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The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020

Objective: The main objective was to examine, how European Schools of Public Health (SPHs) responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through 2020, across the main activity domains of the SPHs. Methods: A cross-sectional survey based on an online questionnaire concerning the anti-COVID-19 activities from 1s...

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Autores principales: Bauernfeind, Ariane, Foldspang, Anders, Fernandez-Ajuria, Alberto, Otok, Robert, Middleton, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8530016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690665
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604138
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author Bauernfeind, Ariane
Foldspang, Anders
Fernandez-Ajuria, Alberto
Otok, Robert
Middleton, John
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Fernandez-Ajuria, Alberto
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description Objective: The main objective was to examine, how European Schools of Public Health (SPHs) responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through 2020, across the main activity domains of the SPHs. Methods: A cross-sectional survey based on an online questionnaire concerning the anti-COVID-19 activities from 1st March to 31st October 2020 of the 117 members of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER). The questionnaire asked about 33 sub-themes within the four main themes of teaching, health communication to the public, research, and consultancy/advice. Results: Fifty-nine SPHs (50%) completed the questionnaire. Seventy-nine per cent of participants were involved in COVID-19 related teaching; health communication to the public, 76%; research, 80%; consultancy/advice, 81%. Eight out of ten participants had been involved in all of the four main themes. Conclusion: The study demonstrated a substantial body of COVID-19 related work by SPHs in Europe, and an outstanding potential to deliver crucial knowledge and skills to support the governance and the public health systems necessary to combat COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-85300162021-10-22 The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020 Bauernfeind, Ariane Foldspang, Anders Fernandez-Ajuria, Alberto Otok, Robert Middleton, John Int J Public Health Public Health Archive Objective: The main objective was to examine, how European Schools of Public Health (SPHs) responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through 2020, across the main activity domains of the SPHs. Methods: A cross-sectional survey based on an online questionnaire concerning the anti-COVID-19 activities from 1st March to 31st October 2020 of the 117 members of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER). The questionnaire asked about 33 sub-themes within the four main themes of teaching, health communication to the public, research, and consultancy/advice. Results: Fifty-nine SPHs (50%) completed the questionnaire. Seventy-nine per cent of participants were involved in COVID-19 related teaching; health communication to the public, 76%; research, 80%; consultancy/advice, 81%. Eight out of ten participants had been involved in all of the four main themes. Conclusion: The study demonstrated a substantial body of COVID-19 related work by SPHs in Europe, and an outstanding potential to deliver crucial knowledge and skills to support the governance and the public health systems necessary to combat COVID-19. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8530016/ /pubmed/34690665 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604138 Text en Copyright © 2021 Bauernfeind, Foldspang, Fernandez-Ajuria, Otok and Middleton. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_full The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020
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title_full_unstemmed The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020
title_short The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020
title_sort role of european schools and university departments of public health in the 2020 covid-19 response, european region, 2020
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8530016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34690665
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604138
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