of receiving adequate psychiatric help. However, it has been reported that mental health services such as the one in this study, specifically oriented to migrants and individuals in poor socio-economic conditions, usually perform better than general mental health services in terms of both accessibility and patient satisfaction. keywords: covid-19; february; health; lockdown; patients; service; study cache: cord-298652-96l3h3ih.txt plain text: cord-298652-96l3h3ih.txt item: #32 of 58 id: cord-301426-i9a5g86x author: Bray, I. title: Covid-19 mortality: a multivariate ecological analysis in relation to ethnicity, population density, obesity, deprivation and pollution date: 2020-07-07 words: 2016 flesch: 41 summary: Univariate linear regression models were fitted, along with a multiple linear regression model which estimates independent effects of the variables of interest on Covid-19 mortality rates adjusted for the other variables in the model (Table 2 ). When ethnicity, overweight/obesity, population density and PM2.5 are included in the model, then the relationship between deprivation and Covid-19 mortality rate is no longer significant. keywords: covid-19; mortality; population; variables cache: cord-301426-i9a5g86x.txt plain text: cord-301426-i9a5g86x.txt item: #33 of 58 id: cord-302272-ahwyfn1n author: Legkauskas, V. title: Recommendations for ‘responsible behaviour’ is not a sufficient policy tool in public health emergencies date: 2020-05-01 words: 663 flesch: 35 summary: 6 Conscious choices in favour of inconvenient behaviour tend to require significant amount of knowledge and understanding concerning the reasons for such behaviour change. key: cord-302272-ahwyfn1n authors: Legkauskas, V. title: Recommendations for ‘responsible behaviour’ is not a sufficient policy tool in public health emergencies date: 2020-05-01 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.04.026 sha: doc_id: 302272 cord_uid: ahwyfn1n nan Letter to the Editor Recommendations for 'responsible behaviour' is not a sufficient policy tool in public health emergencies In response to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, several countries including the USA, the UK, and Sweden initially relied on recommendations for 'responsible behaviour' of their citizens in reducing the spread of infection. keywords: behaviour; recommendations cache: cord-302272-ahwyfn1n.txt plain text: cord-302272-ahwyfn1n.txt item: #34 of 58 id: cord-303414-fwamdr08 author: Oztig, Lacin Idil title: Human Mobility and COVID-19: A Negative Binomial Regression Analysis date: 2020-07-10 words: 2596 flesch: 53 summary: Based on the findings of the previous literature and the current trends in the spread of COVID-19, we hypothesize that in countries in which there is a high mobility of people, the number of COVID-19 infected people are correspondingly higher. By bearing in mind the fact that there is no scientifically established relationship between immunity and the risks of contracting COVID-19 disease, we control for the percentage of elderly people in population our analysis. keywords: countries; covid-19; number; people; population; spread cache: cord-303414-fwamdr08.txt plain text: cord-303414-fwamdr08.txt item: #35 of 58 id: cord-303861-qn8yifcd author: Wang, Chongjian title: Evaluating the effectiveness of an emergency preparedness training programme for public health staff in China date: 2008-05-31 words: 3076 flesch: 40 summary: The investigation revealed that knowledge levels of public health emergency preparedness were relatively low before training. key: cord-303861-qn8yifcd authors: Wang, Chongjian; Wei, Sheng; Xiang, Hao; Xu, Yihua; Han, Shenghong; Mkangara, Ommari Baaliy; Nie, Shaofa title: Evaluating the effectiveness of an emergency preparedness training programme for public health staff in China date: 2008-05-31 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.006 sha: doc_id: 303861 cord_uid: qn8yifcd Summary Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) crisis of 2003 provided a new urgency in China in terms of preparing public health staff to respond effectively to public health emergencies. keywords: emergency; health; participants; preparedness; programme; test; training cache: cord-303861-qn8yifcd.txt plain text: cord-303861-qn8yifcd.txt item: #36 of 58 id: cord-307520-8zmwh9ch author: Smith, L.E. title: Factors