The research explored the public support towards the political communication carried out during COVID-19 in India. Through the means of a structured questionnaire based on Easton's dimensions of public support, responses were collected from 200 respondents, 100 each from the academic background of journalism and psychology. To determine the support towards the government performance during the crisis times based on the political communication done by the current regime in India. The results suggested that the public support is quite less from the respondents of journalism background. However, the psychology respondents showed relatively high support towards the political communication done by the Indian government in the COVID-19. It suggests that the public support is not one but scattered and also the academic background could play a major role in one's understanding of the political communication and lending of the support. The research demonstrated how respondents from different backgrounds show almost the opposite support towards political communication in the times of crisis. This gives out a good comparison and also concludes the public support. Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, political communication, crisis communication, public support, India.

In March 2020, COVID-19 was announced as a pandemic, and the whole world was affected. Lockdown and restrictions happened in several nations, and populations were told to keep their distance and avoid public places such as clinics and hospitals. Nation after nation started to implement or increase telemedicine usage to continue providing healthcare. In South Korea, telemedicine was prohibited before the pandemic but is now temporarily allowed. In the USA, telemedicine has increased its usage by 4000% at NYU Langone Health. However, there have been benefits such as easy accessibility, cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and barriers such as technical issues, limited access, and low experience with technology. It has affected several populations such as the elderly, younger, low-income, and people living in rural areas. In this scoping review, COVID-19s impact telemedicine usage will be investigated as well as its benefits and barriers.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka arbetspendling med kollektiva färdmedel i Västra Götalandsregionen under covid-19-pandemin samt faktorer som spelar in vid val av kollektivtrafik som färdmedel för att förklara eventuell påverkan på mobilitet. De frågeställningar som besvarats är: Hur har resandet med kollektiva färdmedel i Västra Götalandsregionen förändrats till följd av covid-19-pandemin? Hur kan valet av kollektiva färdmedel för arbetspendling under covid-19-pandemin förklaras?Hur har mobiliteten bland personer som använder kollektiva färdmedel för arbetspendling påverkats av covid-19-pandemin?För att besvara frågeställningarna har en induktiv studie med kvantitativa och kvalitativa metoder genomförts. Ett omfattande material om antalet resor med kollektivtrafik i Västra Götalandsregionen från 2019 och 2020 har använts för att visa hur resandet förändrats. En enkätundersökning med personer som arbetspendlat med kollektiva färdmedel under covid-19-pandemin har genomförts. Studien bekräftar att antalet resenärer i kollektivtrafiken har minskat kraftigt i majoriteten av kommunerna i Västra Götalandsregionen. Ekonomiska faktorer visas vara en stark förklaringsfaktor för valet av kollektivtrafik som färdmedel. Studien visar även att en avgörande faktor för möjligheten att arbeta hemifrån ligger i vilken typ av arbete en individ har och att covid-19-pandemin kan ha bidragit till en ökad transportrelaterad social exkludering. Studiens tydligaste slutsats är att personer som använt kollektiva färdmedel för arbetspendling har tagit till olika mobilitetsstrategier för att kringgå de barriärer i form av oro och upplevd otrygghet som pandemin givit upphov till. Slutligen visade studien att covid-19-pandemin har mobilitetsbegränsande effekter på den grupp som inte haft några alternativa färdmedel än kollektivtrafik för sina resor till och från arbetet. / The purpose of this study was to investigate commuting by public transport in the Västra Götaland region during the covid-19 pandemic and the factors that play a role in the choice of public transport as a means of transport to explain any impact on mobility. The questions answered are: How has travel by public transport in the Västra Götaland region changed as a result of the covid-19 pandemic?How can commuting for work with public transportation during the covid-19 pandemic be explained?How has the mobility of people using public transport for commuting been affected by the covid-19 pandemic?To answer these questions, an inductive study with quantitative and qualitative methods has been conducted. Extensive material on the number of travels with public transport in the Västra Götaland region from 2019 and 2020 has been used to show how travel has changed. A survey of people who commuted to work by public transport during the covid-19 pandemic has been conducted. The study confirms that the number of passengers using public transport has decreased vastly in the majority of municipalities in the Västra Götaland region. Economic implications are shown to be a strong explanatory factor for the choice of public transport as a means of transport. The study also shows that a key factor for the opportunity to work from home lies in the type of work an individual has and that the covid-19 pandemic may have contributed to an increased transport-related social exclusion. The clearest conclusion of the study is that people who have used public transport for work commuting have resorted to different mobility strategies to circumvent barriers in the form of anxiety and perceived insecurity that the pandemic has given rise to. Moreover, it can be concluded that the covid-19 pandemic has mobility-limiting effects on the group that does not have any other means of transport than public transport for their commuting to and from work.   Keywords: covid-19, commuting, public transport, mobility

