Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Bernard Lo, Ida Sim
Summary: This article addresses the challenges posed by contact tracing and digital technologies in the COVID-19 pandemic, discusses a framework for assessing contact tracing, and emphasizes key factors such as public trust, engagement of minority communities, and compliance with preventive measures.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Muhammad Afzal, Maqbool Hussain, Jamil Hussain, Jaehun Bang, Sungyoung Lee
Summary: This study aims to categorize COVID-19 information resources into a defined structure to facilitate resource identification, track information workflows, and guide contextual dashboard design and development. By organizing resources at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, a conceptual framework was developed to access global initiatives with enriched metadata and track interactions between different resources. This three-level structure allows for consistent organization and management of existing and future COVID-19 knowledge resources.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Florian Vogt, Karishma Krishna Kurup, Paul Mussleman, Caroline Habrun, Madeleine Crowe, Alexandra Woodward, Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez, John Kaldor, Sirenda Vong, Victor Del Rio Vilas
Summary: This study conducted a rapid scoping review and developed a conceptual framework to map indicators for contact tracing systems. The results showed that the identified indicators mainly focused on process and output, with significant gaps in input, outcome, and impact indicators. A universally agreed set of indicators is needed to improve the performance of contact tracing systems.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ashwin Rao, Fred Morstatter, Minda Hu, Emily Chen, Keith Burghardt, Emilio Ferrara, Kristina Lerman
Summary: The study found significant correlation in polarized views along the science and political dimensions. Politically moderate users were more aligned with proscience views, while hardline users were more aligned with antiscience views. Contrary to expectations, polarization did not grow over time; instead, there was increasing activity by moderate proscience users. Antiscience conservatives in the United States tended to tweet from the southern and northwestern states, while antiscience moderates tended to tweet from the western states. The proportion of antiscience conservatives was found to correlate with COVID-19 cases.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Govind Persad
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the fair allocation of medical resources. The ethical allocation process involves determining the values, setting priority tiers, and implementing these values. Procedural principles like transparency and engagement are also important. During the pandemic, healthcare workers, first responders, and high-risk individuals were prioritized, but allocation problems arose, such as population-based allocation and passive allocation exacerbating disparities. This ethical framework should be used for future pandemics and public health conditions.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jan W. van der Scheer, Akbar Ansari, Meredith McLaughlin, Caitriona Cox, Kathleen Liddell, Jenni Burt, Jenny George, Rebecca Kenny, Ruth Cousens, Brandi Leach, James McGowan, Katherine Morley, Janet Willars, Mary Dixon-Woods
Summary: This study conducted a consultation to identify the ethical challenges associated with asymptomatic COVID-19 testing in the workplace and developed an ethical framework to support organizational decision-making. The consultation found strong support for the testing program among staff members, but also highlighted concerns such as goal drift, risk of false negatives, and potential negative impacts on household members and financially unstable individuals. The study emphasized the importance of a whole-system approach and building trust in the testing program.
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Ashwarya Kapoor, Rajiv Sindwani, Manisha Goel, Amit Shankar
Summary: This study investigates the factors influencing adoption intention towards mobile wallet amid COVID-19 outbreak. The results indicate that relative advantage, favourable infrastructure conditions, security considerations, and touch-free transactions have a significant positive impact on m-wallet adoption intention.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Ethics
Graziele de Lima Dalmolin, Tais Carpes Lanes, Camila Milene Soares Bernardi, Flavia Regina Souza Ramos
Summary: The ethical climate is the perception of health professionals about the work environment, reflecting on care practices and ethical decisions. There are theoretical gaps in the study of ethical climate in health services. This article explores new elements of analysis and highlights the connection between workers' health, ethical expression, and ethical climate.
