Zoë C Meleo-Erwin, Corey H Basch, Joseph Fera, Matthew Arrowood
{"title":"How did individuals on Instagram discuss COVID-19 in the month following official pandemic status? A examination of user content.","authors":"Zoë C Meleo-Erwin, Corey H Basch, Joseph Fera, Matthew Arrowood","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2021.1908205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Instagram is a popular social media site used by high numbers of young people. This study was designed to investigate COVID-19 content on Instagram during the month following official pandemic status from the World Health Organization (WHO).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 200 posts were collected and analyzed over a four-week period between mid-February and mid-March 2020.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The vast majority of posts did not address recommended prevention measures. Further, only approximately one-third of the posts referenced a reputable source. Finally, the nature of posts changed over time was impacted by type of poster and reflected a tone of anxiety.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings underscore the urgent need for public health officials to be aware of and address social media content on novel health threats. Furthermore, it is imperative that communicating risk on social media, such as Instagram be geared to young people. Failure to do so may hinder prevention, mitigation, and suppression strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908205","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38894561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The COVID-19 Inventory: Measuring anxiety related to illness pandemic across college males and females.","authors":"Jan Mohlman, Leah M Watson, Corey H Basch","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2021.1908204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Due to close proximity in dormitories, classes, and social activities, college students have been identified as a vulnerable population throughout the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study tested properties of a new COVID-19 Inventory (C-19-I). It was expected that the measure would show acceptable validity and reliability, females would report greater COVID-19 anxiety than males, and the addition of gender would improve a regression model of COVID-19 anxiety.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were 201 college undergraduates who completed multiple self-report measures and two snack selection tasks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The C-19-I showed a multifactor solution and acceptable psychometric properties. Females scored higher than males and were more likely than males to select a healthy snack after responding to questions about illness and contamination.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study validates a new measure of COVID-19 anxiety and contributes to a deeper understanding of how college adults respond to pandemic illness.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908204","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25542766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Community mitigation of COVID-19: Health communications and varied community reactions.","authors":"Zoë C Meleo-Erwin, Corey H Basch","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2021.1908212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article introduces a themed issue focused on COVID-19 as it relates to community health. In the context of attempting to curb transmission, a great deal of focus has been placed on community mitigation efforts. These efforts have presented a variety of challenges. This themed issue aims to give an overview of two important aspects of community mitigation, namely, issues relating to COVID-19 related messaging and reactions of different communities to the COVID-19 pandemic. The manuscripts in this issue demonstrate a range of methodology and offer insight into areas of COVID-19 research that can inform community health. They also cover an extensive range of topics and contribute to the literature in terms of informing efforts related to constructing effective messaging and identifying areas of need. Both of these focal points have implications for prevention and intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908212","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25565483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the psychometric properties of a refined perceived stress scale during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Jacob M Eubank, Kate G Burt, John Orazem","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2021.1908873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908873","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) measures general life stress and the Impact of Events Scale (IES) measures retrospective stress from a specific event; both have been validated across various audiences and settings. However, neither measure stress during an evolving public health crisis. The aim was to refine the PSS to measure stress during an event (e.g. COVID-19 pandemic) and examine its psychometric properties within a 4-year Hispanic-Serving Institution in the Bronx, NY. Three items from the IES were added to and one PSS item was removed from the PSS-10, creating a new PSS-12. Cronbach's α for the scale was 0.902 for faculty and 0.903 for students, indicating high internal consistency. Factor analyses also supported calculation of two subtotals similarly across groups. The PSS-12 is a valid instrument to measure perceived stress during a public health crisis, particularly among populations that already experience community health disparities.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908873","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38874381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The language of states' COVID-19 messages: Correlates of positive and negative emotion and health outcomes.","authors":"Corey H Basch, Matthew T Corwin, Jan Mohlman","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2021.1908203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Crisis communication is most effective when it takes into consideration the emotional reactions of those involved. Messages pertaining to pandemic illness such as COVID-19 should thus include the most effective types of words, given the goal of crisis management. This study investigated hypothesized word categories (e.g., reward/risk, focus on present versus past) related to superordinate categories of positive and negative emotional tone in COVID-19 fact sheets from each of the fifty states in the U.S. The relation of six word types to the superordinate categories and a health outcome variable (the rate of deaths per positive virus cases) was also tested. Results indicated that each of the six word types mapped on to either the positive or negative emotion word category. Furthermore, messages that included more reward and uncertainty words were associated with lower deaths per positive virus cases. Implications for future pandemic crisis messages are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908203","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25583701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anxiety and COVID-19: A study of online content readability.","authors":"Erica J Seidel, Grace C Hillyer, Corey H Basch","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2021.1908874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908874","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The uncertain and unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic is anxiety-provoking and some people are seeking information about this anxiety online. The purpose of this study was to assess the readability levels of online articles related to anxiety and COVID-19. The first 50 English language URLs to appear in a Google search in July 2020 were assessed for readability using Readable.io. A five-measure panel consisting of the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), Gunning Fog Index, Coleman-Liau Index (CLI), the Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) Grade Level, and Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease (FRE) was used, and grade level scores were recoded as easy, average, and difficult readability. Websites were grouped as commercial <i>vs.