A study of the effect of wearing face masks in preventing COVID-19 transmission in the United States of America
| Title: | A study of the effect of wearing face masks in preventing COVID-19 transmission in the United States of America |
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| Authors: | Kazuyuki Suzuki, Tomonori Hasegawa, Noriaki Kano, Yoshihisa Okamoto |
| Source: | Public Administration and Policy, Vol 24, Iss 3, Pp 275-289 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Emerald Publishing, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Political institutions and public administration (General) |
| Subject Terms: | covid-19, mask mandate, mask effect, behavior change, united states, Political institutions and public administration (General), JF20-2112 |
| More Details: | Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to intelligibly demonstrate the effectiveness of face mask wearing as a means to prevent COVID-19 transmission. Through understanding the benefits of wearing masks, it is hoped to facilitate the change of societal behavior and more people are willing to wear face mask. Design/methodology/approach – The paper investigates the 50 states in the United States of America (U.S.) and Washington, D.C. that implemented the mask mandates before September 30, 2020, which are divided into four groups: (1) those implemented the statewide mask mandates before June 5, 2020 when World Health Organization (WHO) recommended mask wearing; (2) those implemented statewide mask mandates after June 5, 2020; (3) those implemented partial mandates affecting 30 percent or more of the state’s population; and (4) those implemented partial mandates affecting less than 30 percent. Simple descriptive statistics are analyzed. Findings – For the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., the higher the mask wearing rate, the lower the number of COVID-19 cases (correlation coefficient: −0.69 (p |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1727-2645 2517-679X |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1727-2645; https://doaj.org/toc/2517-679X |
| DOI: | 10.1108/PAP-08-2021-0046/full/pdf?title=a-study-of-the-effect-of-wearing-face-masks-in-preventing-covid-19-transmission-in-the-united-states-of-america |
| DOI: | 10.1108/PAP-08-2021-0046 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/36f35e542d4b447ca8ef9eb783adf46e |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.36f35e542d4b447ca8ef9eb783adf46e |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 17272645 2517679X |
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| DOI: | 10.1108/PAP-08-2021-0046/full/pdf?title=a-study-of-the-effect-of-wearing-face-masks-in-preventing-covid-19-transmission-in-the-united-states-of-america |
| Published in: | Public Administration and Policy |
| Language: | English |