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Rienna G. Russo, Yan Li, Lan N. Doan, Shahmir H. Ali, David Siscovick, Simona C. Kwon, Stella S. Yi
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the burden of disease associated with social determinants of health in the United States, highlighting the disparities in health outcomes. Research shows that the pandemic has negatively impacted social determinants of health and cardiovascular risk factors, disproportionately affecting low-income and minority communities.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Dandan Wang, Yuxing Qian
Summary: The study found that the retweeting mechanism plays a crucial role in promoting polarization, while the commenting mechanism contributes to consensus-building. There may not be a significant echo chamber effect in community interactions, and cross-cutting interactions contain more negative sentiment, information seeking and sharing, and incivility compared to like-minded interactions. Online users' information-seeking behavior is often accompanied by incivility, while information-sharing behavior is accompanied by more negative sentiment and incivility.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xiaoqian Lu, Zhibin Lin
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has not only led to physical health crises but also psychological and mental health crises. Individuals from different economic and social backgrounds are affected differently, with disadvantaged groups showing more obvious symptoms of psychological distress. As mental health problems worsen, individuals may exhibit various stress behaviors as a coping mechanism.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Leqian Wu, Xiangjin Kong
Summary: This paper discusses the ethical difficulties in hospital emergency triage caused by COVID-19, including limitations on patient autonomy and wastage of epidemic prevention resources due to over-triage, patient safety issues due to inaccurate feedback from intelligent epidemic prevention technology, and conflicts between individual and public interests. The author also proposes solutions based on Care Ethics theory.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Communication
Elena Link
Summary: Based on a study of German non-vaccinated residents, this research investigates the Theory of Motivated Information Management (TMIM) in explaining avoidant information management during the COVID-19 vaccination. The results support the usefulness of TMIM as a theoretical framework for understanding avoidant information management and contribute to its further development. The study also highlights the joint impact of anxiety and hope on decisions to avoid interpersonal discussions, and emphasizes the value of avoidance efficacy in assessing vaccine willingness. The practical implication suggests that interventions promoting communication with family and friends should focus on overcoming barriers through increased communication and efficacy targeting to motivate individuals to get vaccinated.
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Duo Lan, Wujiong Ren, Ke Ni, Yicheng Zhu
Summary: China's exit from the zero-COVID policy led to a significant increase in social media discussions about COVID-19 medications. Weibo topics shifted from concerns of social risks to personal risks surrounding COVID-19 infection. Discussions about symptoms, purchases, and shortages of modern medicines were more strongly correlated with existing SEIR model estimates compared to TCM formulae and other topics. Mainstream accounts focused on topics related to global pandemic control policy and regulations about medication import and reimbursement.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Hui Yin, Xiangyu Song, Shuiqiao Yang, Jianxin Li
Summary: The outbreak of COVID-19 has greatly impacted people's lives worldwide for almost two years. The emergence of new variants, such as the Delta variant, has posed risks to global health. However, the development of vaccines has brought hope to people. The study analyzes discussions on the COVID-19 vaccine on Twitter and identifies the prevailing opinions and emotions surrounding it.
WORLD WIDE WEB-INTERNET AND WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Ethics
Govind Persad, Holly Fernandez Lynch, Emily Largent
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS
(2019)
Article
Ethics
Govind Persad
Article
Ethics
Catherine L. Auriemma, Ashli M. Molinero, Amy J. Houtrow, Govind Persad, Douglas B. White, Scott D. Halpern
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS
(2020)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Govind Persad, Ezekiel J. Emanuel
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2020)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Michelle M. Mello, Govind Persad, Douglas B. White
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2020)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Govind Persad, Ross Upshur, Beatriz Thome, Michael Parker, Aaron Glickman, Cathy Zhang, Connor Boyle, Maxwell Smith, James P. Phillips
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2020)
Editorial Material
Ethics
Govind C. Persad
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS
(2020)
Article
Pediatrics
Ryan M. Antiel, Farr A. Curlin, Govind Persad, Douglas B. White, Cathy Zhang, Aaron Glickman, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, John D. Lantos
Article
Ethics
David Wasserman, Govind Persad, Joseph Millum
JOURNAL OF LAW AND THE BIOSCIENCES
(2020)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Govind Persad, Monica E. Peek, Ezekiel J. Emanuel
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2020)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Govind Persad, Adam Kern, Allen Buchanan, Cecile Fabre, Daniel Halliday, Joseph Heath, Lisa Herzog, R. J. Leland, Ephrem T. Lemango, Florencia Luna, Matthew S. Mccoy, Ole F. Norheim, Trygve Ottersen, G. Owen Schaefer, Kok-Chor Tan, Christopher Heath Wellman, Jonathan Wolff, Henry S. Richardson
Article
Demography
Rachel Fabi, Daniel Serwer, Namrita S. Singh, Govind Persad, Paul Spiegel, Leonard Rubenstein
Summary: This paper examines the ethical and policy considerations that policy-level stakeholders believe should factor into setting the refugee resettlement ceiling. The findings suggest significant alignment between U.S. policy interests and ethical obligations toward refugees, and argue for restoring the refugee ceiling to historical norms and dispelling negative public perceptions about refugees and resettlement costs.
JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Law
Govind Persad
GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW
(2020)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Govind Persad, James Phillips, Ezekiel J. Emanuel
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2020)