</i> noncommercial sources bases on the URL. Of the 50 articles evaluated, the majority were found to be written at a difficult (>10th grade) reading level with four of the five measures employed which is well above the 7-8th grade reading level abilities of most Americans. Given the importance of access to mental health information during the pandemic, it is crucial that the resources available to the general public are written at a reading level that is comprehensible to ensure they are understood.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908874","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38887413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information regarding acute stroke associated with COVID-19 in online news.","authors":"Eunsun Park, Betty Kollia","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2021.1908211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with COVID-19 may present with neurological manifestations, lack of oxygenation, or clotting disorders such as ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes. This has been observed in even young patients with mild symptoms. The aim of this study was to explore current online news coverage of acute stroke associated with COVID-19 in the four-month period from April 2020 to July 2020, a time during which the US found itself in the center of the pandemic. The relevant Google News stories were reviewed for content. The analysis indicated that 118 online news reports covered the topic to varying degrees, including data from reputable sources, references to the neurological symptoms, and to the incidence of stroke in young patients. It is important that health professionals be aware of this risk and convey to the public the possibility of stroke due to COVID-19 so as to increase the probability of early diagnosis and optimal outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908211","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25571285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policing pain: A qualitative study of non-criminal justice approaches to managing opioid overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Sandra L Trappen, Katherine J McLean","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2021.1908206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908206","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Opioid related drug overdose deaths are a leading cause of death and injury in the United States. While research demonstrates that where people live has a major impact on drug use and abuse, most work looks at social dynamics at the county level or under the rubric of the urban/rural divide. Only recently, scholarship has become attuned to the post-industrialized areas located on the fringes of urban cores. Data presented in here are from field research conducted in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a small river town located east of Pittsburgh. Once a thriving industrial city, it is now deteriorated and has documented high levels of overdose experience. Preliminary results suggest that McKeesport residents, even before the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), practice social and physical distancing as a way of life; data indicate how the pandemic potentially exacerbates the risk of accidental opioid overdose among a population defined by both geographic and social isolation.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908206","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38920148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on telepractice in speech-language pathology.","authors":"Betty Kollia, Jim Tsiamtsiouris","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2021.1908210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908210","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, speech-language pathology telepractice was used by a small percentage of consumers. The 2020 pandemic necessitated the transition of most services to an online format. This article reports on a brief, electronic survey that was completed by 145 speech-language pathologists (SLPs) during the early months (June 2020) of the pandemic. Results showed that the majority of SLPs will continue using a telepractice model into 2021 and beyond, as more than half of SLPs rated the quality as similar to services delivered in-person. The absence of earlier preparation, access to and hindrances with technology, and client factors were the main elements influencing telepractice success for SLPs. However, telepractice was rated as an efficient means of consultation, evaluation, and intervention and survey results revealed that 53.84% of SLPs plan on maintaining this modality at a higher than pre-pandemic level.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10852352.2021.1908210","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25582735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ithar Hassaballa, Lisa Davis, Vincent Francisco, Jerry Schultz, Stephen Fawcett
{"title":"Examining implementation and effects of a comprehensive community intervention addressing type 2 diabetes among high-risk minority patients in Durham County, NC.","authors":"Ithar Hassaballa, Lisa Davis, Vincent Francisco, Jerry Schultz, Stephen Fawcett","doi":"10.1080/10852352.2019.1633069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2019.1633069","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Type-2 diabetes affects millions of people. Racial minorities are at higher risk for developing diabetes and suffering complications. Duke University and its partners built a team to improve population-level health outcomes and reduce health disparities in Durham County, NC. An empirical case study design was used to examine the Durham Diabetes Program (DDP) and its effects on emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions (HAs). High-risk program participants (<i>N</i> = 200) were enrolled into the DDP using a risk algorithm. Culturally competent teams delivered various intervention components that were anchored in behavior change strategies (e.g. diabetes self-management education and support, enhancing clinical care, community mobilization, and health system/community transformation). More than a hundred community/system changes were implemented as part of the DDP. Further, the DDP was associated with decreased ED visits (by 34%) and HAs (by 40.5%). This research can inform the way diabetes is assessed and interventions are delivered.</p>","PeriodicalId":46123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10852352.2019.1633069","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40563531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}