scholarly journals COVID-19 CONSPIRACY BELIEFS AND CONTAINMENT-RELATED BEHAVIOUR: THE ROLE OF POLITICAL TRUST

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tijana Karić ◽  
Janko Mileta Međedović
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Zero Order ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Conspiracy Beliefs ◽  
The Mean

The roles of conspiracy beliefs and political trust for public health behaviour have been seldomly studied prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we tested whether conspiracy beliefs affect containment-related behaviour in relation to the COVID-19 epidemic, and whether this relationship is mediated by political trust, preference for saving economy or for saving lives. The data were collected at two time points, at the beginning of the epidemic and after the state of emergency was introduced. The sample consisted of 802 adults from Serbia (356 at time 1 and 446 at time 2), of which around 60% female, with the mean age of around 33. The results indicate that holding more conspiracy beliefs is related to less adherence to containment-related behaviour, both directly and indirectly, via decreased political trust. Preference for saving lives has a direct effect on containment-related behaviour, while preference for saving economy plays no important role in this relationship, although it has a negative zero-order association with containment-related behaviour. The findings are interpreted in the light of the importance of governmental epidemic management for containing, i.e. preventing the spread of infectious diseases.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH INCREASING THE BACTERIAL CAUSING INFECTIOUS DISEASES PERFORMED BY EXPERIMENT: VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES INSECTS, TAIF, KSA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 42-53
Author(s):  
Sherifa Mostafa M. Sabra ◽  
Samar Ahamed
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
The Public ◽  
Colony Forming Unit ◽  
Tapinoma Sessile ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Impact

The search conducted on "The impact of global warming (GW) on the public health (PH) increasing the bacterial causing infectious diseases (IDs) performed by experiment: Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) insects, Taif, KSA", the experiment used ants (Taif Tapinoma sessile), prepared, arranged appropriate nests and adjusted the temperature at (20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45°C), for a week of each zone. It revealed the behaviour as (normal, semi-normal and ab-normal), the mean of mortality rates were between (0-53.3%). The bacterial contents measured by the turbidity indicated the presence of multiplication, were between (0.109-0.328). The bacterial growth degrees by sings were between (+ - +++++) and percent between (12-100%). Colony Forming Unit/ml (CFU/ml) confined between (1.8X102-15.0X102)/mL. Through this experiment it turned out the GW had a significant role on the PH, helped the proliferation of bacterial pathogens that caused IDS. The conclusion wiped from the experiment that the extent degrees of GW disadvantages on the PH. The PH workers must take the "Preventive Health Prophylaxis Measures" (PHPMs) to protect the individuals from IDs by eliminating the VBDs of various types, monitoring the immunological situation of individuals, provided the vaccinations of IDs and preparing for complete PHPMs against any changes in the PH.

scholarly journals Combating COVID-19—The role of robotics in managing public health and infectious diseases

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (40) ◽  
pp. eabb5589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang-Zhong Yang ◽  
Bradley J. Nelson ◽  
Robin R. Murphy ◽  
Howie Choset ◽  
Henrik Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases

COVID-19 may drive sustained research in robotics to address risks of infectious diseases.

scholarly journals ‘It is not worse than a flu’ – COVID-19 Scepticism and the Role of Trust and Far-Right Attitudes in Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Küppers ◽  
Marion Reiser
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Conspiracy Beliefs ◽  
German Region ◽  
East German ◽  
Using Data

Whereas previous social science scholarship on the COVID-19 pandemic has primarily focused on health behaviour, social distancing, or pandemic-related conspiracy beliefs, we investigate the drivers of COVID-19 scepticism. COVID-19 sceptics view the virus as harmless (i.e., not worse than a casual flu). Using data from a representative survey conducted in the East German region of Thuringia in autumn 2020, we show that far-right political attitudes and low trust in political institutions are crucial drivers of COVID-19 scepticism.

Health protection

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 725-730
Author(s):  
Emily Stanton ◽  
Anita Bell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
Communicable Disease Control

Health protection is a key function of Public Health England, encompassing emergency preparedness, resilience and response, environmental health, and communicable disease control. The aim of this article is to discuss the role of health protection, its structure in England, and how GPs are integral to the reporting, surveillance and actions to protect public health. Case studies are included. Finally, the article will highlight knowledge that GPs will find useful when considering notifiable infectious diseases and the role of GP and health protection in the NHS Long Term Plan.