associated with adherence to self-isolation and lockdown measures in the UK: a cross-sectional survey date: 2020-09-06 words: 4070 flesch: 50 summary: The Guardian Self-isolation compliance in the COVID-19 era influenced by compensation: findings from A recent survey in Israel Social, cognitive, and emotional predictors of adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic Predictors of non-adherence to public health instructions during the COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 is rapidly changing: examining public perceptions and behaviors in response to this evolving pandemic Social norms motivate COVID-19 preventive behaviours Researching internet-based populations advantages and disadvantages of online survey research, online questionnaire authoring software packages, and web survey services How to survey citizens' compliance with COVID-19 public health measures? Statements included the perceived severity of COVID-19, perceived effectiveness of government measures, perceived likelihood of catching and spreading COVID-19, perceived costs of following government measures, fear of losing touch with friends and relatives, social pressure from friends and family to follow government measures, perceived legal consequences of not following government measures and positive consequences of the lockdown. keywords: adherence; covid-19; household; measures; symptoms cache: cord-307520-8zmwh9ch.txt plain text: cord-307520-8zmwh9ch.txt item: #37 of 58 id: cord-308821-j4vylbhy author: Martin, R. title: The role of law in pandemic influenza preparedness in Europe date: 2009-03-04 words: 8245 flesch: 42 summary: Public health powers in relation to disease lie with national governments. 18 Hong Kong, which has had recent experience of epidemic disease, considered but rejected expanding its Emergency Regulations Ordinance to cover pandemic influenza, concluding that public health powers were sufficient and appropriate to disease control even during a pandemic. keywords: border; control; disease; emergency; european; health; influenza; law; measures; pandemic; powers; public; rights; states cache: cord-308821-j4vylbhy.txt plain text: cord-308821-j4vylbhy.txt item: #38 of 58 id: cord-311636-8l7jlvvj author: Oikonomou, Evangelos title: Hospital attendance and admission trends for cardiac diseases during the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown in Greece date: 2020-08-18 words: 941 flesch: 32 summary: Results A falling trend of cardiology ED visits and hospital admissions starting from the week that the restrictive measures due to COVID-19 were implemented was observed. key: cord-311636-8l7jlvvj authors: Oikonomou, Evangelos; Aznaouridis, Konstantinos; Barbetseas, John; Charalambous, Georgios; Gastouniotis, Ioannis; Fotopoulos, Vasileios; Gkini, Konstantia-Paraskevi; Katsivas, Apostolos; Koudounis, Georgios; Koudounis, Panagiotis; Koutouzis, Michael; Lamprinos, Dimitrios; Lazaris, Evangelos; Lazaris, Efstathios; Lazaros, George; Marinos, George; Platogiannis, Nikolaos; Platogiannis, Dimitrios; Siasos, Gerasimos; Terentes-Printzios, Dimitrios; Theodoropoulou, Alexandra; Theofilis, Panagiotis; Toutouzas, Konstantinos; Tsalamandris, Sotiris; Tsiafoutis, Ioannis; Vavouranakis, Manolis; Vogiatzi, Georgia; Zografos, Theodoros; Baka, Eleni; Tousoulis, Dimitris; Vlachopoulos, Charalambos title: Hospital attendance and admission trends for cardiac diseases during the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown in Greece date: 2020-08-18 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.08.007 sha: doc_id: 311636 cord_uid: 8l7jlvvj Abstract Objectives The COVID-19 outbreak, along with implementation of lockdown and strict public movement restrictions, in Greece have affected hospital visits and admissions. keywords: covid-19; outbreak; period; visits cache: cord-311636-8l7jlvvj.txt plain text: cord-311636-8l7jlvvj.txt item: #39 of 58 id: cord-312646-hfv7ce3f author: Pfützner, Andreas title: Comment to Döhla et al., Rapid point-of-care testing for SARS-CoV- 2 in a community screening setting shows low sensitivity date: 2020-06-02 words: 486 flesch: 44 summary: In any case our conclusion with respect to antibody testing is that the antibody detection offers vital clinical information during the course of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and community testing will be