scholarly journals #Caremongering: A community-led social movement to address health and social needs during COVID-19 (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsien Seow ◽  
Kayla McMillan ◽  
Margaret Civak ◽  
Daryl Bainbridge ◽  
Alison van der Wal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Entire Nation ◽  
Large Groups

BACKGROUND To combat social distancing and stay-at-home restrictions due to COVID-19, Canadian communities began a Facebook social media movement, #Caremongering, to support vulnerable individuals in their communities. Little research has examined the spread and use of #Caremongering to address community health and social needs. OBJECTIVE We examined the size and speed at which #Caremongering spread across Canada, the main ways the groups were used, and differences in use by membership size and activity. METHODS We searched Facebook Groups using the term “Caremongering” combined with the names of the largest population centres in every province and territory in Canada. We extracted available Facebook analytics on all the groups found, restricted to public groups that operated in English. We further conducted a content analysis of themes from postings in 30 groups using purposive sampling. Group content was qualitatively analyzed to determine consistent themes across the sites and between small and large groups. RESULTS The search of Facebook sites across 185 cities yielded 130 unique groups, including groups from all 13 provinces and territories in Canada. Total membership across all groups as of May 4, 2020 was 194,879. The vast majority were formed within days of the global pandemic announcement, two months prior. There were four major themes identified: personal protective equipment, offer, need, and information. Few differences were found between how large and small groups were being used. CONCLUSIONS The #Caremongering Facebook groups spread across the entire nation in a matter of days, engaging hundreds of thousands of Canadians. Social media appears to be a useful tool for spreading community-led solutions to address health and social needs.

scholarly journals #Caremongering: A community-led social movement to address health and social needs during COVID-19

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0245483
Author(s):  
Hsien Seow ◽  
Kayla McMillan ◽  
Margaret Civak ◽  
Daryl Bainbridge ◽  
Alison van der Wal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Entire Nation

Background To combat social distancing and stay-at-home restrictions due to COVID-19, Canadian communities began a Facebook social media movement, #Caremongering, to support vulnerable individuals in their communities. Little research has examined the spread and use of #Caremongering to address community health and social needs. Objectives We examined the rate at which #Caremongering grew across Canada, the main ways the groups were used, and differences in use by membership size and activity. Methods We searched Facebook Groups using the term “Caremongering” combined with the names of the largest population centres in every province and territory in Canada. We extracted available Facebook analytics on all the groups found, restricted to public groups that operated in English. We further conducted a content analysis of themes from postings in 30 groups using purposive sampling. Posted content was qualitatively analyzed to determine consistent themes across the groups and between those with smaller and larger member numbers. Results The search of Facebook groups across 185 cities yielded 130 unique groups, including groups from all 13 provinces and territories in Canada. Total membership across all groups as of May 4, 2020 was 194,879. The vast majority were formed within days of the global pandemic announcement, two months prior. There were four major themes identified: personal protective equipment, offer, need, and information. Few differences were found between how large and small groups were being used. Conclusions The #Caremongering Facebook groups spread across the entire nation in a matter of days, engaging hundreds of thousands of Canadians. Social media appears to be a useful tool for spreading community-led solutions to address health and social needs.

scholarly journals COVID-19 global pandemic planning: Dry heat incubation and ambient temperature fail to consistently inactivate SARS-CoV-2 on N95 respirators

2020 ◽  
pp. 153537022097781
Author(s):  
Douglas J Perkins ◽  
Robert A Nofchissey ◽  
Chunyan Ye ◽  
Nathan Donart ◽  
Alison Kell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Dry Heat ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Individual Site ◽  
Pandemic Planning ◽  
N95 Respirators

The ongoing pandemic of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has placed a substantial strain on the supply of personal protective equipment, particularly the availability of N95 respirators for frontline healthcare personnel. These shortages have led to the creation of protocols to disinfect and reuse potentially contaminated personal protective equipment. A simple and inexpensive decontamination procedure that does not rely on the use of consumable supplies is dry heat incubation. Although reprocessing with this method has been shown to maintain the integrity of N95 respirators after multiple decontamination procedures, information on the ability of dry heat incubation to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 is largely unreported. Here, we show that dry heat incubation does not consistently inactivate SARS-CoV-2-contaminated N95 respirators, and that variation in experimental conditions can dramatically affect viability of the virus. Furthermore, we show that SARS-CoV-2 can survive on N95 respirators that remain at room temperature for at least five days. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that dry heat incubation procedures and ambient temperature for five days are not viable methods for inactivating SARS-CoV-2 on N95 respirators for potential reuse. We recommend that decontamination procedures being considered for the reuse of N95 respirators be validated at each individual site and that validation of the process must be thoroughly conducted using a defined protocol.

