'Distant socializing,'not 'social distancing'as a public health strategy for COVID-19

SR Pandi-Perumal, SR Vaccarino… - Pathogens and global …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Social distancing, also referred to as physical distancing, means creating a safe distance of
at least two meters (six feet) between yourself and others. This is a term popularized during …

[PDF][PDF] Reducing inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid review and synthesis of public health recommendations

C Brown, K Wilkins, A Craig-Neil, T Upshaw… - Public health …, 2022 - ssph-journal.org
Objectives: Efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic should take into account worsening
health inequities. While many public health experts have commented on inequities, no …

Influence of population mobility on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic: based on panel data from Hubei, China

J Jiang, L Luo - Global health research and policy, 2020 - Springer
Background The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China.
The mass population mobility in China during the Spring Festival has been considered a …

Risk factors and prediction nomogram model for psychosocial and behavioural problems among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national …

L Wang, L Chen, F Jia, X Shi, Y Zhang, F Li… - Journal of affective …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background We aimed to explore the risk profiles attributable to psychosocial and
behavioural problems during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. To this end, we …

Impact of Covid-19 lockdown on characteristics of autopsy cases in Greece. Comparison between 2019 and 2020

EI Sakelliadis, KD Katsos, EI Zouzia… - Forensic science …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to reduce transmission of COVID-19, social distancing measures were proposed,
including spatial distancing (2 m distance), or even generalized lockdown. Main concern …

Evaluating 10 commercially available SARS-CoV-2 rapid serological tests by use of the STARD (Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies) method

L Dortet, JB Ronat, C Vauloup-Fellous… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Numerous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) rapid
serological tests have been developed, but their accuracy has usually been assessed using …

A mixed methods study of public perception of social distancing: Integrating qualitative and computational analyses for text data

P Ho, K Chen, A Shao, L Bao, A Ai… - Journal of Mixed …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In a rapidly changing public health crisis such as COVID-19, researchers need innovative
approaches that can effectively link qualitative approaches and computational methods. In …

Consequences of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) lockdown on infection-related hospitalizations among the pediatric population in Denmark

LB Polcwiartek, C Polcwiartek, MP Andersen… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
It remains unknown how Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) prevention measures
implemented on March 12, 2020, have affected the rate of pediatric infection-related …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of the social distancing policy on COVID-19 incidence cases and deaths in Iran from February 2020 to January 2021: insights from an interrupted …

M Saki, MK Ghanbari, M Behzadifar… - Yale J Biol …, 2021 - academia.edu
Background: In December 2019, a viral outbreak occurred in China, and rapidly spread out
worldwide. Due to the lack of immediately available vaccines and effective drugs, many …

Professional regulation, profession-state relations and the pandemic response: Australia, Canada, and the UK compared

TL Adams, K Wannamaker - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic provoked a surge in demand for health services. To help meet this
demand, governments and health profession regulators implemented regulatory policy …