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December 4, 2020
Economic Stressors and the Enactment of CDC-Recommended COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors: The Impact of State-Level Context
People experiencing job and financial insecurity were found to be less likely to enact CDC-recommended guidelines such as physical distancing, hand washing, and limiting nonessential trips from home in a study modeling data from currently employed US workers (n = 745) from 43 states. The inverse relationship between job insecurity and compliance with the CDC…
November 20, 2020
Assessment of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers in Los Angeles
[Pre-print, not peer reviewed] A majority of healthcare workers expressed concerns about receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, and non-physician healthcare workers reported a greater desire to delay receiving a COVID-19 vaccine compared to physicians. In a cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers enrolled in a longitudinal cohort study investigating the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection (n = 1,093),…
November 6, 2020
The Health Of Us Adolescent Athletes During Covid-19 Related School Closures And Sport Cancellations
Female adolescent student-athletes report higher levels of moderate-to-severe anxiety and all student-athletes who participate in team sports reported more frequent symptoms associated with depression compared to those participating in individual sports. A cross-sectional study of adolescent student athletes during COVID-19 related school closures and sport cancellations found adolescents who identify as female reported a higher…
October 23, 2020
SARS CoV-2 Surveillance and Exposure in the Perioperative Setting with Universal Testing and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Policies
Universal PCR-based surveillance testing for SARS-CoV-2 before surgeries or procedures at a tertiary care center in New York City identified 65 patients (0.6%) were positive out of 11,540 patients tested. The proportion of tests that were positivity peaked at 4.3% and fell below 0.3% after April 2020. Three of the 65 individuals who tested positive…
September 15, 2020
Social Disadvantage, Politics, and SARS-CoV-2 Trends: A County-Level Analysis of United States Data
Increasing case counts of SARS-CoV-2 during June 2020 were associated at the US county level with being a metropolitan area (250,000-1 million population), having a higher percentage of Black residents, and a 10-point or greater Republican victory in 2016. Mourad et al. (Sept 11, 2020). Social Disadvantage, Politics, and SARS-CoV-2 Trends: A County-Level Analysis of…
Simulating Phase Transitions and Control Measures for Network Epidemics Caused by Infections with Presymptomatic, Asymptomatic, and Symptomatic Stages
In a model considering asymptomatic, presymptomatic, and symptomatic transmission, the level of viral shedding was found to have the greatest impact on the total number of infections, followed by the probability of social distancing and individually initiated social isolation given a threshold number of infected contacts. Braun et al. (Sept 10, 2020). Simulating Phase Transitions…
September 2, 2020
What Protective Health Measures Are Americans Taking in Response to COVID-19? Results from the COVID Impact Survey
A survey of Americans in ten states and eight metropolitan areas (n=25,269) found that knowing someone who had COVID-19 and/or died from it was strongly associated with taking protective health measures like washing hands, avoiding public places, and canceling social engagements. Qeadan et al. (Aug 29, 2020). What Protective Health Measures Are Americans Taking in…
August 24, 2020
Perceived Discrimination and Mental Distress Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From the Understanding America Study
Liu et al. report that the overall percentage of American adults experiencing COVID-19-associated discrimination more than doubled from 4% to 10% between March and April of 2020. In particular, non-Hispanic Black and Asian people were more likely to report experiencing discrimination, as were people who reported wearing facemasks in public. Experiencing COVID-19-associated discrimination was associated…
How Do Presenting Symptoms and Outcomes Differ by Race/Ethnicity Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Infection? Experience in Massachusetts
McCarty et al. found no association between race or ethnicity and COVID-19-associated morbidity and mortality after controlling for demographic and clinical characteristics (including age, gender, obesity, cardiopulmonary comorbidities, hypertensions, and diabetes) among a cohort of patients with COVID-19 (n=379) patients admitted to nine Massachusetts hospitals. McCarty et al. (Aug 22, 2020). How Do Presenting Symptoms…
August 21, 2020
The COVID-19 Telepsychology Revolution: A National Study of Pandemic-Based Changes in U.S. Mental Health Care Delivery
• Pierce et al. surveyed 2,619 psychologists working in the United States and found that the percentage of clinical work carried out online increased from 7% to 86% during the pandemic. The increase was smaller among psychologists working in Veterans Affairs medical centers or in rural areas and among those treating patients with antisocial personality…
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