Community responses to COVID-19 pandemic first wave containment measures: a multinational study
Introduction: National strategies to control COVID-19 pandemic consisted mostly of social distancing measures such as lockdowns, curfews, and stay-home guidelines, personal protection such as hand hygiene and mask wearing, as well as contact tracing, isolation and quarantine. Whilst policy interven...
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| author | Myo Nyein Aung Claire Stein Wei-Ti Chen Vandana Garg Monika Saraswati Sitepu Nguyen Thi Dang Thu Carlos Primero D Gundran Mohd Rohaizat Hassan Unyaporn Suthutvoravut Aung Naing Soe Magde Nour Khin Khin Gyi Rainer Brandl Motoyuki Yuasa |
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Introduction: National strategies to control COVID-19 pandemic consisted mostly of social distancing measures such as lockdowns, curfews, and stay-home guidelines, personal protection such as hand hygiene and mask wearing, as well as contact tracing, isolation and quarantine. Whilst policy interventions were broadly similar across the globe, there were some differences in individual and community responses. This study explored community responses to COVID-19 containment measures in different countries and synthesized a model. This exaplains the community response to pandemic containment measures in the local context, so as to be suitably prepared for future interventions and research.
Methodology: A mutlinational study was conducted from April-June 2020 involving researchers from 12 countries (Japan, Austria, U.S., Taiwan, India, Sudan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand). Steps in this research consisted of carrying out open-ended questionnaires, qualitative analyses in NVivo, and a multinational meeting to reflect, exchange, and validate results. Lastly, a commuinty response model was synthesized from multinational experiences.
Results: Effective communication is key in promoting collective action for preventing virus transmission. Health literacy, habits and social norms in different populations are core components of public health interventions. To enable people to stay home while sustaining livelihoods, economic and social support are essential. Countries could benefit from previous pandemic experience in their community response. Whilst contact tracing and isolation are crucial intervention components, issues of privacy and human rights need to be considered.
Conclusions: Understanding community responses to containment policies will help in ending current and future pandemics in the world.
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| spelling | doaj-art-dbb8c0451dbb41d29805cc3d9bb1db272025-08-20T02:27:14ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802021-08-01150810.3855/jidc.15254Community responses to COVID-19 pandemic first wave containment measures: a multinational studyMyo Nyein Aung0Claire Stein1Wei-Ti Chen2Vandana Garg3Monika Saraswati Sitepu4 Nguyen Thi Dang Thu5Carlos Primero D Gundran6Mohd Rohaizat Hassan7Unyaporn Suthutvoravut8Aung Naing Soe9Magde Nour10Khin Khin Gyi11Rainer Brandl12Motoyuki Yuasa13Advanced Research Institute for Health Sciences and Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University, Tokyo, JapanHelpAge International, MyanmarUCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United StatesManav Rachna International Institute of research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, IndiaDirectorate of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, IndonesiaFaculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue Univeristy, Thua Thien Hue,VietnamDepartment of Health Policies and Administration, College of Public Health, University of Phillipines, Manila, PhillipinesDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathiboidi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ThailandCity Cancer Foundation, Yangon, Myanmar, and Geneva, SwitzerlandKristiania University College, Oslo, NorwayCentral Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Sports, MyanmarTravel and Vaccination Clinic, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan Introduction: National strategies to control COVID-19 pandemic consisted mostly of social distancing measures such as lockdowns, curfews, and stay-home guidelines, personal protection such as hand hygiene and mask wearing, as well as contact tracing, isolation and quarantine. Whilst policy interventions were broadly similar across the globe, there were some differences in individual and community responses. This study explored community responses to COVID-19 containment measures in different countries and synthesized a model. This exaplains the community response to pandemic containment measures in the local context, so as to be suitably prepared for future interventions and research. Methodology: A mutlinational study was conducted from April-June 2020 involving researchers from 12 countries (Japan, Austria, U.S., Taiwan, India, Sudan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand). Steps in this research consisted of carrying out open-ended questionnaires, qualitative analyses in NVivo, and a multinational meeting to reflect, exchange, and validate results. Lastly, a commuinty response model was synthesized from multinational experiences. Results: Effective communication is key in promoting collective action for preventing virus transmission. Health literacy, habits and social norms in different populations are core components of public health interventions. To enable people to stay home while sustaining livelihoods, economic and social support are essential. Countries could benefit from previous pandemic experience in their community response. Whilst contact tracing and isolation are crucial intervention components, issues of privacy and human rights need to be considered. Conclusions: Understanding community responses to containment policies will help in ending current and future pandemics in the world. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/15254Public healthhealth policysocial vaccineresilienceCOVID-19preventive behavior |
| spellingShingle | Myo Nyein Aung Claire Stein Wei-Ti Chen Vandana Garg Monika Saraswati Sitepu Nguyen Thi Dang Thu Carlos Primero D Gundran Mohd Rohaizat Hassan Unyaporn Suthutvoravut Aung Naing Soe Magde Nour Khin Khin Gyi Rainer Brandl Motoyuki Yuasa Community responses to COVID-19 pandemic first wave containment measures: a multinational study Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Public health health policy social vaccine resilience COVID-19 preventive behavior |
| title | Community responses to COVID-19 pandemic first wave containment measures: a multinational study |
| title_full | Community responses to COVID-19 pandemic first wave containment measures: a multinational study |
| title_fullStr | Community responses to COVID-19 pandemic first wave containment measures: a multinational study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community responses to COVID-19 pandemic first wave containment measures: a multinational study |
| title_short | Community responses to COVID-19 pandemic first wave containment measures: a multinational study |
| title_sort | community responses to covid 19 pandemic first wave containment measures a multinational study |
| topic | Public health health policy social vaccine resilience COVID-19 preventive behavior |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/15254 |
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