scholarly journals Religious Responses to Social Distancing Revealed through Memes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 787
Author(s):  
Heidi A. Campbell ◽  
Zachary Sheldon
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Discursive Space ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
American Christianity ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
First Time

This article examines the emotive narratives surrounding the “new normal” of social distancing practices during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as revealed by religion-focused Internet memes. In March 2020, many people were introduced to the concept of “social distancing” for the first time via news reports and media coverage of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic which led to the first lockdown. As the year progressed, social distancing discourse was combined with discussion of the practices of masking and quarantining, all of which became part of many countries’ normal routines as a public health management strategy. Over time, social distancing has become a widely used public health strategy impacting many social groups, including religious adherents and their places of worship. Memes became a discursive space where practices of social distancing and religious attitudes towards these practices were expressed and debated. By examining memes centered on American Christianity, this study reveals that memetic narratives in the early months of the pandemic indicate a positive framing of behaviors intended to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, and a negative framing of the attitudes of religious individuals and organizations who seem to privilege the cultural practices of their belief over the core values of the Christian faith.

scholarly journals Epidemiological modelling of the health and economic effects of COVID-19 control in Australia’s second wave

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Quentin Grafton ◽  
John Parslow ◽  
Tom Kompas ◽  
Kathryn Glass ◽  
Emily Banks
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Community Transmission ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Detection Strategies

Abstract Background We investigated the public health and economy outcomes of different levels of social distancing to control a ‘second wave’ outbreak in Australia and identify implications for public health management of COVID-19. Methods Individual-based and compartment models were used to simulate the effects of different social distancing and detection strategies on Australian COVID-19 infections and the economy from March to July 2020. These models were used to evaluate the effects of different social distancing levels and the early relaxation of suppression measures, in terms of public health and economy outcomes. Results The models, fitted to observations up to July 2020, yielded projections consistent with subsequent cases and showed that better public health outcomes and lower economy costs occur when social distancing measures are more stringent, implemented earlier and implemented for a sufficiently long duration. Early relaxation of suppression results in worse public health outcomes and higher economy costs. Conclusions Better public health outcomes (reduced COVID-19 fatalities) are positively associated with lower economy costs and higher levels of social distancing; achieving zero community transmission lowers both public health and economy costs compared to allowing community transmission to continue; and early relaxation of social distancing increases both public health and economy costs.

Situating ‘careful surveillance’

2021 ◽  
pp. 136787792199745
Author(s):  
Mark Andrejevic ◽  
Hugh Davies ◽  
Ruth DeSouza ◽  
Larissa Hjorth ◽  
Ingrid Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

In this article we explore preliminary findings from the study COVIDSafe and Beyond: Perceptions and Practices conducted in Australia in 2020. The study involved a survey followed by interviews, and aimed to capture the dynamic ways in which members of the Australian public perceive the impact of Covid practices – especially public health measures like the introduction of physical and social distancing, compulsory mask wearing, and contact tracing. In the rescripting of public space, different notions of formal and informal surveillance, along with different textures of mediated and social care, appeared. In this article, we explore perceptions around divergent forms of surveillance across social, technological, governmental modes, and the relationship of surveillance to care in our media and cultural practices. What does it mean to care for self and others during a pandemic? How does care get enacted in, and through, media interfaces and public interaction?

scholarly journals Turnover of SARS-CoV-2 lineages shaped the pandemic and enabled the emergence of new variants in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronaldo da Silva Francisco Junior ◽  
Alessandra Pavan Lamarca ◽  
Luiz G P de Almeida ◽  
Liliane Cavalcante ◽  
Douglas Terra Machado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Health Management ◽  
The State ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Overwhelming Majority ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Genomic Epidemiology ◽  
Strong Potential ◽  
Two Phases

In the present study, we provide a retrospective genomic epidemiology analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We gathered publicly available data from GISAD and sequenced more 1,927 new genomes sampled periodically from March 2021 to June 2021 from 91 out of the 92 cities of the state. Our results showed that the pandemic was characterized by three different phases driven by a successive replacement of lineages. All stages occurred in distinct mortality and mobility contexts, with higher evidence of social distancing measures being observed in early pandemic and relaxed in the last two phases. Interestingly, we noticed that viral supercarriers accounted for the overwhelming majority of the circulating virus (> 90%) among symptomatic individuals in the state. Moreover, SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance also revealed the emergence and spread of two new variants (P.5 and P.1.2) firstly reported in this study. Altogether, our findings provided important lessons learned from the different epidemiological aspects of the SARS-CoV-2 dynamic in the state of Rio de Janeiro that have a strong potential to shape future decisions aiming to improve public health management and understanding mechanisms underlying virus dispersion.