warranted and necessary in the near-term future to reinstall normal life in our communities. patients who have developed antibodies and may now be asymptomatic virus spreaders (positive IgG result). keywords: antibody; test cache: cord-312646-hfv7ce3f.txt plain text: cord-312646-hfv7ce3f.txt item: #40 of 58 id: cord-315217-sg6vnur0 author: Biana, Hazel T. title: The Ethics of Scare: COVID-19 and the Philippines’ Fear Appeals date: 2020-04-20 words: 983 flesch: 58 summary: Infographics | Department of Health website Six Metro Manila cities enact COVID-19 curfew City in the Philippines plays The Purge announcement to enforce coronavirus curfew Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte warns against violating coronavirus lockdown -ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation Fear appeals and persuasion: the differentiation of a motivational construct Fear-based Medicine: Using Scare Tactics in the Clinical Encounter -The Health Care Blog Fear Appeal Arguments Effective and ineffective use of fear in health promotion campaigns A meta-analysis of fear appeals: Implications for effective public health campaigns. Heal Educ Behav Guilt, Fear, Stigma and Knowledge Gaps: Ethical Issues in Public Health Communication Interventions A Method for Evaluating the Ethics of Fear Appeals Threatening communication: A critical re-analysis and a revised meta-analytic test of fear appeal theory COVID19 keywords: appeals; fear; health; public cache: cord-315217-sg6vnur0.txt plain text: cord-315217-sg6vnur0.txt item: #41 of 58 id: cord-318737-b32tk5ze author: Stickley, Andrew title: COVID-19 preventive behaviours among people with anxiety and depressive symptoms: Findings from Japan date: 2020-10-10 words: 1606 flesch: 44 summary: Although a study from China reported that neither state nor trait anxiety was associated with COVID-19 preventive behaviours, 5 other recent studies have all linked anxiety with an increased likelihood of engaging in preventive behaviours. A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7 Public perceptions and preventive behaviours during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative study between Assessment of community psycho-behavioral responses during the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV): a cross sectional study Anxiety and depressive symptoms were the exposures; COVID-19 preventive behaviours were the outcomes Coef: coefficient; CI: confidence interval Both analyses were adjusted for age (ref. young), sex (ref. female), education (ref. keywords: anxiety; behaviours; covid-19; study cache: cord-318737-b32tk5ze.txt plain text: cord-318737-b32tk5ze.txt item: #42 of 58 id: cord-324650-rsp72rx8 author: Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A. title: Policy determinants of COVID-19 pandemic-induced fatality rates across nations date: 2020-08-18 words: 441 flesch: 54 summary: In this paper, we assessed tests as a policy instrument and policy enactment to contain COVID-19 and potentially reduce mortalities. Delaying policy enactment led to a higher case fatality rate (p = 0.0013). keywords: nations; rate cache: cord-324650-rsp72rx8.txt plain text: cord-324650-rsp72rx8.txt item: #43 of 58 id: cord-326852-gm98s8a3 author: Teo, Wan-Yee title: Implications for Border Containment Strategies when COVID-19 Presents Atypically date: 2020-07-24 words: 1966 flesch: 49 summary: The events leading up to his COVID-19 diagnosis highlight the gaps of the international screening processes at the global border entry, and the potential consequences of community chain transmission through imported COVID-19 cases. The events leading up to his COVID-19 diagnosis highlight the gaps of the international screening processes at the global border entry, and the potential consequences of community chain transmission through imported COVID-19 cases. keywords: border; covid-19; patient; symptoms; throat cache: cord-326852-gm98s8a3.txt plain text: cord-326852-gm98s8a3.txt item: #44 of 58 id: cord-328662-kpx73ki2 author: Van Hout, Marie Claire title: "COVID-19, health rights of prison staff and the bridge between prison and public health in Africa " date: 2020-06-25 words: 637 flesch: 32 summary: This Letter advocates not only for research into prison health determinants, but also for greater academic research into existing prison health policies related to prison