COVID-19 pandemic response in Iran: a dynamic perspective on policy capacity

Sajadi, Hamid; Hartley, Kris

doi:10.1080/17516234.2021.1930682

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“…Compared to all of the countries involved in combating the pandemic, Iran has faced one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the world [49] and has had one of the highest mortality rates of medical staff from COVID-19 [50]. Iran's initially ineffective response to the pandemic can be explained in terms of weakness in economic policy, failure to coordinate public health initiatives, priority of treatment over prevention, insufficient public engagement, and inadequate health care facilities [51]. Factors such as the imposed sanctions have challenged Iran's ability to cope with COVID-19.…”

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Identifying Health Care Environment Contradictions in Terms of Infection Control during a Pandemic with a Focus on Health Workers’ Experience

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During the past year, health care environments have struggled to cope with the various impacts of COVID-19 around the world. Health care facilities need to help strengthen resistance to pathogen threats and provide care for patients and health workers in the safest possible way. Architectural design strategies can play a significant role in infection prevention and control. The current study aims to examine the experiences of health workers with hospital spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying the difficulties they face, the present study attempts to shed light on the role of the health care layout configuration in combating pandemics. The authors conducted observations at four hospitals and a series of online semi-structured interviews with 162 health care staff from March to May 2020. The study indicated that space configuration and the hospitalization of patients, layout and circulation of the environment, operation services such as indoor environment conditions, maintenance of health care system, and organizational support for health care staff were the most critical factors affecting infection control in health care environments. The initial zoning and separation of patients were the most effective methods of controlling infection. Hospitals with clustered plan layouts were found to be the most effective buildings for the zoning of COVID-19 patients during the pandemic and for infection control.

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Identifying Health Care Environment Contradictions in Terms of Infection Control during a Pandemic with a Focus on Health Workers’ Experience

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“…COVID-19 crisis management, participation of all government units, support of clinical practices mainly by political elites, public charities and communities, employment of universities and specialized research institutes, mobilization of the global health network, and media cooperation as strength points were identified. 7 During the COVID-19 pandemic , in the Iranian society, the government adopted protection measures and policies for the people to deal with mental health problems. For example, the government delayed water and electricity bills for 3 months, and installment payments were useful for the comfort of patients' families, which reduced psychological stress.…”

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Investigating the structures of the health belief model following a covid-19 outbreak in Iran

Alizadeh

Iranpour

Yazdinejad

et al. 2022

JPHD

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Due to the novelty of COVID-19 disease and the importance of determining the most important factors related to the health behaviors of people, this study was done to determine the structures of Health Belief Model (HBM) following the COVID-19 outbreak. This was an analytical-cross sectional study conducted in 2020. The statistical population included all users of Iranian social networks, of which 385 people participated in this study. Participants were selected using convenience sampling. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. In this study, demographic variables (being a student, age, reporting violations in health protocols (RVHP), marital status, level of education, gender, and the number of children) were independent variables and constructs of the HBM were dependent variables. Data analysis software was SPSS 16. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests. The mean age of participants was 30.11 years. There was a significant difference between the perceived susceptibility of being a student (p=0.02), age (p=0.01), and RVHP (p=0.005). There was also a significant difference between the perceived severity with marital status, being a student, age (P<0.001), RVHP (p=0.04), and level of education (p=0.01). There was also a significant difference between perceived benefits with marital status (p=0.04), RVHP (p=0.01), and being a student (P<0.001) and perceived barriers with gender and number of children (p=0.03). There was also self-efficacy with RVHP (p=0.005). This study demonstrated the effectiveness of HBM constructs in determining the structures of HBM following the COVID-19 outbreak. Therefore, the HBM seems helpful as a framework for designing interventional programs for improving health behaviors among people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…At the beginning of the pandemic, a lack of vaccines led to a set of political interventions, such as travel bans, border restrictions, mandatory quarantine, screening protocols, mask regulations, and social distancing measures [10]. However, Iran experienced several waves of the COVID-19 pandemic as public protective protocols were not efficiently implemented.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis with adverse health, commercial, and social impacts. Vaccination is a safe, simple, and effective approach to diminish COVID-19 fatality [10]. Figure 3 depicts the shares of vaccinated populations until November 21, 2021, in different countries.…”

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An Analytical Model for Confronting the Omicron Variant During COVID-19 Pandemic: A System Dynamic Approach

Akbari¹,

Safaie²,

Jahani³

et al. 2022

IJE

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COVID-19 pandemic response in Iran: a dynamic perspective on policy capacity

Cited by 15 publications

References 51 publications

Identifying Health Care Environment Contradictions in Terms of Infection Control during a Pandemic with a Focus on Health Workers’ Experience

Identifying Health Care Environment Contradictions in Terms of Infection Control during a Pandemic with a Focus on Health Workers’ Experience

Investigating the structures of the health belief model following a covid-19 outbreak in Iran

An Analytical Model for Confronting the Omicron Variant During COVID-19 Pandemic: A System Dynamic Approach

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