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

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal ◽  
Sophie R. Vaccarino ◽  
Vijay Kumar Chattu ◽  
Nevin F.W. Zaki ◽  
Ahmed S. BaHammam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Strategy ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Health Strategy

scholarly journals Informação como apoio para tomada de decisão de gestores públicos de saúde

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (82) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio Moschen Antunes ◽  
Josué Souza Gleriano ◽  
Bruna Moreno Dias ◽  
André Almeida Moura ◽  
Liz Vanessa Lupi Gasparini
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Training Plan ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
Health Managers

Para exercer a gestão em saúde os gestores precisam alinhar a tomada de decisão às habilidades da administração. O uso dos Sistemas de Informação em Saúde (SIS) é imprescindível nesse processo. Esse estudo teve por objetivo analisar, a partir do suporte de assessoria de informação, as demandas de gestores públicos de saúde para a tomada de decisão. Trata-se de uma pesquisa documental descritiva apoiada no método de estudo de caso múltiplo, por meio da base de dados de uma empresa de desenvolvimento de software e assessoria que atende secretarias municipais de saúde no território nacional. Os dados foram extraídos do sistema de informações da empresa considerando os chamados realizados pelos gestores de saúde. Os dados foram analisados a partir da análise temática com utilização do software Nvivo. Em relação às demandas dos gestores, predominaram solicitações de informações relacionadas às Unidades da Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF) e ao Pronto Atendimento (UPA), especialmente aquelas relacionadas à assistência ao usuário. Dentre as solicitações, destacaram-se aquelas pertinentes à produção de serviços e monitoramento do cuidado, oriundos das coordenações de atenção à saúde e da vigilância em saúde. A empresa emitiu relatórios como forma de resposta às demandas. Ressalta-se que a análise das demandas proporciona oportunidade de compreender o uso dos dados para a tomada de decisão e possibilidade de refletir as dificuldades técnicas dos gestores no uso dos SIS. Essa análise contribuiu para a empresa de assessoria identificar a necessidade de desenvolvimento de um plano de capacitação para os gestores.Palavras-chave: Gestão em Saúde; Sistemas de Informação em Saúde; Aplicações da Informática Médica; Administração Municipal; Sistemas Locais de Saúde. ABSTRACTInformation as support for decision making by public health managersTo exercise health management, managers need to align decision making with management skills. The use of Health Information Systems (HIS) is essential in this process. This study aimed to analyze, based on the support of information advisory services, the demands of public health managers for decision making. This is a descriptive documentary research supported by the multiple case study method, through the database of a software development and advisory company that serves municipal health secretariats in Brazil. The data were extracted from the company's information system considering the calls made by health managers. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis with the Nvivo software. In relation to the managers' demands, there was a predominance of requests for information related to the Family Health Strategy Units (ESF) and to the Emergency Room (UPA), especially those related to user assistance. Among the requests, the most important were those related to the production of services and monitoring of care, from the health care and health surveillance coordinations. The company issued reports as a form of response to the demands. It is noteworthy that the analysis of the demands provides an opportunity to understand the use of data for decision making and the possibility to reflect the technical difficulties of managers in using the HIS. This analysis helped the consulting firm to identify the need to develop a training plan for managers.Keywords: Health Management; Information Technology; Medical Informatics Applications; Municipal Management; Local Health Systems

scholarly journals Alma Ata: Reflections and future prospects in family health strategy

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia MARINHO ◽  
Sonia GROISMAN
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Family Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Events ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The World ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT The International Conference on Primary Health Care, held in Alma Ata, was one of the most significant public health events in the world, where for the first time the dependency between poverty and health status was discussed and measured. Even after 40 years of its implementation, it continues to influence directly public policies related to the principles of primary care. The aim of the present study was to carry out a review of literature based on PubMed / Medline, Virtual Health Library (BVS / Bireme / WHO-PAHO) and institutional documents of Brazilian Ministry of Health, in order to point out reflections of perceptions about Alma Ata Conference, in Brazilian public policies, tracing an evolutionary profile to the family health strategy and its future perspectives. Although the study found a strong influence of the Alma Ata Conference in Brazilian public health policies it still needs improvement to reach the global goals and objectives agreed by all countries in Alma Ata and reaffirmed in the World Health Organization’s 2030 Sustainability Agenda.

