This paper explores the social impacts of COVID-19 on migrants living in three major African cities: Accra, Johannesburg, and Nairobi. Given the importance of social support networks to mobile populations, particularly in areas with limited access to essential services, understanding how the pandemic...
The process of coding and framework matrix generation were checked and approved by the research team. Data were mapped into the framework matrix to analyse the social impacts of COVID-19 outbreak in urban slum. This study received ethical clearance from the Institute for the Development of Human...
Issue of the Week Research Projects More SOCIAL IMPACT COVID-19 is amplifying economic, health, and social inequalities around the world. We bring attention to these inequalities and the ways to possibly mitigate the social impact equitably. ...
Impacts of social distancing policies on mobility and COVID-19 case growth in the US Article Open access 25 May 2021 Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic started in late 2019 and within a few months it spread around the World infecting 9 million people, out of which half a million succumbed...
In times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens need to stay informed about recent political events. To this end, people increasingly use social media. However, because social media are particularly engaging, many find it hard to disconnect, especially during times of crisis. In thi...
After being forced to relocate from their MIT dorms during the COVID-19 crisis, two members of Professor Rebecca Saxe's lab at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research are now applying their psychology skills to study the impact of mandatory relocation and social isolation on mental health. ...
In spite of these efforts, the shifts in water-demand behavior in response to COVID-19 SDPs may reveal new and varied technical challenges across the system, including the impacts of infrastructure's age and conditions (Busch, 2015). Examples of possible technical challenges include pipe breaks,...
As such, this article aims to answer the question: What considerations should be made when examining the impact of COVID-19 on the social enterprise sector? This paper argues that close attention must be paid to social enterprise: (1) financial performance, challenges, and opportunities , (2)...
BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China will strengthen macro-policy adjustment and adopt more effective measures to strive to meet the social and economic development targets for 2022 and minimize the impacts of COVID-19. ...
根据第一段中的ResearchershasinvestigatedtheimpactofCovid-19relatedsocialisolation(隔离)measureson2,200youngkidsbetween8and36monthsofage.(研究人员调查了与Covid- 19相关的社会隔离措施对2200名8至36个月大的幼儿的影响。)以及第二段中的ShortlyafterlockdownbeganinearlyMarch2020across13countries,parentswereasked...