Content Analysis of Official Public Health Communications in Ontario, Canada during the COVID-19 Pandemicdoi:10.3390/ijerph21030351Fields, MayaSpence, Kelsey L.International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health
A high COVID-19 vaccine uptake is essential to achieve herd immunity to combat the current strain of COVID-19 and potential future variants. This review aimed to identify factors associated with public intention to receive COVID-19 vaccines until Februar
The College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO) continues to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccination information, variants of concern (VOCs) andregion-specific safety measures and public health advice within the COVID-19 Response Framework. Thank you to Registered Massage Therapists...
This retrospective hospital-based study examines all SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial infections in 1 US health care system during the Omicron surge vs an earlier wave when wild-type variants predominated. Massachusetts Data on Excess Mortality During the Delta and Omicron Waves of COVID-19 ...
As the urgency to understand and respond to COVID-19 transmission grew, many public health teams prioritized pandemic response including the redeployment of many staff to contact tracing and eventually mass vaccination. For example, over 500 contact tracers were recruited in Ontario alone over a 2-...
Ontario dashboard. Science Briefs of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. 2021. Accessed January 21, 2022. https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/ontario-dashboard/ 37. Public Health Ontario. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 following vaccination in Ontario: December 14, 2020 to January 3, ...
Collection and use of sociodemographic data (SDD), including race, ethnicity and income, are foundational to understanding health inequities. Ontario’s public health units collected SDD as part of COVID-19 case management and vaccination activities. Thi
Ontario COVID-19 Data Tool: Public Health Ontario (PHO). Available from: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/data-and-analysis/infectious-disease/covid-19-data-surveillance/covid-19-data-tool?tab=trends. Accessed September 1 2022. Goodyear S. Kingston made it through this pandemic year wi...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has impacted over 200 countries leading to hospitalizations and deaths of millions of people. Public health interventions, such as risk estimators, can reduce the sp...
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the profound impact of public health emergencies on healthcare infrastructures globally. The abrupt nature of such epidemics often challenges the capacities of healthcare systems to respond swiftly to the disease and reduce mortality rates [1, 2]. Like other setting...