scholarly journals Public Health Crisis during COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gaus
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Health Authority ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Open Question

During the COVID pandemic, biomedicine and the rapid development of anti-COVID vaccines has been widely praised, while the global public health response has been questioned. Fifteen United States based combined experts in primary healthcare and public health responded to an open question focusing on this issue. Eleven of these experts responded. Four major themes emerged from their answers, including: fragmentation between public health and biomedicine; underfunding of public health; lack of centralized public health authority; business interests over the public good and well-being.

scholarly journals Early analysis of the Australian COVID-19 epidemic

eLife ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J Price ◽  
Freya M Shearer ◽  
Michael T Meehan ◽  
Emma McBryde ◽  
Robert Moss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Forecast Period ◽  
Individual Country ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Health Response

As of 1 May 2020, there had been 6808 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia. Of these, 98 had died from the disease. The epidemic had been in decline since mid-March, with 308 cases confirmed nationally since 14 April. This suggests that the collective actions of the Australian public and government authorities in response to COVID-19 were sufficiently early and assiduous to avert a public health crisis – for now. Analysing factors that contribute to individual country experiences of COVID-19, such as the intensity and timing of public health interventions, will assist in the next stage of response planning globally. We describe how the epidemic and public health response unfolded in Australia up to 13 April. We estimate that the effective reproduction number was likely below one in each Australian state since mid-March and forecast that clinical demand would remain below capacity thresholds over the forecast period (from mid-to-late April).

scholarly journals Making Smarter Decisions Faster: Systems Engineering to Improve the Global Public Health Response to HIV

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjuli D. Wagner ◽  
Jonny Crocker ◽  
Shan Liu ◽  
Peter Cherutich ◽  
Sarah Gimbel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Health Response

scholarly journals Anthropology in public health emergencies:what is anthropology good for?

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. e000534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darryl Stellmach ◽  
Isabel Beshar ◽  
Juliet Bedford ◽  
Philipp du Cros ◽  
Beverley Stringer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Ebola Virus ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Outbreak Response ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Increasing Demand

Recent outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (2013–2016) and Zika virus (2015–2016) bring renewed recognition of the need to understand social pathways of disease transmission and barriers to care. Social scientists, anthropologists in particular, have been recognised as important players in disease outbreak response because of their ability to assess social, economic and political factors in local contexts. However, in emergency public health response, as with any interdisciplinary setting, different professions may disagree over methods, ethics and the nature of evidence itself. A disease outbreak is no place to begin to negotiate disciplinary differences. Given increasing demand for anthropologists to work alongside epidemiologists, clinicians and public health professionals in health crises, this paper gives a basic introduction to anthropological methods and seeks to bridge the gap in disciplinary expectations within emergencies. It asks: ‘What can anthropologists do in a public health crisis and how do they do it?’ It argues for an interdisciplinary conception of emergency and the recognition that social, psychological and institutional factors influence all aspects of care.

scholarly journals Coronavirus pandemic highlights critical gaps in rural Internet access for migrant and seasonal farmworkers: a call for partnership with medical libraries

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph G. L. Lee ◽  
Catherine E. LePrevost ◽  
Emery L. Harwell ◽  
Jamie E. Bloss ◽  
Leslie E. Cofie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Migrant And Seasonal Farmworkers ◽  
Outreach Workers ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Seasonal Farmworkers ◽  
Medical Libraries ◽  
Public Health Practitioners

Migrant and seasonal farmworkers, who are essential workers in the coronavirus global public health emergency, face unique risks to their health as well as longstanding health inequities. This commentary highlights these risks and argues that Internet access represents an underappreciated but critical part of the public health response. The authors first discuss the unique risk farmworkers face. We note the importance of Internet access in the time of physical distancing, the fact that many health outreach workers are no longer visiting camps, the need for telemedicine infrastructure, and the role of Internet access in providing connections to families in communities of origin. We describe existing efforts that have been implemented in North Carolina to raise awareness among public health and health promotion practitioners and researchers. The current coronavirus pandemic demands the attention of medical libraries, public health practitioners, and policy makers to address the digital divide for farmworkers and their families.

scholarly journals Early analysis of the Australian COVID-19 epidemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J Price ◽  
Freya M Shearer ◽  
Michael T Meehan ◽  
Emma McBryde ◽  
Robert Moss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Individual Country ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Using Data

AbstractAs of 18 April 2020, there had been 6,533 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia [1]. Of these, 67 had died from the disease. The daily count of new confirmed cases was declining. This suggests that the collective actions of the Australian public and government authorities in response to COVID-19 were sufficiently early and assiduous to avert a public health crisis — for now. Analysing factors, such as the intensity and timing public health interventions, that contribute to individual country experiences of COVID-19 will assist in the next stage of response planning globally. Using data from the Australian national COVID-19 database, we describe how the epidemic and public health response unfolded in Australia up to 13 April 2020. We estimate that the effective reproduction number was likely below 1 (the threshold value for control) in each Australian state since mid-March and forecast that hospital ward and intensive care unit occupancy will remain below capacity thresholds over the next two weeks.

Sexuality and public health

2021 ◽  
pp. 307-316
Author(s):  
Richard Parker ◽  
Jonathan Garcia ◽  
Miguel Muñoz-Laboy ◽  
Marni Sommer ◽  
Patrick Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Health It ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Over Time

This chapter seeks to provide an overview of this rapidly growing body of work in public health. It describes the initial public health response to sexuality in the context of HIV and AIDS, as well as the ways in which that response has been gradually broadened over time in order to provide a more comprehensive approach to sexual health and well-being. It also focuses on both the local and the global dimensions of this work, in both developed and developing countries, and as much in the work of local communities struggling to respond to the needs of their own populations, as well as on the part of a range of international agencies that are increasingly seeking to address a range of challenges to sexual health.

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.

Scaling Up What Works: Using EMDR to Help Confront the World’s Burden of Traumatic Stress

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 187-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf C. Carriere
Keyword(s):  
Scaling Up ◽  
Trauma Therapy ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
What Works ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Global Estimates ◽  
Timely Treatment

Global estimates of trauma exposure, classified under the heading “Four Violences,” demonstrate that the world faces a mental health crisis of truly epidemic proportions. Given the extent, severity, and consequences of trauma-based disorders (including posttraumatic stress disorder) worldwide for individuals, communities, and societies, the current minimal global public health response needs to be addressed. An important part of the response should involve the implementation of timely treatment both during and after a crisis. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy offers a potentially scalable intervention that combines effectiveness, efficiency, affordability, and acceptability—essential preconditions—for launching an ambitious global trauma therapy plan. An overview of both challenges and solutions to effective scaling up and global implementation is provided, including the areas of policy, funding, and ethics. This article concludes with a list of activities (including research) that should be initiated without delay as part of starting up a global trauma therapy plan.

Long-Term Public Health Responses in High-Impact Weather Events: Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico as a Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Cange ◽  
Jacy McGaw-Césaire
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Public Health Challenges ◽  
High Impact Weather

ABSTRACTThis statement responds to the public health challenges in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria during September 2017. As a result of Maria, and to a certain extent Hurricane Irma, the territory sustained unprecedented damage. We call for a mid- and long-term public health response and research to assess the long-term impacts of high-impact weather events, such as Maria’s effects on Puerto Rico, including impacts on vulnerable populations’ environmental health and well-being.

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