434.
Akarsh Venkatasubramanian, Amar Patnaik,
National digital health legislation: lessons and recommendations, 2023.07.14,
https://doi.org/10.1093/oodh/oqad008 .
In the backdrop of today’s global digital health landscape, this article explores the urgent need for the national legislation on digital health and recommends a way forward for legislators to meaningfully address this need. It also presents direction for global and national stakeholders to coordinate their efforts towards supporting countries to enable meaningful digital health transformations.
433.
John P Thornhill, Romain Palich, etc.,
Human monkeypox virus infection in women and non-binary individuals during the 2022 outbreaks: a global case series, 2022.11.17,
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02187-0/fulltext .
The research describes the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of monkeypox virus infection in cisgender (cis) and transgender (trans) women and non-binary individuals assigned female sex at birth to improve identification and understanding of risk factors.
432.
Pauline Boivin, Lara Gautier, etc.,
Exploring how social inequalities in health have influenced the design of Mali’s SARS-CoV-2 testing policy: a qualitative study, 2022.11.18,
https://academic.oup.com/heapol/advance-article/doi/10.1093/heapol/czac097/6833157 .
This study aimed to understand if and how social inequalities in health were addressed in the design and planning for the national COVID-19 testing policy in Mali.
431.
Sophie S Hellmann, Sanne P Møller, etc.,
Labor force participation during COVID-19 and risk of depression: a Danish register study, 2022.11.18,
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckac168/6833178 .
The current large register-based longitudinal cohort study explored the longitudinal association of changes in labor force participation during COVID-19 with onset of clinical depression in the Danish active labor force without a clinically diagnosed depression 2 years prior to COVID-19.
430.
Naomi Wilson, Shari McDaid, etc.,
European public mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022.11.21,
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckac169/6835789 .
The purpose of this survey was to collate public mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic from across Europe and to compare clustered groups of countries’ responses.
429.
Leslie E Phillips, Paul Dhillon,
Film production during the Covid-19 pandemic, 2022.11.25,
https://academic.oup.com/occmed/advance-article/doi/10.1093/occmed/kqac102/6847068 .
This study demonstrates the ability and agility of multi-disciplinary experts acting in the absence of clear guidance to support a safe return to film production. Workplace anxiety and non-compliance can be alleviated through effective communication by trusted experts.
428.
John T Kubale, Aaron M Frutos, etc.,
High co-circulation of influenza and SARS-CoV-2, 2022.11.28,
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofac642/6848942 .
The research describes substantial influenza and SARSCoV-2 co-circulation within a prospective, community-based household study in Managua, Nicaragua and consider its implications for the looming fall/winter season in the Northern Hemisphere.
427.
Xu Shi, Kendrick Qijun Li, Bhramar Mukherjee,
Current Challenges with the Use of Test-Negative Designs for Modeling COVID-19 Vaccination and Outcomes, 2022.11.29,
https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwac203/6852876 .
The commentary first reviews when and why TND works, and general challenges in TND studies presented in the literature. It then discusses COVID-specific challenges which have not received adequate acknowledgment but may add to the risk of invalid conclusions in TND studies of COVID-19.
426.
Waasila Jassat, Salim S Abdool Karim, etc.,
Trends in Cases, Hospitalization and Mortality Related to the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 Sub-Variants in South Africa, 2022.12.01,
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciac921/6855554 .
This study compared admission incidence risk across waves, and the risk of mortality in the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 wave, to the Omicron BA.1/BA.2 and Delta waves.
425.
Marie Claire Van Hout,
Using COVID-19 to Address Environmental Threats to Health and Leverage for Prison Reform in South Africa, Malawi and Zimbabwe, 2022.12.01,
https://academic.oup.com/jhrp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jhuman/huac050/6855703 .
The article makes a comparative legal realist assessment of prison operations in South Africa, Malawi and Zimbabwe during COVID-19 state disaster measures is presented, focusing on the environmental determinants of health in prisons. Policy level and pragmatic recommendations for enhanced human rights practice are outlined.
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