Changes in Social Behavior Over Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Public health recommendations aimed at limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 have encouraged social distancing and masks as economies across the United States re-open. Understanding adherence to these guidelines will inform further efforts to reduce transmission. In this repeated cross-sectional survey...

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Autores principales: Sheehan, Megan M, Pfoh, Elizabeth, Speaker, Sidra L, Rothberg, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Preventive Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7603888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33150106
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10754
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description Public health recommendations aimed at limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 have encouraged social distancing and masks as economies across the United States re-open. Understanding adherence to these guidelines will inform further efforts to reduce transmission. In this repeated cross-sectional survey study, we describe changes in social behavior in Ohio during periods of declining and rising cases. While essential activities remained consistent over time, more individuals attended gatherings of 10 or more people as cases rose, particularly in the 18-29 age group. A majority of individuals wore masks. It appears necessary to continue limiting gatherings and encourage mask-wearing, particularly among younger groups.
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spelling pubmed-76038882020-11-03 Changes in Social Behavior Over Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic Sheehan, Megan M Pfoh, Elizabeth Speaker, Sidra L Rothberg, Michael Cureus Preventive Medicine Public health recommendations aimed at limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 have encouraged social distancing and masks as economies across the United States re-open. Understanding adherence to these guidelines will inform further efforts to reduce transmission. In this repeated cross-sectional survey study, we describe changes in social behavior in Ohio during periods of declining and rising cases. While essential activities remained consistent over time, more individuals attended gatherings of 10 or more people as cases rose, particularly in the 18-29 age group. A majority of individuals wore masks. It appears necessary to continue limiting gatherings and encourage mask-wearing, particularly among younger groups. Cureus 2020-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7603888/ /pubmed/33150106 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10754 Text en Copyright © 2020, Sheehan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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