Community quarantine
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Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019 nCoV) outbreak
Public health measures were decisive in controlling the SARS epidemic in 2003. Isolation is the separation of ill persons from non infected persons. Quarantine is movement restriction, often with fever surveillance, of contacts when it is not evident whether they have been infected but are not yet symptomatic or have not been infected. Community containment includes measures that range from increasing social distancing to community wide quarantine. Whether these measures will be sufficient to control 2019 nCoV depends on addressing some unanswered questions.
Journal of travel medicine
Annelies Wilder-Smith David O Freedman
220975491
Factors affecting perceived effectiveness of COVID 19 prevention measures among Filipinos during Enhanced Community Quarantine in Luzon, Philippines: Integrating Protection Motivation Theory and extended Theory of Planned Behavior
Abstract Objective The current study integrated Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) and extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to evaluate factors affecting the perceived effectiveness of COVID 19 prevention measures among Filipino during Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon, Philippines. Methods A total of 649 Filipino answered the online questionnaire which contained of 63 questions. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was utilized to derive the causal relationships of latent variables construct. Results SEM showed that understanding of COVID 19 had significant direct effects on perceived vulnerability and perceived severity. In addition, perceived vulnerability and perceived severity had significant indirect effects on intention to follow. Intention to follow had significant direct effects on actual behavior and adapted behavior which subsequently lead to perceived effectiveness. Interestingly, understanding of COVID 19 was found to have a significant indirect effect on perceived effectiveness. Conclusions The current study is one of the first studies that analyzed factors affecting perceived effectiveness of COVID 19 prevention measures during the global pandemic. Finally, the integrated PMT and extended TPB of this study can be applied and extended to evaluate the perceived effectiveness of COVID 19 measures in other countries that currently dealing with COVID 19 pandemic.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Yogi Tri Prasetyo Allysa Mae Castillo Louie John Salonga John Allen Sia Joshua Adam Seneta
216416607
Sentiment Analysis on Synchronous Online Delivery of Instruction due to Extreme Community Quarantine in the Philippines caused by COVID 19 Pandemic
COVID19 Pandemic, as declared by the World Health Organization, disrupts classes around the globe that include the Philippines. Students and teachers are facing challenges in instructional delivery due to unprepared situations caused by the decision of the government for community quarantine. This study aims to reveal the sentiment of the students in the view of synchronous online delivery of instruction due to extreme community quarantine caused by COVID 19 Pandemic. Students in the College of Business and Public Administration (CBPA) of Pangasinan State University, Lingayen Campus are the respondents of the study. All Students are invited to answer an open ended question on the possible problems that they may encounter in synchronous online delivery of instruction. The majority of the respondents have forecasted that they might face issues, and the majority of the respondents are worried about internet connectivity in the area. This study concludes that the majority of the students are not yet ready in a synchronous mode of delivery, and it is recommended that institutions in the Philippines may provide an additional way of instructional delivery to maintain academic excellence in challenging times.
Cherish Kay Landicho Pastor
218938614
Sentiment Analysis of Filipinos and Effects of Extreme Community Quarantine Due to Coronavirus (COVID 19) Pandemic
The start of the Extreme Community Quarantine in the Philippines last March 2020 became the intervention of the government to slow down the spread of the coronavirus or more commonly known as COVID 19. The Pandemic was interfering many operations in the world which brought challenges to all affected countries which includes the Philippines. This study aims to reveal the sentiment of the Filipinos in the effect of extreme community quarantine caused by COVID 19 Pandemic particularly Luzon. It aims to gather the tweets of Twitter users in the Philippines in Luzon areas. This research also analyzes the effect of extreme community quarantine and other effects of the Pandemic to personal lifestyle based on the tweets of the users. Natural Language Processing is one of the methodologies to determine the sentiment of users from extracted tweets. Opinions are treated as data for analyzation. A qualitative approach was also used in determining the effects of the extreme community quarantine in the Luzon area. The sentiment reveals that most of the Filipinos encountered several problems concerning extreme community quarantine. The general sentiment shows that one basic needs are affected regarding the food supply and support from the government. It is concluded that most of the twitter users in Luzon have negative sentiment over COVID 19, while some users are speaking about the positive effects, it was miscredited to the coronavirus instead of crediting to the decision such as community quarantine, lockdown and social distancing. It is concluded that negative sentiments increase over time, and it is expected that negative sentiments among twitter users increases. It is recommended that intervention should be done based on the requirement of the Filipinos who encounter problem in the food shortage and everyone should support to flatten the curve in order for the operations and life back to normal. This study also aims to provide recommendations in the future.
