scholarly journals A Second Pandemic: Mental Health Spillover From the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen R. Choi ◽  
MarySue V. Heilemann ◽  
Alex Fauer ◽  
Meredith Mead
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Nurse Leaders ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Mental Wellness ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Global Health Challenge

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created an unprecedented global health challenge. There is risk that the outbreak will create a “second pandemic” of mental health crises in health systems and communities. Thus, a comprehensive public health response to the pandemic must include (a) attention to the psychological aspects of hospitalization for patients, families, and staff affected by COVID-19; (b) planning for emergency and acute psychiatric patient care if hospitals become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients; and (c) innovations for providing mental health care in communities while social distancing is required and health system resources are strained. Nurses and nurse leaders must anticipate these mental health challenges, assist with preparedness in health systems and communities, and advocate for a coordinated response to promote mental wellness and resilience.

scholarly journals COVID Meets Volvo: The Swedish Public Health Approach to Coronavirus

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Binoy Kampmark
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Swedish Model ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Health Experts

Sweden has been considered both pioneer and pariah in regard to its approach to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its pandemic disease, COVID-19. While much of Europe went into economic hibernation and rigid lockdown in the first wave of novel coronavirus infections in the spring of 2020, Sweden kept its borders, bars, restaurants, schools, gyms etc. open. Organised children’s sporting arrangements were also encouraged, on the basis that socialising and physical activity outweighed the risks posed by COVID-19 to children. Public transportation could still be freely used. Masks were not worn. This paper examines the often controversial tenets of the Swedish public health response to COVID-19, and how widely it has appealed to public health experts and officials in Europe and beyond. Debates within the country are also discussed. What it shows is that, despite rising levels of infection in a second wave in Europe and concessions that it might have even failed, the Swedish model is being adopted by stealth and admired from afar.

scholarly journals Open Letter on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee’s A Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle R Caunca ◽  
Haadiya Cheema ◽  
Jennifer Weuve ◽  
Eleanor J. Murray ◽  
Epidemiology COVID- Response Corps
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Major Step ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Racial Capitalism ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Equitable Allocation ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

This is a public comment on behalf of a group of epidemiologists, public health students, and public health practitioners for submission to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee for A Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus. We believe that Equitable Vaccine Distribution is of the utmost importance as the next major step in COVID-19 response. The pandemic has disproportionately affected BIPOC populations by almost every measure--risk of infection, death, and economic toll--due to the structural racism and racial capitalism that underlies all major systems of American culture, including healthcare, public health response, resource allocation, and science communication.

scholarly journals Government response to COVID-19 in the Czech Republic: February–July 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
Olga Löblová
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Isolate System ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Government Response ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Community Transmission ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The Czech Republic initially managed the outbreak of the novel coronavirus remarkably, with relatively few cases and low death rate. Its public health response was characterized by swift implementation of public health measures driven by an implicit precautionary principle, but also chaotic communication of measures and a lack of transparency in justifying individual policies. June and July 2020 have seen a rise in COVID-19 cases linked to two regional clusters but later associated with community transmission, which exposed weaknesses in the country’s test-trace-isolate system.

scholarly journals Mental health care for medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Walton ◽  
Esther Murray ◽  
Michael D Christian
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Valuable Resource ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Critical Part ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Response

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for society. Supporting the mental health of medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers (staff) is a critical part of the public health response. This paper details the effects on staff and addresses some of the organisational, team and individual considerations for supporting staff (pragmatically) during this pandemic. Leaders at all levels of health care organisations will find this a valuable resource.

scholarly journals Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call for Action

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 411-412
Author(s):  
G. Kalcev ◽  
A. Preti ◽  
G. Orrù ◽  
M.G. Carta
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Health Response ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
The Impact

The current COVID-19 pandemic is likely to affect the physical and mental health and the well-being of people globally. The physicians and nurses on the frontline of patients care will be among the most affected in their psychosocial well-being, being exposed to trauma consequences and burnout syndrome. It is still unknown whether the COVID-19 infection will have direct neuropsychiatric consequences. The impact of the quarantine lockdown on mental health, too, has to be taken into account. The inclusion of mental health as part of national public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic is mandatory in assisting all those in need.

scholarly journals The United Kingdom public health response to an imported laboratory confirmed case of a novel coronavirus in September 2012

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (40) ◽  
Author(s):  
R G Pebody ◽  
M A Chand ◽  
H L Thomas ◽  
H K Green ◽  
N L Boddington ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Severe Disease ◽  
Fatal Case ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Severe Respiratory Illness ◽  
Close Contacts

On 22 September 2012, a novel coronavirus, very closely related to that from a fatal case in Saudi Arabia three months previously, was detected in a previously well adult transferred to intensive care in London from Qatar with severe respiratory illness. Strict respiratory isolation was instituted. Ten days after last exposure, none of 64 close contacts had developed severe disease, with 13 of 64 reporting mild respiratory symptoms. The novel coronavirus was not detected in 10 of 10 symptomatic contacts tested.

scholarly journals The variations in the trends of novel coronavirus disease cases reported in Sri Lanka and the public health response

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. Dharmaratne ◽  
P. Gunasena ◽  
M. W. Gunathunga ◽  
M. Kothalawala ◽  
M. D. S. Sudaraka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

scholarly journals Stigma reduction and provision of mental health services in the public health response to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2 (Supp)) ◽  
pp. 269-272
Author(s):  
Shreyaswi Sathyanath M ◽  
Shashwath Sathyanath
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Health It ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Stigma Reduction ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Response

Stigma reduction and provision of mental health services are unique challenges associated with the new COVID 19 pandemic. Stigma and discrimination may affect the patients diagnosed with COVID 19, those who have been placed under quarantine as well as the frontline. Effective, accurate and timely communication delivered in a coordinated manner along with community engagement is the cornerstone for stigma reduction and promotion of mental health. Although several steps have been taken to address stigma and promote mental health, it is imperative that a clearly defined strategy be put in place to integrate mental health services into the public health response to COVID 19.

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