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Objetivo: identificar la asociación entre el uso de redes sociales para informarse sobre la pandemia de COVID-19 y el nivel de actividad física en estudiantes de ciencias de la salud de una universidad peruana en el 2021. Metodología: estudio transversal analítico. Población compuesta por estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de la UPC en la sede Villa entre enero y julio del 2021. Se utilizó el cuestionario autoaplicado sobre uso de redes sociales para informarse sobre la pandemia de COVID-19 para la variable independiente y el Cuestionario Internacional de Actividad Física (IPAQ) en formato corto para medir la variable dependiente.

La pandemia del coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) y las medidas instauradas para su control significaron la interrupción de la atención prenatal, con potencial riesgo en la salud materna y fetal. Por otro lado, la atención prenatal convencional presencial implicaría exposición y riesgo de infección en pacientes y proveedores de salud. El Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal (INMP) ha incorporado la teleconsulta como parte de un nuevo modelo de atención prenatal mixto, cuyo objetivo es disminuir las citas presenciales y, por tanto, el contacto y riesgo de transmisión viral. El paquete de atención prenatal incluye actividades esenciales para atender gestantes en edades gestacionales específicas con mayor impacto en los desenlaces perinatales y maternos. Este nuevo modelo podría generalizarse a nivel nacional y ser parte de la solución a las disparidades de atención en el Perú, mediante políticas del uso de la telemedicina en la atención prenatal que faciliten su implementación, así como su sostenibilidad después de la pandemia de COVID-19. / The coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) pandemic and the measures implemented for its control meant the interruption of prenatal care, with potential risk to maternal and fetal health. However, conventional in-person prenatal care would imply exposure and risk of infection in patients and health care providers. The Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal (INMP) has incorporated teleconsultation as part of a new model of mixed prenatal care, which aims to reduce in-person appointments and, therefore, the contact and risk of viral transmission. The prenatal care package performs essential activities to care for pregnant women of specific gestational ages with a greater impact on perinatal and maternal outcomes. This new model could be generalized nationally and be part of the solution to the disparities of healthcare in Peru, through policies for the use of telemedicine in prenatal care that fa e its implementation, as well as its sustainability after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objetivo: Identificar la asociación entre el síndrome de Burnout y calidad de vida laboral en médicos de establecimientos especializados de Lima, Perú en el contexto de la Pandemia de COVID 19, Perú, diciembre 2020 - marzo 2021. Diseño: Esta investigación tiene como diseño un estudio analítico de corte transversal en médicos de establecimientos especializados de Lima Perú en el contexto de la Pandemia de COVID 19, Perú, diciembre 2020 - marzo 2021. Se utilizará Google Forms para la aplicación del cuestionario que será difundido a través de las redes sociales durante cuatro meses.

La pandemia del nuevo coronavirus continúa con nosotros y lo hará por largo tiempo. Ha causado un nuevo modo de vivir, con aislamiento, protección personal, distanciamiento, empleo de la virtualidad y otros. Se ha mejorado el diagnóstico del infectado y su manejo. No existe cura aún, aunque se cuenta con vacunas aprobadas con premura. La crisis de salud ha desnudado la falta de preparación de nuestros sistemas de salud, y ha devenido en crisis políticas y económicas, empobrecimiento, muerte e inquietud emocional y psicológica. En estas páginas continuamos escribiendo de manera resumida los nuevos conocimientos sobre el SARS-CoV-2 y la enfermedad COVID-19, su diagnóstico, fisiopatología, manejo sintomático y de la enfermedad severa, la reinfección, sus secuelas y letalidad. Pero, principalmente, el compromiso de la mujer infectada durante el embarazo y el parto y puerperio, así como aspectos del alojamiento conjunto y lactancia; y qué ocurre cuando la infección afecta al neonato. Queda por saber el futuro de las madres y niños que sufrieron la infección. / The new coronavirus pandemic continues with us and will do so for a long time. It has brought a new way of life, with isolation, confinement, personal protection, distancing, use of virtuality and others. The diagnosis of the infected and its management has been improved; there is no cure yet, although there are vaccines approved in haste. The health crisis has exposed the lack of preparation of our health systems, resulting in political and economic crises, with impoverishment, death, and emotional and psychological complications. In these pages we continue writing in a summarized way the new knowledge about SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 disease, its diagnosis, pathophysiology, symptomatic management and the severe disease, re-infection, its sequelae and lethality. But mainly how it affects the infected woman during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, as well as aspects of rooming in and breastfeeding. And what happens when the infection affects the newbo ture of the mothers and children who suffered the infection remains to be known.