Körperliche Beschwerden bei älteren Migranten in Deutschland 1Erstellt unter Mitwirkung der Arbeitsgruppe «Abuse of the Elderly in the European Region» (ABUEL): Joaquim F. J. Soares, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Francisco Torres-González, Departmental Section of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, University of Granada, Spain; Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou, National School of Public Health, Department of Sociology, Athens, Greece; Giovanni Lamura, Italian National Research Centre on Ageing Department of Gerontological Research, Unit of Health Economics, Ancona, Italy; Mindaugas Stankunas, Kaunas University of Medicine, Department of Health Management, A. Mickeviciaus, Kaunas, Lithuania; Henrique Barros, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Porto Medical School, Porto, Portugal.

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosina-Martha Csöff ◽  
Gloria Macassa ◽  
Jutta Lindert
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Management ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Research Unit ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Public Health Department ◽  
Karolinska Institute ◽  
Psychological Medicine ◽  
Körperliche Beschwerden

Körperliche Beschwerden sind bei Älteren weit verbreitet; diese sind bei Migranten bislang in Deutschland und international noch wenig untersucht. Unsere multizentrische Querschnittstudie erfasste körperliche Beschwerden bei Menschen im Alter zwischen 60 und 84 Jahren mit Wohnsitz in Stuttgart anhand der Kurzversion des Gießener Beschwerdebogens (GBB-24). In Deutschland wurden 648 Personen untersucht, davon 13.4 % (n = 87) nicht in Deutschland geborene. Die Geschlechterverteilung war bei Migranten und Nichtmigranten gleich; der sozioökonomische Status lag bei den Migranten etwas niedriger: 8.0 % (n = 7) der Migranten und 2.5 % (n = 14) der Nichtmigranten verfügten über höchstens vier Jahre Schulbildung; 12.6 % (n = 11) der Migranten und 8.2 % (n = 46) der Nichtmigranten hatten ein monatliches Haushaltsnettoeinkommen von unter 1000€; 26.4 % der Migranten und 38.1 % (n = 214) der Nichtmigranten verfügten über mehr als 2000€ monatlich. Somatische Beschwerden lagen bei den Migranten bei 65.5 % (n = 57) und bei den Nichtmigranten bei 55.8 % (n = 313). Frauen wiesen häufiger somatische Beschwerden auf (61.8 %) als Männer (51.8 %). Mit steigendem Alter nahmen somatische Beschwerden zu. Mit Ausnahme der Altersgruppe der 70–74-Jährigen konnte kein signifikanter Unterschied zwischen Migranten und Nichtmigranten hinsichtlich der Häufigkeit körperlicher Beschwerden gezeigt werden. Ausblick: Es werden dringend bevölkerungsrepräsentative Studien zu körperlichen Beschwerden bei Migranten benötigt.

The CARE Telematics Network for the Surveillance of Influenza in Europe

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (05) ◽  
pp. 518-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bensadon ◽  
A. Strauss ◽  
R. Snacken
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Warning Systems ◽  
Surveillance Networks ◽  
Spanish Flu ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
National Networks ◽  
First Time

Abstract:Since the 1950s, national networks for the surveillance of influenza have been progressively implemented in several countries. New epidemiological arguments have triggered changes in order to increase the sensitivity of existent early warning systems and to strengthen the communications between European networks. The WHO project CARE Telematics, which collects clinical and virological data of nine national networks and sends useful information to public health administrations, is presented. From the results of the 1993-94 season, the benefits of the system are discussed. Though other telematics networks in this field already exist, it is the first time that virological data, absolutely essential for characterizing the type of an outbreak, are timely available by other countries. This argument will be decisive in case of occurrence of a new strain of virus (shift), such as the Spanish flu in 1918. Priorities are now to include other existing European surveillance networks.

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