Evidence suggests that social determinants of health have contributed to women's poor health outcomes. Materials and Methods: We used the Understanding America Study to describe the social impacts women have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic when compared with men and to...
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. ...
Finally, we assessed the differential impacts of various government policies and mobility changes on specific types of fraud. Literature review and theoretical framework Cyber-enabled fraud and cybercrime during COVID-19 Against the backdrop of a general decline in many traditional crimes in offline ...
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...
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...
This book highlights the overview of the COVID-19 pandemic from both the scientific and the social perspectives. The scientific part presents key facts of COVID-19, including the structure of the virus and the techniques for the diagnosis, treatment, and vaccine development against the disease, ...
We analyze changes in lifestyle, income, and social capital with COVID-19 and social distancing policy, based on a questionnaire survey conducted in Japan during 2020 from a perspective of Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI). The results of the survey show that (1) the personal i...
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,...
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic a large number of countries introduced a range of non-pharmaceutical interventions. Whereas the policies are similar
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...