Research indicates increases in coercive parenting towards children and increases in child externalizing behavior during COVID-19 as compared to the pre-pandemic period. In this preregistered study, we extended previous knowledge by investigating to
CONCLUSION: Public health risk communication must engage with communities more effectively. This necessitates a deeper comprehension of groups, their modes of communication and their social needs.
CONCLUSIONS: During the study period, half of the healthcare workers in our hospital developed COVID-19 infection of whom 9.5% re-infected, predominantly during the Omicron variant period. Our findings highlight the importance of taking preventive
CONCLUSIONS: The study findings support the implementation of strategic actions by health care and surveillance professionals and managers towards reducing the incidence of the risk factors for mortality by COVID-19 in Maranhão.
In 2020, the world had to adapt to a pandemic caused by a then novel coronavirus. In addition to its direct impact on morbidity and mortality, the COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented control measures and challenges to both individuals and society
CONCLUSION: Older adults experience much stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. In most cases, older adults can cope with these challenges with simple strategies from previous experiences and learnings. Older people require educational interventions in
CONCLUSIONS: Almost a third of the sampled women of childbearing age had a good level of knowledge of COVID-19. Access to information through telecommunications technologies increases the chances of being better informed about the disease. To avoid
Post-COVID-19 pulmonary sequalae are well-recognized early in the pandemic. Survivorship clinics are crucial for managing at-risk patients. However, it is unclear who requires pulmonary function test (PFT) and when PFTs should be performed. We aim to
This comparison of institutions of science advice during COVID-19 between the Westminster systems of England/UK and Ontario/Canada focuses on the role of science in informing public policy in two central components of the response to the pandemic