staff to assess gaps and inform policymaking efforts. Such a concerted and strategic research effort can support a positive shift to reforming African prison health operations and systems. keywords: health; prison cache: cord-328662-kpx73ki2.txt plain text: cord-328662-kpx73ki2.txt item: #45 of 58 id: cord-332142-lk95akg5 author: Skovdal, Morten title: Complexities to consider when communicating risk of COVID-19 date: 2020-07-23 words: 1245 flesch: 38 summary: • Avoid using language that can cast shame or blame to people • Monitor the emergence and spread of myths and misinformation on social media and within the community • Utilize locally trusted institutions and individuals to address misinformation and channels that are widely used by the relevant population • Promote trust in official sources by ensuring that messaging from all such sources is consistent Reflect changes in the nature of risk and risk perception as the epidemic evolves • Review, revise and explain changes in risk messages as the epidemic evolves • Develop risk messages that counteract innate tendencies for message 'fatigue' • Use data on risk to stimulate and strengthen motivation to follow Government guidance • Encourage people to think creatively and tailor prevention methods to their own circumstances (e.g. to find effective ways to shield vulnerable family members) • Avoid using language that can cast shame or blame to people • Monitor the emergence and spread of myths and misinformation on social media and within the community • Utilize locally trusted institutions and individuals to address misinformation and channels that are widely used by the relevant population • Promote trust in official sources by ensuring that messaging from all such sources is consistent Reflect changes in the nature of risk and risk perception as the epidemic evolves • Review, revise and explain changes in risk messages as the epidemic evolves • Develop risk messages that counteract innate tendencies for message 'fatigue' • Use data on risk to stimulate and strengthen motivation to follow Government guidance • Encourage people to think creatively and tailor prevention methods to their own circumstances (e.g. to find effective ways to shield vulnerable family members) keywords: messaging; people; risk cache: cord-332142-lk95akg5.txt plain text: cord-332142-lk95akg5.txt item: #46 of 58 id: cord-333532-vrfduv5a author: Patel, Kishan Pravin title: COVID-19 Patients: Are Current Isolation Guidelines Effective Enough? date: 2020-05-11 words: 863 flesch: 32 summary: Key words: COVID 19; SARS CoV-2; Gastrointestinal; Isolation; Fecal-oral; transmission; precautions World Health Organization High Contagiousness and Rapid Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. key: cord-333532-vrfduv5a authors: Patel, Kishan Pravin; Patel, Puja A.; Vunnam, Srinivas R.; Jain, Rohit; Vunnam, Rama R. title: COVID-19 Patients: Are Current Isolation Guidelines Effective Enough? date: 2020-05-11 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.04.048 sha: doc_id: 333532 cord_uid: vrfduv5a nan As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to evolve, the number of cases and the death toll continue to rise, posing a substantial threat to global public health. keywords: cov-2; covid-19; sars cache: cord-333532-vrfduv5a.txt plain text: cord-333532-vrfduv5a.txt item: #47 of 58 id: cord-334401-i5dz7ufc author: Adja, K.Y.C. title: Pandemics and social stigma: Who's next? Italy's experience with COVID-19 date: 2020-06-04 words: 1304 flesch: 59 summary: Italy's experience with COVID-19 date: 2020-06-04 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.05.054 sha: doc_id: 334401 cord_uid: i5dz7ufc nan On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities reported to the World Health Organization the first case of what is now known as COVID-19, a respiratory syndrome caused by SARS-CoV Q2 -2. However, discussions on whether to admit people coming from the outbreak epicenter in China raged immediately not only at the political level but also on the media and social media, paired with xenophobic comments on Chinese wet markets and culinary habits. keywords: chinese; covid-19; virus cache: cord-334401-i5dz7ufc.txt plain text: cord-334401-i5dz7ufc.txt item: #48 of 58 id: cord-337096-ulc7mnwb author: Okazawa, Mitsushi title: Japanese tactics for suppressing COVID-19 