Laur, Celia Violet Agarwal, Payal Mukerji, Geetha Goulbourne, Elaine Baranek, Hayley Pus, Laura Bhatia, R Sacha Martin, Danielle Bhattacharyya, Onil
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Journal of Medical Internet Research
Adaptive leadership has become an essential skill for leaders in health systems to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as new knowledge emerges and case counts rise, fall, and rise again. This leadership approach has been described as an iterative process of taking a wide view of the situation, interpreting the meaning of incoming data from multiple d...
Rui, Jian Raymond Yang, Keqing Chen, Juan
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JMIR human factors
As the COVID-19 pandemic has become a major public health threat worldwide, it is critical to understand what factors affect individual engagement in protective actions. Because of its authoritarian political system and state-owned media system, how Chinese individuals engaged in protective actions against COVID-19 might be different compared to ot...
Laires, Pedro Almeida Dias, Sónia Gama, Ana Moniz, Marta Pedro, Ana R Soares, Patricia Aguiar, Pedro Nunes, Carla
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Background COVID-19, a viral respiratory disease first reported in December 2019, quickly became a threat to global public health. Further understanding of the epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the risk perception of the community may better inform targeted interventions to reduce the impact and spread of COVID-19. Objective In this study, w...
van Stekelenburg, Aart Schaap, Gabi Veling, Harm Buijzen, Moniek
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Journal of medical Internet research
The COVID-19 infodemic, a surge of information and misinformation, has sparked worry about the public's perception of the coronavirus pandemic. Excessive information and misinformation can lead to belief in false information as well as reduce the accurate interpretation of true information. Such incorrect beliefs about the COVID-19 pandemic might l...
Kawakami, Norito Sasaki, Natsu Kuroda, Reiko Tsuno, Kanami Imamura, Kotaro
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JMIR mental health
Downloading a COVID-19 contact tracing app may be effective in reducing users' worry about COVID-19 and psychological distress. This 2.5-month prospective study aimed to investigate the association of downloading a COVID-19 contact tracing app, the COVID-19 Contact Confirming Application (COCOA), released by the Japanese government, with worry abou...
Syeda, Hafsa Bareen Syed, Mahanazuddin Sexton, Kevin Wayne Syed, Shorabuddin Begum, Salma Syed, Farhanuddin Prior, Fred Yu, Feliciano Jr
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JMIR medical informatics
SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, has caused havoc worldwide, with patients presenting a spectrum of complications that have pushed health care experts to explore new technological solutions and treatment plans. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based technologies have played a substantial role in solving complex problems, and ...
van den Broek-Altenburg, Eline M Atherly, Adam J Diehl, Sean A Gleason, Kelsey M Hart, Victoria C MacLean, Charles D Barkhuff, Daniel A Levine, Mark A Carney, Jan K
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JMIR public health and surveillance
Many studies have focused on the characteristics of symptomatic patients with COVID-19 and clinical risk factors. This study reports the prevalence of COVID-19 in an asymptomatic population of a hospital service area (HSA) and identifies factors that affect exposure to the virus. The aim of this study is to measure the prevalence of COVID-19 in an ...
Garg, Alpana Goyal, Sachin Thati, Rohit Thati, Neelima
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JMIR public health and surveillance
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has forced the health care delivery structure to change rapidly. The pandemic has further widened the disparities in health care and exposed vulnerable populations. Health care services caring for such populations must not only continue to operate but create innovative methods of care delivery without co...
An, Min Ho You, Seng Chan Park, Rae Woong Lee, Seongwon
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JMIR medical informatics
Although telehealth is considered a key component in combating the worldwide crisis caused by COVID-19, the factors that influence its acceptance by the general population after the flattening of the COVID-19 curve remain unclear. We aimed to identify factors affecting telehealth acceptance, including anxiety related to COVID-19, after the initial ...
Maytin, Lauren Maytin, Jason Agarwal, Priya Krenitsky, Anna Krenitsky, JoAnn Epstein, Robert S
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JMIR Formative Research
Background COVID-19 is an international health crisis of particular concern in the United States, which saw surges of infections with the lifting of lockdowns and relaxed social distancing. Young adults have proven to be a critical factor for COVID-19 transmission and are an important target of the efforts to contain the pandemic. Scalable digital ...
