Phiri, Peter Delanerolle, Gayathri Al-Sudani, Ayaat Rathod, Shanaya
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Emerging evidence has indicated a negative and disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. Previous studies have already reported that biological and social risk factors increase disease susceptibility, particularly in BAME communities. Despite frontline workers in ethnic minority communities in the ...
Bapaye, Jay Amol Bapaye, Harsh Amol
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Background The risks of misinformation on social networking sites is a global issue, especially in light of the COVID-19 infodemic. WhatsApp is being used as an important source of COVID-19–related information during the current pandemic. Unlike Facebook and Twitter, limited studies have investigated the role of WhatsApp as a source of communicatio...
Lin, Sheng-Hsuan Fu, Shih-Chen Kao, Chu-Lan Michael
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Background The high prevalence of COVID-19 has resulted in 200,000 deaths as of early 2020. The corresponding mortality rate among different countries and times varies. Objective This study aims to investigate the relationship between the mortality rate and prevalence of COVID-19 within a country. Methods We collected data from the Johns Hopkins Co...
Kamyari, Naser Soltanian, Ali Reza Mahjub, Hossein Moghimbeigi, Abbas
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Background Nutrition is not a treatment for COVID-19, but it is a modifiable contributor to the development of chronic disease, which is highly associated with COVID-19 severe illness and deaths. A well-balanced diet and healthy patterns of eating strengthen the immune system, improve immunometabolism, and reduce the risk of chronic disease and inf...
He, Zonglin Chin, Yiqiao Yu, Shinning Huang, Jian Zhang, Casper J P Zhu, Ke Azarakhsh, Nima Sheng, Jie He, Yi Jayavanth, Pallavi
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Background The influence of meteorological factors on the transmission and spread of COVID-19 is of interest and has not been investigated. Objective This study aimed to investigate the associations between meteorological factors and the daily number of new cases of COVID-19 in 9 Asian cities. Methods Pearson correlation and generalized additive mo...
Erinoso, Olufemi Wright, Kikelomo Ololade Anya, Samuel Kuyinu, Yetunde Abdur-Razzaq, Hussein Adewuya, Abiodun
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Background Effective communication is critical for mitigating the public health risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective This study assesses the source(s) of COVID-19 information among people in Nigeria, as well as the predictors and the perceived accuracy of information from these sources. Methods We conducted an online survey of con...
Cardemil, Cristina V Dahl, Rebecca Prill, Mila M Cates, Jordan Brown, Sheldon Perea, Adrienne Marconi, Vincent Bell, LaSara Rodriguez-Barradas, Maria C Rivera-Dominguez, Gilberto
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Background COVID-19 has disproportionately affected older adults and certain racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Data quantifying the disease burden, as well as describing clinical outcomes during hospitalization among these groups, are needed. Objective We aimed to describe interim COVID-19 hospitalization rates and severe clinical outc...
Jiang, Hui Zhang, Guolong Yin, Jinfeng Zhao, Dongyang Liu, Fangchao Yao, Yuxia Cai, Chao Xu, Jiying Li, Xinwei Xu, Wangli
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JMIR public health and surveillance
In 2005, China established an internet-based Tuberculosis Information Management System (TBIMS) to monitor changes in tuberculosis (TB). Many scholars have conducted epidemiological research using TBIMS; however, few studies assessing control strategies have been performed based on this platform data. Henan province is a high TB incidence area in C...
Nittas, Vasileios Puhan, Milo Alan von Wyl, Viktor
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Background The wide availability of internet-connected devices and new sensor technologies increasingly infuse longitudinal observational study designs and cohort studies. Simultaneously, the costly and time-consuming nature of traditional cohorts has given rise to alternative, technology-driven designs such as eCohorts, which remain inadequately d...
Guimarães, Vinícius Henrique Almeida de Oliveira-Leandro, Maísa Cassiano, Carolina Marques, Anna Laura Piantino Motta, Clara Freitas-Silva, Ana Letícia de Sousa, Marlos Aureliano Dias Silveira, Luciano Alves Matias Pardi, Thiago César Gazotto, Fernanda Castro
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Background COVID-19 is a highly transmissible illness caused by SARS-CoV-2. The disease has affected more than 200 countries, and the measures that have been implemented to combat its spread, as there is still no vaccine or definitive medication, have been based on supportive interventions and drug repositioning. Brazil, the largest country in Sout...
