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Compliance with World Health Organization's COVID‐19 guidelines among Iraqi health workers
Abstract During the COVID‐19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced guidelines with respect to hygiene practices, quarantine policies, and medical practices for health institutions to follow. Most studies examining compliance with WHO guidelines have been conducted at individual level but not at institutional level.
Burhan Hadi +5 more
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Abstract Before the COVID‐19 pandemic, infectious disease experts had postulated that the next pandemic is only a matter of time, and Finland, among other nations, had prepared for it. Yet the COVID‐19 pandemic crossed the customary political, functional, and temporal boundaries of crisis management to a surprising degree.
Helmi Räisänen +2 more
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Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Abstract This longitudinal study compared infant temperament rated at 3 months postpartum by 263 United‐States‐based women who gave birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic and 72 who gave birth prior to the pandemic. All women completed questionnaires assessing perinatal mental health, social contact, and infant temperament.
Alyssa R. Morris, Darby E. Saxbe
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Relevance of social capital in preserving subjective well‐being in the face of the COVID‐19 pandemic
Abstract This paper analyzes the changes in subjective well‐being (SWB) in 11 Latin American cities at the end of the acceleration phase of the COVID‐19 pandemic, the variables that influenced these changes, and the role of the public support policies and the social capital on SWB recovery.
Juan Pablo Sarmiento Prieto +4 more
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Relational coupling of multiple streams: The case of COVID‐19 infections in German abattoirs
Abstract After a series of COVID‐19 outbreaks among employees in the German meat‐processing industry, the Work Safety Control Act protecting these workers made it on the government's agenda in July 2020. From a Multiple Streams perspective, local corona hotspots may be understood as policy windows for introducing respective measures.
Malte Möck +3 more
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Abstract This article develops an explanatory framework of institutional change in intergovernmental relations. Using new institutionalism, we focus on a main explanatory factor—the players' perceptions of their own accountability and that of others. Integrating the concepts of multiple accountability and felt accountability, we develop the concept of ...
Joseph Benveniste, Shlomo Mizrahi
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Abstract Although the COVID‐19 pandemic has been shown to be detrimental to mental health, it may hold a parallel potential for positive change. Little is known about posttraumatic growth (PTG) as a potential outcome for individuals with lived experience of psychiatric disorders following trauma exposure, especially in the context of the COVID‐19 ...
Catrin Lewis +10 more
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Assessing the effectiveness of public health interventions for Covid‐19 in Greece and Cyprus
Abstract In this article, we statistically examine the effectiveness of non‐pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented by the national governments of Greece and Cyprus during 2020 to (a) limit the spread of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus, and (b) mitigate the economic fallout brought about by the Covid‐19 pandemic.
Nikolaos Zahariadis +5 more
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Highlights There has been an increase in new cases of youth onset type 2 diabetes during the pandemic. Non‐Hispanic Black youth have been most affected the increase in youth onset type 2 diabetes during the pandemic. No significant correlation was identified with clinical or biochemical COVID‐19 infection in those tested.
Sean DeLacey +5 more
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Of seekers and nonseekers: Characteristics of Covid‐19‐related information‐seeking behaviors
Abstract During health crises like the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19) pandemic, it is crucial that individuals are able and willing to adequately respond to information. Individuals who deliberately seek information have an enhanced capacity to act on it and are capable of informed assessments of risks and self‐protective behaviors.
Elena Link +4 more
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