Cherish Kay Landicho Pastor
215758406
Community quarantine strategy against coronavirus disease 2019 in Anhui: An evaluation based on trauma center patients
Abstract Objective The objective of our study was to introduce community quarantine strategy against coronavirus disease 2019(COVID 19) in Anhui and evaluate the effectiveness of community quarantine based on trauma center (TC) patients. Method The structure of community quarantine strategy was illustrated. Distribution of injuries among patients in two TCs between January 24, 2020 and February 24, 2020 was described. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the correlation between the distribution of Injuries in TCs and the number of COVID 19 associated cases. Results A total of 757 TC patients in the two hospitals were enrolled. The number of traffic injuries and outdoor injuries showed a significant decrease in the early stage and began to increase on February 17. The number of indoor injuries neither decreased nor increased. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed a significant correlation between COVID 19 associated cases and traffic and outdoor injuries Conclusion From the perspective of the injuries in TCs, community quarantine strategy was effectively implemented and significantly slowed the outbreak of COVID 19 in Anhui. However, the implementation and maintenance of the strategy is costly and requires the participation of the entire population.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Wanbo Zhu Xinyuan Li Yan-ning Wu Changqing Xu Li Li Jiazhao Yang Shiyuan Fang
218925518
The Public Mental Health While in a Community Quarantine Due to COVID 19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review of Literature Using Google Scholar
The state of community lock down due to COVID 19 pandemic caused restricted movements of people. There are existing evidence of the negative impact of quarantine and isolation to the mental health of a person in different contexts. A scoping review of literature using Google Scholar was conducted to discover records about the public mental health while in a community quarantine due to COVID 19 pandemic. A methodological approach suggested by Arksey and O'Malley was utilized. It comprised (a) identifying the research questions, (b) identifying relevant literatures, (c) selecting literature, (d) charting the extracted data, and (e) summarizing, analyzing, and reporting the results. As of April 17, 2020, there were only 4 original articles found that discuss psychosocial aspect of the COVID 19 crisis. After an online survey, they present evidence that (1) there is an outward change in the people's behavior toward selfcare during the pandemic and (2) trusting the community governing bodies can minimize the level of anxiety and stress. Other literatures found are original articles in preprint (n=8) letters, commentaries, editorial (n=6) review paper (n=4) and WHO guideline (n=1) It is evident that the psychosocial aspect of COVID19 crisis needs more attention from the scholars and a large research gap can be lessened trough expansion of online platforms.
Ryan V Labana
219752574
Teaching Junior High School Chemistry During the COVID 19 Community Quarantine Season: Lessons, Challenges, And Opportunities
This paper reports an autoethnographic study of a junior high school chemistry teacher's field experience in remote chemistry teaching during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) brought by COVID 19 in the Philippines. The teaching of chemistry for Junior High School in an online setting is possible but has challenges as well. Rooted from the pedagogic data and selfnarration, this work examined the insights on the lessons, challenges and opportunities associated in teaching chemistry in basic education in an online mode. The researcher's online chemistry teaching experience can be recapped in an acronym "REACH OUT" Reinventing the wheel; Exploring the possibilities; Aligning to core essentials; Creating a learning routine; Hooking students online meaningfully; Offering consistent means of communication; Using authentic and reflective assessments; and Trusting the process. This paper, a pioneering of its kind, offers implications that can be embraced as we move into the new normal of having optimized online teaching experience and in shaping an undisruptive education that is responsive to crisis like the COVID 19 pandemic.
Ryan Villafuerte Lansangan
226416136
SOURCE OF STRESS AND COPE UP MECHANISM OF COLLEGE STUDENTS DURING THE LOCKDOWN AND EXTREME COMMUNITY QUARANTINE DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC
This qualitative study is an eye opener for everyone that we should not overlook teenagers, such as students in helping them to avoid psychological disturbances. It is expected that emotions continue to run high as the number of COVID 19 cases steadily increases in the Philippines, with the people of Luzon divided in terms of their response towards the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) measures. Researches suggest to focus on students so that we can save lives by avoiding too much stress that leads to depression if we listen to the voice of our students and assure them that an experienced individual provides genuine help and love. This paper tackles about the source of stress, the cope up mechanism and a recommendation.
Ma Jasmine J De Guzman Cherish Kay Landicho Pastor Karen Lea A Estira Randy Joy Magno Ventayen Cliff Ervin David
224923890
What do Kindergarten Children Need to Know about COVID 19 Pandemic? A Supplementary Curriculum for Filipino Young Children during the Period of Enhanced Community Quarantine
The study aims to help teachers develop a supplementary curriculum for kindergarten children in the Philippines who were affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) pandemic. The curriculum focuses on helping children make use of their time at home to experience meaningful learning with their family while understanding what is happening around them and why they need to follow a lot of rules individually, as a family, and as a community. The curriculum proposes the use of home based learning anchored on Filipino cultural values of strong family relationship and on the philosophy of holistic learning.
Greg Tabios Pawilen
225007751
Knowledge about COVID 19 among university students before the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in Philippines
The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge of the students about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 19) before the Philippines government implements the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. A descriptive research design was conducted among the students of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, San Isidro Campus. The sample size was computed by using the Epi Info version 2000 Computer Programme. Questionnaire was used to collect data that was composed of the profile, questions regarding their knowledge about COVID 19 and their source of knowledge. Permission to conduct and informed consent was obtained before the respondent answer the questionnaire. Data were analyzed using various statistical tools. Majority of the respondents had an average and good knowledge while sex was the only variable that differs significantly in their knowledge about COVID 19. Social media and seminars in the school were among their primary source of knowledge. It is concluded that students" knowledge about COVID 19 was sufficient. However, the absence of vaccines against COVID 19, prevention and control of the disease was the only way to fight it which requires organizing health education campaigns in different communities to disseminate more information on how everybody can effectively deal with this pandemic.
Jomell Miranda Santiago Rita l Cajucom