Non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A review

N Perra - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases and human behavior are intertwined. On one side, our movements and
interactions are the engines of transmission. On the other, the unfolding of viruses might …

[HTML][HTML] Reproductive number of coronavirus: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on global level evidence

MA Billah, MM Miah, MN Khan - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background The coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) is now a global concern because of its higher
transmission capacity and associated adverse consequences including death. The …

Positive psychology in a pandemic: Buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

L Waters, SB Algoe, J Dutton, R Emmons… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
As the COVID-19 global health disaster continues to unfold across the world, calls have
been made to address the associated mental illness public crisis. The current paper seeks to …

Bowling together by bowling alone: Social capital and Covid-19

F Borgonovi, E Andrieu - Social science & medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Social capital describes the social bonds that exist within a community and comprises norms
of reciprocity and trust as well as social relationships and social networks. We use data from …

COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask …

K Escandón, AL Rasmussen, II Bogoch… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Scientists across disciplines, policymakers, and journalists have voiced frustration at the
unprecedented polarization and misinformation around coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in travel behaviors and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: A case study of China

X Fan, J Lu, M Qiu, X Xiao - Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic severely hit the tourism industry in China and worldwide. Chinese
government adopted extensive nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to control it. COVID …

Modeling the effect of lockdown timing as a COVID-19 control measure in countries with differing social contacts

T Oraby, MG Tyshenko, JC Maldonado, K Vatcheva… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The application, timing, and duration of lockdown strategies during a pandemic remain
poorly quantified with regards to expected public health outcomes. Previous projection …

Collective wellbeing and posttraumatic growth during COVID-19: How positive psychology can help families, schools, workplaces and marginalized communities

L Waters, K Cameron, SK Nelson-Coffey… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Positive psychology approaches have been shown to play a vital role in protecting mental
health in times of challenge and are, therefore, important to include when studying the …

[HTML][HTML] One year of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Brazil: a political and social overview

MN Boschiero, CVC Palamim, MM Ortega… - Annals of global …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) became the deadliest pandemic of the
new millennium. One year after it became a pandemic, the current COVID-19 situation in …

The effect of social distance measures on COVID-19 epidemics in Europe: an interrupted time series analysis

Z Vokó, JG Pitter - GeroScience, 2020 - Springer
Following the introduction of unprecedented “stay-at-home” national policies, the COVID-19
pandemic recently started declining in Europe. Our research aims were to characterize the …