Learning from the past: Taiwan's responses to COVID-19 versus SARS
| Autor: | Ta-Chien Chan, Chwan-Chuen King, Kuan-Han Huang, Tai-Yuan Chiu, Ting-I Lee, Shey-Ying Chen, Tsung-Hua Tung, Muh Yong Yen, Yung-Feng Yen, Le-Yin Hsu, Po-Ren Hsueh |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) media_common.quotation_subject Population Taiwan Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Logistic regression Article Alcohol-based hand hygiene Influenza A Virus H1N1 Subtype Face mask Hygiene Environmental health Infection control Medicine Humans Threshold-based bundle strategy education media_common Enhanced traffic control bundling Government education.field_of_study business.industry SARS-CoV-2 SARS-CoV-2COVID-19 Outbreak COVID-19 General Medicine Vaccination Infectious Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Female business Public health policies Hand hygiene |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 110, Iss, Pp 469-478 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1878-3511 1201-9712 |
| Popis: | Objectives This study evaluated the effectiveness of two major citizens’ mobilized intervention strategies - facemasks and alcohol-based hand hygiene and their changes from the 2003 SARS outbreak to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic (pdmCOVID-19). Methods We surveyed 2,328 Taiwanese from July 29 to August 6, 2020, assessing demographics, information sources, and practice of preventive behaviors from the 2003 SARS or 2009 pandemic influenza H1N1 (2009pdmH1N1) era to the current pdmCOVID-19 as well as post-survey intention to continue preventive practices. Logistic regression was employed to identify characteristics associated with close adherence to preventive behavior practices in 2020. Results About 70.2% of participants adhered closely to recommended preventive behavior practices. Compared with 2003SARS/2009pdmH1N1, there was a significant increase in the use of facemasks during pdmCOVID-19 (66.6% vs. 99.2% [indoors], p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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