Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Learning from the past: Taiwan’s responses to COVID-19 versus SARS |
| Authors: |
Muh-Yong Yen, Yung-Feng Yen, Shey-Ying Chen, Ting-I Lee, Kuan-Han Huang, Ta-Chien Chan, Tsung-Hua Tung, Le-Yin Hsu, Tai-Yuan Chiu, Po-Ren Hsueh, Chwan-Chuen King |
| Source: |
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 110, Iss , Pp 469-478 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
Elsevier, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: |
SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Public health policies, Face mask, Alcohol-based hand hygiene, Threshold-based bundle strategy, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: |
Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of infection prevention behaviors in Taiwan—wearing facemasks and alcohol-based hand hygiene (AHH)—and compare their practice rates during SARS and COVID-19. Methods: We surveyed 2328 Taiwanese from July 29 to August 6, 2020, assessing demographics, information sources, and preventive behaviors during the 2003 SARS outbreaks, 2009 pandemic influenza H1N1, COVID-19, and with post-survey intentions. Characteristics associated with the practice of preventive behaviors in 2020 were identified through logistic regression. Results: Preventive behaviors were conscientiously practiced by 70.2% of participants. Compared with 2003 SARS/2009 H1N1, the percentages of facemask use (66.6% vs 99.2% [indoors], P < 0.001) and on-person AHH (44.2% vs 65.4% [hand sanitizers], P < 0.001) significantly increasedduring 2020 COVID-19. Highest adherence to preventive behaviors in 2020 was among females (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.72), those receiving government COVID-19 information (aOR, 1.52), participants recruited from primary-care clinics (aOR, 1.43), and those who practiced AHH during 2003 SARS/2009 H1N1 (aOR, 1.37). Conclusions: Government leadership, healthcare providers risk communication, and public cooperation rapidly mitigated the spread of COVID-19 in Taiwan even before vaccination. Future global efforts must implement such population-based preventive behaviors at a level above the viral-transmission-threshold, particularly in areas with fast-spreading SARS-CoV-2 variants. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1201-9712 |
| Relation: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221004902; https://doaj.org/toc/1201-9712 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.002 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/4b99edc3393c43319da801fb92020188 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.4b99edc3393c43319da801fb92020188 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
