Association between social vulnerability and place of death during the first 2 years of COVID-19 in Massachusetts.

We investigated the relationship between individual-level social vulnerability and place of death during the infectious disease emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts. Our research represents a unique contribution by matching individual-level death certificates with COVID-19 test data to analyse differences in distributions of place of death.

The development of training program on infectious diseases emergencies for medical staff / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Objective:To develop a systematic and comprehensive training program focusing on infectious disease emergencies, which is suitable for continuing education of medical staff.Methods:The emergency competence index system constructed in previous study was used as the content framework. The training method was selected based on the core concept of "Lindeman's View of Adult Education". The training form was designed based on the results of the questionnaire survey. The expert group meeting was used to demonstrate and revise the concrete training items.Results:The finally formed Training Program on Infectious Diseases Emergencies for Medical Staff adopted a "small-group" training format and modular design, including a total of 3 modules and 9 items, and the training program database included portable training manuals, skills videos, scenario cases scripts, and assessment papers, etc.Conclusion:The developed training program could be applied to regular continuing education or intensive training of response team for certain infectious disease emergencies, so as to improve their response competence.

Factors Influencing Health Care Workers' Willingness to Respond to Duty during Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Bioterrorist Events: An Integrative Review.

BACKGROUND: Infectious disease emergencies are increasingly becoming part of the health care delivery landscape, having implications to not only individuals and the public, but also on those expected to respond to these emergencies. Health care workers (HCWs) are perhaps the most important asset in an infectious disease emergency, yet these individuals have their own barriers and facilitators to them being willing or able to respond. AIM: The purpose of this review was to identify factors affecting HCW willingness to respond (WTR) to duty during infectious disease outbreaks and/or bioterrorist events. METHODS: An integrative literature review methodology was utilized to conduct a structured search of the literature including CINAHL, Medline, Embase, and PubMed databases using key terms and phrases. PRISMA guidelines were used to report the search outcomes and all eligible literature was screened with those included in the final review collated and appraised using a quality assessment tool. RESULTS: A total of 149 papers were identified from the database search. Forty papers were relevant following screening, which highlighted facilitators of WTR to include: availability of personal protective equipment (PPE)/vaccine, level of training, professional ethics, family and personal safety, and worker support systems. A number of barriers were reported to prevent WTR for HCWs, such as: concern and perceived risk, interpersonal factors, job-level factors, and outbreak characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: By comprehensively identifying the facilitators and barriers to HCWs' WTR during infectious disease outbreaks and/or bioterrorist events, strategies can be identified and implemented to improve WTR and thus improve HCW and public safety.