spread date: 2020-07-14 words: 952 flesch: 48 summary: During the spread of infection, the effective reproduction number Rt, which is the average number of subjects who become infected by infectious subjects, was calculated using daily data. Rt was larger than 1 from mid-March to the end of March, indicating that infectious subjects increased toward a peak, as shown in Figure 2 . keywords: patients; pcr; spread cache: cord-337096-ulc7mnwb.txt plain text: cord-337096-ulc7mnwb.txt item: #49 of 58 id: cord-339822-cewpqddk author: Plotkin, Bruce title: Human rights and other provisions in the revised International Health Regulations (2005) date: 2007-09-27 words: 2573 flesch: 26 summary: In terms of notifying diseases and events to WHO, for example, States Parties are obligated to notify any public health 'event that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern' based on specified criteria, as well as other international public health risks. One of the important areas of innovation in the IHR (2005) involves their inclusion of explicit protections of the interests of individuals within the scope of this agreement, primarily with reference to international 'travellers' (defined in the Regulations as a 'person undertaking an international voyage') in a range of circumstances. keywords: health; provisions; public; regulations; travellers cache: cord-339822-cewpqddk.txt plain text: cord-339822-cewpqddk.txt item: #50 of 58 id: cord-344425-27q9x6hb author: Mantica, Guglielmo title: Reply to D.G. Barten et al “Re: Non-COVID-19 visits to emergency departments during the pandemic: the impact of fear” date: 2020-07-13 words: 431 flesch: 42 summary: In this perspective, streamline the workflow in Emergency Departments and non-COVID Departments as well as effective communication by the health-care system of different countries becomes fundamental in order to provide patients with COVID-free pathways, thus reducing delay in diagnosis and treatment. and we do strongly agree with the Authors about some indirect effects of the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as social distancing, reduction of working hours, and traffic movements as co-responsible for the reduced access to the emergency departments by non-COVID-19 patients. keywords: covid-19 cache: cord-344425-27q9x6hb.txt plain text: cord-344425-27q9x6hb.txt item: #51 of 58 id: cord-346160-n9i0blv1 author: Gogoi, Mayuri title: Putting the voices and insights of migrants and diverse ethnic groups at the centre of our response to COVID-19 date: 2020-10-10 words: 1349 flesch: 30 summary: Despite calls to ensure ethnicity is integral to COVID-19 research, opportunities have been missed to engage with individuals from ethnic minority groups, and even more notably, recent migrants. 5 Despite calls to ensure ethnicity is integral to COVID-19 research, 6 opportunities have been missed to engage with these communities, and even more notably, recent migrants. keywords: covid-19; groups; migrants; research cache: cord-346160-n9i0blv1.txt plain text: cord-346160-n9i0blv1.txt item: #52 of 58 id: cord-346370-jdfsacds author: Sergi, Consolato M. title: The Facemask in Public and Healthcare Workers– A Need not a Belief date: 2020-05-13 words: 1190 flesch: 44 summary: Strict isolation and social distancing measures can flatten the coronavirus infectious curve, and the use of facemask needs to be encouraged and facilitated in crowded places, particularly in hospitals where the 6-feet social distancing cannot be adopted because of physical barriers. While strict isolation and social distancing measures can flatten the infectious curve, the use of facemask needs to be encouraged and facilitated where the 6-feet social distancing cannot be implemented because of physical barriers. keywords: covid-19; distancing; measures; pandemic cache: cord-346370-jdfsacds.txt plain text: cord-346370-jdfsacds.txt item: #53 of 58 id: cord-347261-d6012uem author: Hatefi, Shahrokh title: COVID-19 in South Africa: lockdown strategy and its effects on public health and other contagious diseases date: 2020-06-19 words: 915 flesch: 50 summary: The Lancet Global Health Three lessons for the COVID-19 response from pandemic HIV. key: cord-347261-d6012uem authors: Hatefi, Shahrokh; Smith, Farouk; Abou-El-Hossein, Khaled; Alizargar, Javad title: COVID-19 in South Africa: lockdown strategy and its