Use of interviewer-administered telephone surveys during infectious disease outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics: a scoping review

S Arita, MF Ba, Z Traoré, E Bonnet, A Faye… - BMJ Global Health, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction During the COVID-19 crisis, researchers had to collect data remotely.
Telephone surveys and interviews can quickly gather data from a distance without heavy …

[HTML][HTML] Decline in mental health in the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak among European older adults—associations with social factors, infection rates, and …

D Lüdecke, O von dem Knesebeck - Frontiers in public health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Governments across the world have deployed a wide range of non-
pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Certain NPIs, like …

Training and capacity building in medical statistics in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Impact of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine MSc in Medical Statistics …

JR Carpenter, J Todd, K Baisley, J Bradley… - Statistics in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since its inception in 1969, the MSc in medical statistics program has placed a high priority
on training students from Africa. In this article, we review how the program has shaped, and …

Do spatial and sociodemographic factors affect the transmission pattern of COVID-19? Evidence from Surabaya City, Indonesia

S Fortuna, RP Setiawan, A Sharifi - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has attracted the attention of researchers from different disciplines,
including urban studies. Researchers have revealed different spatial and sociodemographic …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the Covid-19 epidemic and related social distancing regulations on social contact and SARS-CoV-2 transmission potential in rural South Africa …

N McCreesh, V Dlamini, A Edwards, S Olivier… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background South Africa implemented rapid and strict physical distancing
regulations to minimize SARS-CoV-2 epidemic spread. Evidence on the impact of such …

In-person social interactions and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the role of household size and virtual social contact among midlife and older Black …

NW Harriman, D Ohene-Kwofie, SJ Jung… - The Journals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The current study investigates how physical distancing during the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was associated with increased anxiety among a cohort …

Cohort profile: South African population research infrastructure network (SAPRIN)

MA Collinson, T Mudzana, T Mutevedzi… - International Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Since SAPRIN's inception in 2016, three existing health and demographic surveillance
system (HDSS) nodes in South Africa have been brought together to form a harmonized …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 on a cohort of origin residents and internal migrants from South Africa's rural northeast

C Ginsburg, MA Collinson, FX Gómez-Olivé… - SSM-population …, 2022 - Elsevier
South Africa has a large temporary migrant population with people commonly moving to
metropolitan areas to access employment, while maintaining links with their rural origin …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with quality of life: A cross-sectional study of older-age people with and without HIV in rural Uganda

B Olivieri-Mui, SS Hoeppner, Y Tong, E Kohrt… - Journal of global …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background COVID-19-related lockdowns and other public health measures may have
differentially affected the quality of life (QOL) of older people with and without human …

Strategic multi-criteria decision-making against pandemics using picture and spherical fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS

C Kahraman, I Ucal Sari, S Çevik Onar - … Essays in Honor of Fusun Ulengin, 2022 - Springer
With the coronavirus that emerged suddenly and affected the masses, it became clear how
unprepared we were for the pandemic situation both individually and at the state level. Over …