THE HOUSING HARDSHIP IN ROME. PUBLIC RESIDENTIAL BUILDING VS SOCIAL HOUSING?

In recent years, the issue of housing hardship has reached levels, and taken on forms, comparable to those recorded in the sixties and the seventies. Since 2007, the domino effect of the financial-sector crisis, which quickly extended to the economy as a whole, and then became a pressing social problem, has heightened the demand for social housing, both in terms of emergency accommodations and in the so-called “grey area”. The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the situation, generating still more dire statistics. And yet, while in earlier decades the housing emergency was caused by a structural shortage in the stock of residential units, today the primary problem lies in the procedures dictated by the market for obtaining a home. Any study of housing hardship in the current scenario of climate change, a sociohealth crisis and economic recession calls for strategies and tools able to lead to new models for restoring urban and territorial balance, as well as new housing policies, making it a field of research teeming with different theoretical, experimental and propositional perspectives. The paper, having first established the overall reference framework, sets out to illustrate the particular features of the “Rome dossier”, examining the regulatory, procedural, methodological and operational approaches taken over the last 25 years by the various city administrations, so as to highlight not only limits and obstacles, but also paths of ongoing development potentially able to mitigate housing hardship while furthering the complex process of urban renewal. © 2022, University of Cantabria - Building Technology R&D Group. All rights reserved.

Risk of sequelae of COVID-19 in children cared for by primary care pediatricians

148 Italian children (n=148) suspected of and evaluated for COVID-19 infection during the first phase of the pandemic were followed-up for 6 months. During the follow-up period, no difference in the prevalence of new-onset respiratory, dermatological or neurological symptoms, nor in psychological distress, were observed in children who were positive and negative for SARS-CoV-2.

Risk of Sequelae of COVID-19 in Children Cared for by Primary Care Pediatricians

148 Italian children (n=148) suspected of and evaluated for COVID-19 infection during the first phase of the pandemic were followed-up for 6 months. During the follow-up period, no difference in the prevalence of new-onset respiratory, dermatological or neurological symptoms, nor in psychological distress, were observed in children who were positive and negative for SARS-CoV-2.

Risk of Sequelae of COVID-19 in Children Cared for by Primary Care Pediatricians

148 Italian children (n=148) suspected of and evaluated for COVID-19 infection during the first phase of the pandemic were followed-up for 6 months. During the follow-up period, no difference in the prevalence of new-onset respiratory, dermatological or neurological symptoms, nor in psychological distress, were observed in children who were positive and negative for SARS-CoV-2.

COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10).

BACKGROUND: Understanding public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 may foster improved public cooperation. Trust in government and population risk of exposure may influence public perception of the response. Other population-level characteristics, such as country socio-economic development, COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, and degree of democratic government, may influence perception. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We developed a novel ten-item instrument that asks respondents to rate key aspects of their government's response to the pandemic (COVID-SCORE). We examined whether the results varied by gender, age group, education level, and monthly income. We also examined the internal and external validity of the index using appropriate predefined variables. To test for dimensionality of the results, we used a principal component analysis (PCA) for the ten survey items. We found that Cronbach's alpha was 0.92 and that the first component of the PCA explained 60% of variance with the remaining factors having eigenvalues below 1, strongly indicating that the tool is both reliable and unidimensional. Based on responses from 13,426 people randomly selected from the general population in 19 countries, the mean national scores ranged from 35.76 (Ecuador) to 80.48 (China) out of a maximum of 100 points. Heterogeneity in responses was observed across age, gender, education and income with the greatest amount of heterogeneity observed between countries. National scores correlated with respondents' reported levels of trust in government and with country-level COVID-19 mortality rates. CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-SCORE survey instrument demonstrated satisfactory validity. It may help governments more effectively engage constituents in current and future efforts to control COVID-19. Additional country-specific assessment should be undertaken to measure trends over time and the public perceptions of key aspects of government responses in other countries.