effects on public health and other contagious diseases date: 2020-06-19 journal: keywords: africa; covid-19; pandemic cache: cord-347261-d6012uem.txt plain text: cord-347261-d6012uem.txt item: #54 of 58 id: cord-351065-nyfnwrtm author: Zhang, Tenghao title: Integrating GIS technique with Google Trends data to analyse COVID-19 severity and public interest date: 2020-09-16 words: 462 flesch: 50 summary: 2,3 Along the same lines, given the substantial regional disparities of COVID-19 case severities across states in the United States, the relationship between regional case severities and the public interest emerges as an imperative for COVID-19-based public health studies. Integrating GIS technique with Google Trends data to analyse COVID-19 severity and public interest date: 2020-09-16 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.09.005 sha: doc_id: 351065 cord_uid: nyfnwrtm nan At the time of writing, the tally of confirmed novel coronavirus cases worldwide has exceeded 26.6 million. keywords: data; health cache: cord-351065-nyfnwrtm.txt plain text: cord-351065-nyfnwrtm.txt item: #55 of 58 id: cord-352649-6yzddeua author: Opiniano, Gina A. title: Should Beach Travel in the Philippines Resume During the COVID-19 Outbreak? date: 2020-10-19 words: 279 flesch: 66 summary: key: cord-352649-6yzddeua authors: Opiniano, Gina A.; Biana, Hazel T.; Dagwasi, Charlie M.; Joaquin, Jeremiah Joven B. title: Should Beach Travel in the Philippines Resume During the COVID-19 Outbreak? date: 2020-10-19 journal: Public Health DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.10.005 sha: doc_id: 352649 cord_uid: 6yzddeua nan the psychological stresses brought about by extreme cases such as the COVID-19 outbreak. Since the restart, the number of COVID-19 cases have ballooned from 12 091 in May 15 to 136 368 cases in August 10. 8 keywords: beach cache: cord-352649-6yzddeua.txt plain text: cord-352649-6yzddeua.txt item: #56 of 58 id: cord-354318-gzdy25vv author: Cénat, Jude Mary title: US deportation policies in the time of COVID-19: A public health threat to the Americas date: 2020-05-22 words: 325 flesch: 48 summary: COVID-19 and US deportation threat for the Americas 3 The vulnerability of low-and middle-income countries facing the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Haiti Hospital bed density -Country Comparison The Coronavirus crisis: The Dread Of Responsibility' -Paul Farmer On The Pandemic And Poor Countries PAHO to deploy extra COVID-19 support to weaker regional health systems | Devex PAHO prepares 8 Caribbean countries for laboratory diagnosis of new coronavirus BBC News Mundo COVID-19 and US deportation threat for the Americas 4 Covid-19: un rapatrié testé positif quitte le centre de quarantaine, un malade à l'agonie et un cadavre échappent aux autorités . keywords: covid-19; threat cache: cord-354318-gzdy25vv.txt plain text: cord-354318-gzdy25vv.txt item: #57 of 58 id: cord-354989-k0qktzor author: Mantica, Guglielmo title: NON-COVID-19 VISITS TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC: THE IMPACT OF FEAR date: 2020-05-07 words: 521 flesch: 40 summary: Italy saw an exponential growth in COVID-19 cases from the day the first patient was identified in the North of Italy until the 9th of March, when the Italian government imposed the national lockdown. We compared ED visits in two major referral hospitals in the North of Italy from the 21st February to 16th April with COVID-19 daily mortality data from the Italian Civil Protection Department 4 (see Figure 1 ). keywords: covid-19; visits cache: cord-354989-k0qktzor.txt plain text: cord-354989-k0qktzor.txt item: #58 of 58 id: cord-355869-r68fccx0 author: Ogle, H.L. title: Who must take responsibility for the health of the profession? Us date: 2020-07-19 words: 519 flesch: 58 summary: the lifestyle behaviours of hospital doctors working in Ireland: a national cross-sectional study Obesity prevalence by occupation in Washington state, behavioral risk factor surveillance system COVID-19: underlying metabolic health in the spotlight The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity From the very start, it has been apparent that those worst affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) suffer from underlying health conditions. keywords: health; profession cache: cord-355869-r68fccx0.txt plain text: cord-355869-r68fccx0.txt