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Social Distancing Policies in the Coronavirus Battle: A Comparison of Denmark and Sweden
Social distancing measures have been a key component in government strategies to mitigate COVID-19 globally. Based on official documents, this study aimed to identify, compare and analyse public social distancing policy measures adopted in Denmark and Sweden regarding the coronavirus from 1 March 20...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8536108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682734 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010990 |
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author | Seing, Ida Thórný Stefánsdóttir, Nina Wassar Kirk, Jeanette Andersen, Ove Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Tine Kallemose, Thomas Vedung, Evert Vrangbæk, Karsten Nilsen, Per |
author_facet | Seing, Ida Thórný Stefánsdóttir, Nina Wassar Kirk, Jeanette Andersen, Ove Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Tine Kallemose, Thomas Vedung, Evert Vrangbæk, Karsten Nilsen, Per |
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description | Social distancing measures have been a key component in government strategies to mitigate COVID-19 globally. Based on official documents, this study aimed to identify, compare and analyse public social distancing policy measures adopted in Denmark and Sweden regarding the coronavirus from 1 March 2020 until 1 October 2020. A key difference was the greater emphasis on laws and executive orders (sticks) in Denmark, which allowed the country to adopt many stricter policy measures than Sweden, which relied mostly on general guidelines and recommendations (sermons). The main policy adopters in Denmark were the government and the Danish Parliament, whereas the Public Health Agency issued most policies in Sweden, reflecting a difference in political governance and administrative structure in the two countries. During the study period, Sweden had noticeably higher rates of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations per 100,000 population than Denmark, yet it is difficult to determine the impact or relative effectiveness of sermons and sticks, particularly with regard to broader and longer-term health, economic and societal effects. |
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spelling | pubmed-85361082021-10-23 Social Distancing Policies in the Coronavirus Battle: A Comparison of Denmark and Sweden Seing, Ida Thórný Stefánsdóttir, Nina Wassar Kirk, Jeanette Andersen, Ove Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Tine Kallemose, Thomas Vedung, Evert Vrangbæk, Karsten Nilsen, Per Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Social distancing measures have been a key component in government strategies to mitigate COVID-19 globally. Based on official documents, this study aimed to identify, compare and analyse public social distancing policy measures adopted in Denmark and Sweden regarding the coronavirus from 1 March 2020 until 1 October 2020. A key difference was the greater emphasis on laws and executive orders (sticks) in Denmark, which allowed the country to adopt many stricter policy measures than Sweden, which relied mostly on general guidelines and recommendations (sermons). The main policy adopters in Denmark were the government and the Danish Parliament, whereas the Public Health Agency issued most policies in Sweden, reflecting a difference in political governance and administrative structure in the two countries. During the study period, Sweden had noticeably higher rates of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations per 100,000 population than Denmark, yet it is difficult to determine the impact or relative effectiveness of sermons and sticks, particularly with regard to broader and longer-term health, economic and societal effects. MDPI 2021-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8536108/ /pubmed/34682734 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010990 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Seing, Ida Thórný Stefánsdóttir, Nina Wassar Kirk, Jeanette Andersen, Ove Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Tine Kallemose, Thomas Vedung, Evert Vrangbæk, Karsten Nilsen, Per Social Distancing Policies in the Coronavirus Battle: A Comparison of Denmark and Sweden |
title | Social Distancing Policies in the Coronavirus Battle: A Comparison of Denmark and Sweden |
title_full | Social Distancing Policies in the Coronavirus Battle: A Comparison of Denmark and Sweden |
title_fullStr | Social Distancing Policies in the Coronavirus Battle: A Comparison of Denmark and Sweden |
title_full_unstemmed | Social Distancing Policies in the Coronavirus Battle: A Comparison of Denmark and Sweden |
title_short | Social Distancing Policies in the Coronavirus Battle: A Comparison of Denmark and Sweden |
title_sort | social distancing policies in the coronavirus battle: a comparison of denmark and sweden |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8536108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682734 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010990 |
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