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The Role of Public Health during Crises: Lessons and Challenges

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences & Services".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 7101

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Dr. Kristine Sorensen

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Interests: health literacy; global health; SDGs; qualitative research methods; conceptual frameworks; future scenario planning; co-production; public health; capacity-building
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Dear Colleagues,

Worldwide, public health systems during the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises have been under tremendous pressure to deliver timely and appropriate services despite the ever-changing circumstances and high degree of complexity related to the pandemic. This Special Issue focuses on the lessons learned and the challenges encountered during the rapid transformation required. The aim is to develop a Special Issue that informs and supports the future of public health. Therefore, papers presenting new research, discussions and reflections on how to safeguard public health functions for health and wellbeing while remaining agile, people-centered and aligned with values such as universal access to health during emergencies are welcomed. Areas of interests include, e.g., organizational change, use of new technologies and innovations, investment in public health literacy, communication and provision of information to the public, interventions and approaches to cover the full spectrum of health including physical, mental, and social health, and reaching out to people in vulnerable situations. 

Dr. Kristine Sorensen
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Barriers and Facilitators to Psychologists’ Telepsychology Uptake during the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Jack D. Watson, Bradford S. Pierce, Carmen M. Tyler, Emily K. Donovan, Kritzia Merced, Margaret Mallon, Aaron Autler and Paul B. Perrin
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(8), 5467; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph20085467 - 11 Apr 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the delivery of psychological services as many psychologists adopted telepsychology for the first time or dramatically increased their use of it. The current study examined qualitative and quantitative data provided by 2619 practicing psychologists to identify variables facilitating and [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the delivery of psychological services as many psychologists adopted telepsychology for the first time or dramatically increased their use of it. The current study examined qualitative and quantitative data provided by 2619 practicing psychologists to identify variables facilitating and impeding the adoption of telepsychology in the U.S. at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The top five reported barriers were: inadequate access to technology, diminished therapeutic alliance, technological issues, diminished quality of delivered care or effectiveness, and privacy concerns. The top five reported facilitators were: increased safety, better access to patient care, patient demand, efficient use of time, and adequate technology for telepsychology use. Psychologists’ demographic and practice characteristics robustly predicted their endorsement of telepsychology barriers and facilitators. These findings provide important context into the implementation of telepsychology at the beginning of the pandemic and may serve future implementation strategies in clinics and healthcare organizations attempting to increase telepsychology utilization. Full article
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Public Opinion on European Health Policy, Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Maria Denisa Vasilescu, Simona Andreea Apostu, Eva Militaru and Eglantina Hysa
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(8), 4813; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph19084813 - 15 Apr 2022
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Often, global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, bring to light crucial weaknesses in political, economic, social and health systems. First, there are governments who formulate and implement policies and, second, there are the citizens who support them, thus contributing a great deal [...] Read more.
Often, global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, bring to light crucial weaknesses in political, economic, social and health systems. First, there are governments who formulate and implement policies and, second, there are the citizens who support them, thus contributing a great deal to their success. Our paper investigates the European citizens’ opinion on health policy, focusing on their preference for European health policy during the coronavirus pandemic. The paper uses bibliometric analysis, descriptive statistics, and logistic regression to discuss the public opinion on health policy, the factors of influence, the change in perspectives between 2020 and 2021, and the socio-demographic profile of those favorable for the development of a European health policy in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our findings show that citizens from southern and central European countries are more likely to prioritize the development of a European health policy, as compared to Nordic countries. Between 2020 and 2021, pro-European health policy citizens profile changes and becomes clearer, from pensioners to young working age males with medium education. In general, people prioritizing a European health policy value health as the most important issue at a national level are generally satisfied with the European Union and do not trust their national government. Full article
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Changes in Physician Telemedicine Use during COVID-19: Effects of Practice Setting, Demographics, Training, and Organizational Policies
by Bradford S. Pierce, Paul B. Perrin, Alan W. Dow, Natalie D. Dautovich, Bruce D. Rybarczyk and Vimal K. Mishra
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(19), 9963; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph18199963 - 22 Sep 2021
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Telemedicine use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but uptake was uneven and future use is uncertain. This study, then, examined the ability of personal and environmental variables to predict telemedicine adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 230 physicians practicing in the [...] Read more.
Telemedicine use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but uptake was uneven and future use is uncertain. This study, then, examined the ability of personal and environmental variables to predict telemedicine adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 230 physicians practicing in the U.S. completed questions concerning personal and environmental characteristics, as well as telemedicine use at three time points: pre-pandemic, during the pandemic, and anticipated future use. Associations between use and characteristics were determined to identify factors important for telemedicine use. Physicians reported that telemedicine accounted for 3.72% of clinical work prior to the pandemic, 46.03% during the pandemic, and predicted 25.44% after the pandemic ends. Physicians within hospitals reported less increase in telemedicine use during the pandemic than within group practice (p = 0.016) and less increase in use at hospitals compared to academic medical centers (p = 0.027) and group practice (p = 0.008). Greater telemedicine use was associated with more years in practice (p = 0.009), supportive organizational policies (p = 0.001), organizational encouragement (p = 0.003), expectations of greater patient volume (p = 0.003), and perceived higher quality of patient care (p = 0.032). Characteristics such as gender, number of physicians, and level of telemedicine training were not significant predictors. Organizations interested in supporting physicians to adopt telemedicine should encourage its use and create policies supporting its use. More senior physicians had a greater degree of telemedicine uptake, while training programs did not predict use, suggesting that efforts to develop telemedicine competency in younger physicians may be ineffective and should be re-examined. Full article
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