Gibson, Laurel P Magnan, Renee E Kramer, Emily B Bryan, Angela D
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Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
As COVID-19 continues to spread globally, it is important to understand psychological factors that may influence compliance with social distancing. The present study examined whether Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) constructs were associated with social distancing, with a focus on exploring moderators of the intention-behavior relationship. Using ...
Gattás-Vernaglia, Isabella Figaro Ramos, Paola Teruya Perini, Maria Laura Lazaretti Higa, Camila Suemi Apolinario, Daniel Aliberti, Márlon Juliano Romero Kanaji, Ana Lumi Adriazola, Izabela Ono Saraiva, Marcos Daniel Avelino-Silva, Thiago Junqueira
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Published in
Journal of geriatric oncology
Jen, Grace Hsiao-Hsuan Yen, Amy Ming-Fang Hsu, Chen-Yang Chiu, Han-Mo Chen, Sam Li-Sheng Chen, Tony Hsiu-Hsi
Published in
Preventive Medicine
COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected regular public health interventions including population-based cancer screening. Impacts of such screening delays on the changes in structure and screening process and the resultant long-term outcomes are unknown. It is therefore necessary to develop a systematic framework to assess theses impacts related to ...
Grafton, R. Quentin Parslow, John Kompas, Tom Glass, Kathryn Banks, Emily
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Zeitschrift Fur Gesundheitswissenschaften
Background We investigated the public health and economy outcomes of different levels of social distancing to control a ‘second wave’ outbreak in Australia and identify implications for public health management of COVID-19. Methods Individual-based and compartment models were used to simulate the effects of different social distancing and detection...
Kaufman, Brystana G. Whitaker, Rebecca Mahendraratnam, Nirosha Hurewitz, Sophie Yi, Jeremy Smith, Valerie A. McClellan, Mark
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sickened over 20 million residents in the United States (US) by January 2021. Our objective was to describe state variation in the effect of initial social distancing policies and non-essential business (NEB) closure on infection rates early in 2020.MethodsWe used an interrupted time series st...
Ertem, Zeynep Araz, Ozgur M. Cruz-Aponte, Mayteé
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Decision Support Systems
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a crucial public health problem in the world that disrupted the lives of millions in many countries including the United States. In this study, we present a decision analytic approach which is an efficient tool to assess the effectiveness of early social distancing measures in communities with different population c...
Hasan, Md. Mehadi Ahmed, Mostak Urmy, Suraiya Akter
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Sensors International
The control measures of a pandemic must be cautiously evaluated, especially when resources are “limited”. A model of COVID-19 transmission dynamics is applied to assess the impact of antiviral treatment, testing, hospitalization, and social distancing. Under the assumption of “unlimited” resources, five control strategies involving social distancin...
Zurek, Marina Friedmann, Luisa Kempter, Emilia Chaveiro, André Silva Adedeji, Adekunle Metzner, Franka
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Pra¨vention Und Gesundheitsfo¨rderung
Hintergrund Zur Eindämmung der COVID-19-Pandemie („coronavirus disease 2019“) wurden im Frühjahr 2020 Ausgang und Kontakte in Deutschland stark beschränkt. Studien weltweit lassen die Vermutung zu, dass die krisenbedingt angeordnete soziale Isolierung das Wohlbefinden der betroffenen Menschen signifikant beeinflusst. Um die gesundheitlichen Konsequ...
Du, Bowen Zhao, Zirong Zhao, Jiejie Yu, Le Sun, Leilei Lv, Weifeng
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International Journal of Data Science and Analytics
So far COVID-19 has resulted in mass deaths and huge economic losses across the world. Various measures such as quarantine and social distancing have been taken to prevent the spread of this disease. These prevention measures have changed the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 and introduced new challenges for epidemic modelling and prediction. In t...
Vasquez-Apestegui, Bertha V. Parras-Garrido, Enrique Tapia, Vilma Paz-Aparicio, Valeria M. Rojas, Jhojan P. Sanchez-Ccoyllo, Odón R. Gonzales, Gustavo F.
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) originated in the People’s Republic of China in December 2019. Thereafter, a global logarithmic expansion of cases occurred. Some countries have a higher rate of infections despite the early implementation of quarantine. Air pollution might be related to high susceptibility to the virus and associated c...