History of Infectious Diseases

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Maria Ines Zanoli Sato
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Emerging Pathogens ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
History Of

This chapter provides a review of infectious disease to date and the challenges they may present in the future. The main pandemics that have driven the history of humanity are described, from the first to be recorded in 3180 BC to more recent ones such as AIDIS, SARS and others associated with emerging pathogens. The essential role of emerging scientific specialisms (particularly microbiology, public health and sanitary engineering) to our understanding of the causes of these diseases (and how they may be better monitored, controlled and prevented) is presented. Globalization and climate change, determining factors for the ecology of infectious diseases and their emergence and re-emergence, are discussed and point to the urgent need for research to deal with these threats that continue to have a significant impact on human development and wellbeing.

Role of variability in design, implementation, and interpretation of microbial inactivation studies

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
J.S. Rosen ◽  
I. Najm ◽  
J. Sobrinho ◽  
S. Via
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Experimental Error ◽  
Microbial Inactivation ◽  
Safety Factors ◽  
Uncertainty Factor ◽  
Concentration Time ◽  
Time Table ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Existing Data

In developing a Ct (concentration × time) table for the inactivation of Cryptosporidium with ozone it has been necessary to incorporate an uncertainty factor that can be applied to calculated Ct values to take account of the significant variability in inactivation results. This paper presents an approach for partitioning the overall variability into two types. That due to analytical and experimental error is shown to clearly outweigh that due to differences in water matrices and oocyst resistance to disinfectant. The results support the use of confidence intervals calculated about the mean inactivation coefficients calculated with existing data, leading to the operation of ozonation with sufficient safety factors to protect public health.

Introduction: Vaccine Technologies and Public Health: Why a Critical Review Now?

1994 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis Freeman ◽  
Anthony Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
The Future ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
Optimal Gains ◽  
Historical Role

AbstractSince Jenner's time, there have always been enthusiasts and skeptics about the role of vaccines in the prevention of disease. This introduction explains why, at this time, it is crucial to assess the historical role vaccines have played in limiting damage caused by infectious diseases, the role they can play in the future, and the technologies that are best suited to achieving optimal gains for public health and development worldwide.

scholarly journals Emerging and re-emerging human infectious diseases: A systematic review of the role of wild animals with a focus on public health impact

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
MarliC Cupertino ◽  
MichelyB Resende ◽  
NicholasAJ Mayer ◽  
LorendaneM Carvalho ◽  
Rodrigo Siqueira-Batista
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Public Health Impact ◽  
Wild Animals

scholarly journals The role of the world health organization in solving international public health problems: history, modernity and development prospects

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Epidemics of smallpox, cholera, plague and other infectious diseases in the world in the past were accompanied by the deaths of millions of people and often threatened humanity with destruction as a biological species. Therefore, society was forced to join forces to create an organization that would provide health protection on a global scale. On April 7, 1948, 26 UN member states created the World Health Organization, the main goal of which was to help provide the protection of health of the population of all countries of the world. Purpose of the study - analysis of the historical data of the process of creating the World Health Organization, achievements for all the years of its existence, financing in last years and formation of the opinions of authors on the role of this organization in solving health problems of all humanity. Results. The article presents data on stages of the formation of the World Health Organization. Information about positive results for more than 70 years in solving reproductive health problems, maternal and child mortality, eradicating many infectious diseases in different parts of the world and other problems is detailed. Joint resolutions of the World Health Organization with the United Nations were adopted about general and complete disarmament, protection of humanity from atomic radiation, ban on the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, defining of the role of doctors and other health workers in the preservation and strengthening of the world. Information on the World Health Organization funding is provided. The prospects for the development of the organization are described. Conclusions. The World Health Organization actively continues its work – maintains contact with international experts, governments and partners for quick collection of scientific data on a new virus, tracks its distribution and assesses its virulence, provides to countries and population recommendations on health protection measures and preventing the spread of infection. The global climatic crisis and the coronavirus infection pandemic showed that the role of the World Health Organization should increase to prevent cataclysms in some countries and globally. It is the World Health Organization that has a huge positive international experience in fighting various public health problems and it remains the only effective organization that consolidates the efforts of most countries of the world to overcome the problems of all humanity.

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