Hyperreality of #BlackLivesMatter Movement on Social Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-303
Author(s):  
Ghozian Aulia Pradhana ◽  
◽  
Syaifa Tania ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
African American ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Social ◽  
True Meaning ◽  
Social Media Platforms

This study aims to reveal how hyperreality is reflected in using the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag on social media. The death of an African-American, George Floyd, that involved white police, has sparked outrage and demonstrations in many U.S. states. Issues pertaining to racism sparked in relation to the event, and many people protested demanding justice. The demand for justice then went into a wave of massive global protests both in offline and online realities—the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag was widely used on social media when protests were held. The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag even became a trending topic on several social media platforms, as if everyone was concerned about the issue and aiming for the same purpose. However, we might find several posts that neither reflected nor were related to the case. Some social media users put the hashtag even though their content substance was not related. This phenomenon then led to a condition of hyperreality in questioning reality from a simulation of reality. The method used in this study is content analysis which measures the sentiment of comments on Twitter and Instagram. The study found that social networking sites mobilised online movements even though they were not directly related to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. On the other hand, hashtag activism reduced the true meaning of the social movement. Therefore, the hyperreality in #BlackLivesMatter could not be seen any longer as a form of massive protests demanding justice and ending violence, but merely to gain more digital presence on social media. Keywords: Black lives matter, movement, social media, hyperreality, hashtag activism.

scholarly journals Optimizing the trauma resuscitation bay during the covid-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. e000488 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hugh Livingston ◽  
Stephanie Bonne ◽  
Catherin Morello ◽  
Adam Fox
Keyword(s):  
Trauma Patient ◽  
Fluid Resuscitation ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Trauma Team ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Trauma Resuscitation ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Ancillary Staff ◽  
Ready Access ◽  
Head Covering

The covid-19 global pandemic due to the SARS-CoV2 (CoV2) virus has created the need to adapt hospital workspaces and staffing models, and trauma is no exception. While the optimal configuration of a trauma resuscitation area is debatable, the space needs to be large enough to accommodate the trauma team and ancillary staff. It also needs to have ready access to supplies and equipment to quickly and easily control hemorrhage, secure an airway and initiate fluid resuscitation. Lastly, stores of personal protective equipment in the form of fluid resistant gowns, head covering, face shield, and gloves (both sterile and non-sterile) should be readily available but under strict access. As CoV2 carriers increased in our population in New Jersey, we treated each incoming trauma patient as a potentially CoV2-positive case and sought to reconfigure out trauma resuscitation area to minimize exposure of our supplies to aerosolized virus.

scholarly journals A Personal Respirator to Improve Protection for Healthcare Workers Treating COVID-19 (PeRSo)

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul T. Elkington ◽  
Alexander S. Dickinson ◽  
Mark N. Mavrogordato ◽  
Daniel C. Spencer ◽  
Richard J. Gillams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Low Resource Settings ◽  
Supply Logistics ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Manufacturing Complexity ◽  
Validation Testing

Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 infection is a global pandemic. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect healthcare workers has been a recurrent challenge in terms of global stocks, supply logistics and suitability. In some settings, around 20% of healthcare workers treating COVID-19 cases have become infected, which leads to staff absence at peaks of the pandemic, and in some cases mortality.Methods: To address shortcomings in PPE, we developed a simple powered air purifying respirator, made from inexpensive and widely available components. The prototype was designed to minimize manufacturing complexity so that derivative versions could be developed in low resource settings with minor modification.Results: The “Personal Respirator – Southampton” (PeRSo) delivers High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filtered air from a battery powered fan-filter assembly into a lightweight hood with a clear visor that can be comfortably worn for several hours. Validation testing demonstrates that the prototype removes microbes, avoids excessive CO2 build-up in normal use, and passes fit test protocols widely used to evaluate standard N95/FFP2 and N99/FFP3 face masks. Feedback from doctors and nurses indicate the PeRSo prototype was preferred to standard FFP2 and FFP3 masks, being more comfortable and reducing the time and risk of recurrently changing PPE. Patients report better communication and reassurance as the entire face is visible.Conclusion: Rapid upscale of production of cheaply produced powered air purifying respirators, designed to achieve regulatory approval in the country of production, could protect healthcare workers from infection and improve healthcare delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Making Community Beliefs and Capacities Visible Through Care-mongering During COVID-19

