Rheumatic disease patients are at greater risk of infection due to their disease, comorbidities, and immunosuppressive therapy. COVID-19 outcomes in this patient setting appeared to be similar to those of the general population. However, data on this
Rationale: Tobacco use is a risk factor for COVID-19 adverse outcomes. Despite health implications, data conflict regarding COVID-19 and tobacco consumption. We present results from a survey of health behaviors during the pandemic to identify how
CONCLUSIONS: Community practice training was associated with changes in health behavior and psychology of community residents. Our results suggested enhanced community practice training for students under the Master of Public Health program.
CONCLUSION: Role ambiguity has a significant direct effect on nurses' feelings of alienation and exacerbates alienation through emotional exhaustion. Clarifying roles at work and being less emotionally drained are effective ways to reduce nurses'
CONCLUSIONS: Although participants had knowledge about COVID-19's communicability and regularly used masks, their living conditions frequently hindered their ability to quarantine and isolate, and their lack of insurance was often a deterrent to them
Beginning in 2018, a quality improvement collaborative initiative in Brazil successfully reduced the baseline incidence density of healthcare-associated infections in intensive care settings after 2 years. We describe the adaptations of the quality
Social media are important channels to propagate health information and influence preventive behavior during a public health crisis, as witnessed during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). This study explored the association between social media use
CONCLUSION: It is the first COVID-19 outbreak that occurred at an outdoor camping site in South Korea. COVID-19 can spread even when outdoors, prevention and control measures such as maintaining social distancing and wearing a mask should be observed
A National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) is a multi-disciplinary body of experts that provides evidence-based recommendations on immunizations to policy-makers to assist them in making immunization policy and program decisions. NITAGs