Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Pandemic and the Challenge of Public Health

Lee, Seung Hwa; Kim, Jong Myoung

doi:10.21215/kjfp.2020.10.2.87

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“…Fourth, participants tried to adjust to a new lifestyle during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts predict that infections similar to COVID-19 will occur continuously in the future [10,16]. COVID-19 signifies more than just the emergence of a novel infectious disease; it is a historic event.…”

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Life-Changing Experiences of Mothers with School-Age Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on Their Health Risk Perceptions and Health-Related Behaviors

Yoo

Shim

Kim

2021

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This study aimed to explore health risk perceptions, changes in health-related behaviors, and life experiences of mothers with school-age children during the early coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Data were collected between 16 July and 10 September 2020, by individual interviews and analyzed through qualitative content analysis. After the twelve participants’ experiences were analyzed, four themes and ten sub-themes were derived. The four themes were: “Struggling to identify the substance of COVID-19,” “Taking the initiative to protect the health of the family,” “Frustrated by the brutal reality of no end in sight,” and “Trying to adjust wisely to an inevitable new lifestyle.” The findings suggest that while the world remains in an ongoing battle with COVID-19, national health institutions should prepare a health education system for specific infection prevention methods that can be practiced by individuals in daily life.

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Life-Changing Experiences of Mothers with School-Age Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on Their Health Risk Perceptions and Health-Related Behaviors

Yoo

Shim

Kim

2021

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“…1 Since effective treatments for COVID-19 became available only recently, it was essential for each individual to engage in infection-prevention behaviors, such as physical distancing, personal hygiene, wearing masks, and getting a vaccination in order to protect themselves as well as other society members. 2 …”

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Cognitive and Emotional Motivation to Explain Infection-Prevention Behaviors with Social Support as a Mediator During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in Korea

Park¹,

Oh²,

Fan³

et al. 2023

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Purpose To predict the performance of infection-prevention behaviors among adults in Korea based on the health belief model, using social support as a mediator. Patients and Methods A nationwide cross-sectional survey of 700 participants from the local community was conducted using both online and offline methods from 8 metropolitan cities and 9 provinces in Korea from November 2021 to March 2022. The questionnaire was composed of 4 sections: demographic information, motivational factors for behavior change, social support, and infection-prevention behaviors. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with the AMOS program. The general least-squares method was applied to assess the fit of the model and the bootstrapping method was tested for indirect effect and the total effect. Results Motivation factors that directly affected infection-prevention behaviors were self-efficacy (γ=0.58, p <0.001), perceived barriers (γ=–.08, p =0.004), perceived benefits (γ=0.10, p =0.002), perceived threats (γ=0.08, p =0.009), and social support (γ=0.13, p <0.001), after controlling for related demographic variables. Cognitive and emotional motivation factors together explained 59% of the variance in infection-prevention behaviors. Social support exerted significant mediating effects between each cognitive and emotional motivation variable and infection-prevention behaviors, along with a significant direct effect on infection-prevention behaviors (γ=0.12, p <0.001). Conclusion The engagement of prevention behaviors among community-dwelling adults was influenced by their self-efficacy, perceived barriers, perceived benefits, and perceived threats with social support as a mediator. Prevention policy approaches could include providing specific information to improve self-efficacy and build awareness of the severity of the disease while establishing a supportive social environment for promoting health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…COVID-19 spread from Wuhan across China and, at the same time, to neighboring Asian countries such as Thailand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong. It rapidly spread to Europe through Italy, where there were frequent economic exchanges with China [ 3 ], and the entire globe. In January 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).…”

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Impact of Government Intervention in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019

Won

Lee

Cho

et al. 2022

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to the loss of lives and had serious social and economic effects. Countries implemented various quarantine policies to reduce the effects. The countries were divided into low- and high-risk groups based on the differences in quarantine policies and their levels of infection. Quarantine policies that significantly contributed to risk reduction were determined by analyzing 11 quarantine indicators for reducing the spread of COVID-19. The cross-tabulation and Chi-square tests were used to compare the quarantine policies by the groups. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the useful quarantine policies implemented by the low-risk group to verify quarantine policies for minimizing the negative effects. The analysis showed that the low- and medium-risk groups showed significant differences for 9 of the 11 indicators, and 4 of these differentiated the low- from the medium-risk group. Countries with strict quarantine policies related to workplace closure and staying at home were more likely to be included in the low-risk group. These policies had a significant impact in the low-risk countries and could contribute to reducing the spread and effects of COVID-19 in countries included in the high-risk group.

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Pandemic and the Challenge of Public Health

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Life-Changing Experiences of Mothers with School-Age Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on Their Health Risk Perceptions and Health-Related Behaviors

Life-Changing Experiences of Mothers with School-Age Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on Their Health Risk Perceptions and Health-Related Behaviors

Cognitive and Emotional Motivation to Explain Infection-Prevention Behaviors with Social Support as a Mediator During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in Korea

Impact of Government Intervention in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019

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