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (GROUP) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Tiffany Knearem ◽  
Jeongwon Jo ◽  
Chun-Hua Tsai ◽  
John M. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Online Groups ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Present Design

The COVID-19 global pandemic brought forth wide-ranging, unanticipated changes in human interaction, as communities rushed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. In response, local geographic community members created grassroots care-mongering groups on social media to facilitate acts of kindness, otherwise known as care-mongering. In this paper, we are interested in understanding the types of care-mongering that take place and how such care-mongering might contribute to community collective efficacy (CCE) and community resilience during a long-haul global pandemic. We conducted a content analysis of a care-mongering group on Facebook to understand how local community members innovated and developed care-mongering practices online. We observed three facets of care-mongering: showing appreciation for helpers, coming up with ways of supporting one another's needs, and continuing social interactions online and present design recommendations for further augmenting care-mongering practices for local disaster relief in online groups.

scholarly journals Tata Cara Bersuci dan Salat bagi Tenaga Kesehatan (Nakes) yang Menggunakan Alat Pelindung Diri (APD)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-234
Author(s):  
Akhmad Hanafi Dain Yunta ◽  
Hendri Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Emergency Condition ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This study aimed to elaborate and examine the procedures for purification and prayer for health workers when using personal protective equipment (PPE). This research used a descriptive qualitative approach through content analysis techniques and library research. The results show that: First, it is an emergency condition that PPE is not applied, it will threaten the safety of his or her life in which he or she is vulnerable to infected with the virus; Secondly, before using PPE, health workers should have themselves purified from small hadas (impurity) through ablution or from the big one through bathing; Third, in the state of purity and nothing breaks the ablution, health workers can immediately pray as usual; Fourth, if their ablution is broken and they still must wear PPE while it is feared that time for prayer be over, then they should pray according to their circumstances even though they are obstructed from purification; Fifth, under certain situation, due to the job, health workers cannot perform prayers on time or cannot merge their prayers then they should immediately perform prayers whenever it is possible.

scholarly journals Mutual aid versus volunteerism: Autonomous PPE production in the Covid-19 pandemic crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 030981682110576
Author(s):  
Katya Lachowicz ◽  
Jim Donaghey
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Political Economies ◽  
Critical Social

The Covid-19 pandemic crisis has confirmed neoliberal capitalism’s inability to meet critical social needs. In the United Kingdom, mutual aid initiatives based on ‘solidarity not charity’ blossomed in a context of state incompetence and private sector negligence – including Scrub Hub, a network of groups that autonomously produced personal protective equipment and provided it directly to health workers. Using a convergence of autonomist and anarchist perspectives, this article examines Scrub Hub as an example of emergent autonomous political economies and considers the challenges of resisting co-optation into volunteerist hierarchies and suppression by the neoliberal state.

scholarly journals Citizen science highlights litter associated with COVID-19 as a potential threat on the island of Mindanao, Philippines: a marine biodiversity hotspot

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Angelo Abreo ◽  
Vladimer Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Negative Interaction ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Marine Litter

The on-going COVID-19 pandemic is expected to exacerbate the marine litter problem. The use of disposable personal protective equipment (e.g., facemasks) will result to increase in marine plastics pollution. Here we explored the potential of citizen science to determine the distribution of marine litter associated with COVID-19 in Mindanao, Philippines. Volunteers were invited through social media, contributing geotagged photographs of marine litter associated with COVID-19. Although the information is limited, results showed the possible pervasiveness of marine litter associated with COVID-19. Since the waters surrounding the Southern Philippines is known to host high marine biodiversity, the potential negative interaction of marine litter associated with COVID-19 and marine species is inevitable. The contribution of citizen science to address some of the limitations on marine litter research is highlighted and is recommended to be explored further.

The Nightingale Treatment: beautifully rewarding frontline NHS staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 170-170
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Frontline Staff ◽  
Global Pandemic

As our hard-working NHS fight the ongoing global pandemic, they are left with facial bruising and breakouts as a result of wearing personal protective equipment. Aesthetician Dija Ayodele has developed The Nightingale Treatment, a complimentary facial treatment available for all NHS frontline staff once lockdown measures are relaxed, and urges other clinics to get involved

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