Presenta las exposiciones de 67 de los 69 panelistas que participaron en las 21 jornadas del Coloquio Ciencia y Sociedad realizadas entre el 18 de mayo y el 12 de junio del 2020, destinadas a presentar y debatir los grandes impactos de la pandemia por el covid-19 sobre la salud, la alimentación, el mercado de empleo, la sostenibilidad empresarial, la seguridad ciudadana, la educación, la inclusión social, las relaciones interculturales, etcétera. De igual modo, se discutieron las prioridades de investigación científica y desarrollo tecnológico, y la necesidad de que estas actividades se realicen amparadas por mejores políticas públicas, una nueva normatividad que las favorezca, e instituciones de investigación y desarrollo fortalecidas en sus capacidades humanas y materiales.

INTRODUCTION: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant increases in mortality in the United States, and nursing homes were particularly impacted early in the pandemic. With questions around underreporting, limited testing, and indirect effects, it is difficult to understand the true impact of the pandemic on US mortality while only examining the deaths attributed to Covid-19. Prior analyses have looked at excess mortality, the increase in mortality over what would have been expected in 2020 if the Covid-19 pandemic had not occurred, focusing on temporal and spatial relationships between excess mortality and direct Covid-19 attributed mortality. The true impact of Covid-19 by place of death remains to be understood. Recent historical trends in mortality by place of death have shown a decreasing share of deaths occurring in hospitals while deaths in homes have increased and deaths in nursing homes have not changed significantly. OBJECTIVE: This observational study aims to characterize the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on nursing homes in the US by examining direct Covid-19 mortality, excess mortality, and the relationship between direct and excess mortality by place of death at a state level. METHODS: Vital statistics data around mortality by place of death from CDC WONDER and the NVSS Provisional Covid-19 Deaths dataset were used along with US Census data to create a time series for US mortality by place of death from 2013 to 2020. The analysis was restricted to individuals above the age of 65 to limit fields with missing or suppressed data and stratified by 10-year age category. 2020 mortality in the absence of Covid-19 was estimated using the historical average mortality and the simple linear extrapolation of historical mortality within each age group, place of death, and state. Excess deaths were divided into those assigned to Covid-19 and those not assigned to Covid-19 and compared by place of death, age category, and state. RESULTS: 26.2% of direct Covid-19 deaths were found to occur in nursing homes, while 63.1% of Covid-19 deaths occurred in hospitals and 5.3% occurred at home. The excess mortality rate was found to be the highest at home, with 1.78 more deaths per thousand person-years occurring in 2020 in the US than would have been expected in the absence of Covid-19, despite a low direct Covid-19 mortality rate of only 0.162 deaths per thousand person-years. Excess mortality rates in nursing homes across the US were relatively low at 0.296 deaths per thousand person-years, with a direct Covid-19 mortality rate (1.29 deaths per thousand person-years) that was higher than the estimated excess mortality. Despite the high direct Covid-19 mortality compared to excess mortality in nursing homes, a regression model examining the extent to which Covid-19 mortality and historical mortality predicted 2020 mortality in nursing homes suggested that for every 100 deaths assigned to Covid-19, there were 107 more all-cause deaths in 2020. Nursing home excess mortality was found to be highest in Utah, and lowest in North Carolina and New York. CONCLUSION: This work suggests that direct Covid-19 mortality captures most of the impact of Covid-19 on mortality in US nursing homes in individuals over the age of 65. A significant difference was discovered between direct Covid-19 mortality and excess mortality in decedent’s homes, which warrants additional study. / 2022-11-23T00:00:00Z