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Incidence of COVID-19 and Connections with Air Pollution Exposure : Evidence from the Netherlands
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,

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The fast spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has resulted in the emergence of several hot-spots around the world. Several of these are located in areas associated with high levels of air pollution. This study investigates the relationship between exposure to particulate matter and COVID-19 incidence in 355 municipalities in the Netherlands. The results show that atmospheric particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5 is a highly significant predictor of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and related hospital admissions. The estimates suggest that expected COVID-19 cases increase by nearly 100 percent when pollution concentrations increase by 20 percent. The association between air pollution and case incidence is robust in the presence of data on health-related preconditions, proxies for symptom severity, and demographic control variables. The results are obtained with ground-measurements and satellite-derived measures of atmospheric particulate matter as well as COVID-19 data from alternative dates. The findings call for further investigation into the association between air pollution and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk. If particulate matter plays a significant role in COVID-19 incidence, it has strong implications for the mitigation strategies required to prevent spreading.


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2nd Edition of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM)
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large-scale pollution incidents take lives and incur major health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which often comprise extreme ages, remote living areas, and endemic poverty, as well as people with low literacy. Health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters, and plays an important role in reducing the hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, responses, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, the timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment to decrease the impact of disasters on people before, during, and after an event (or events). Currently, there is a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM to facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction worldwide.

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Public health & preventive medicine --- infection spread and control --- infection risk --- human behavior --- close contact --- sensor-based --- indoor environment --- indoor positioning --- head and body motion --- open-plan office --- disaster --- psychosocial impacts --- community resilience --- Kumamoto earthquake --- DMHISS --- disaster psychiatry --- Japan --- acute mental health needs --- duration of activity --- DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) --- cold --- personal health protective behaviour --- associated factors --- risk perception --- subtropical city --- disaster responders --- support --- psychosocial --- risk management --- COVID-19 --- urban --- health risks --- Health-Emergency and Disaster Risk Management --- biological hazard --- pandemic --- PHEIC --- Hong Kong --- Fukushima nuclear accident --- mass media --- Internet --- public health practice --- community mental health services --- typhoon --- hurricane --- cyclone --- strong wind levels --- natural disaster --- Health-EDRM --- risk-taking behaviour --- sensation seeking --- landslide displacement --- predictive uncertainty --- ensemble prediction --- probability combination scheme --- quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs) --- kernel density estimation (KDE) --- Daegu --- sense of belonging --- pride --- mental health --- disaster relief fund --- non-communicable disease --- self-care --- NCD management --- home care --- early phase of pandemic --- health-EDRM --- primary prevention --- vector-borne disease --- biological hazards --- climate change --- narrative review --- Asia Pacific --- Health EDRM --- long-term impact --- public health --- case study --- disaster management --- multi-case analysis --- Europe --- flood --- elderly --- cardiovascular diseases --- cerebrovascular diseases --- H-EDRM --- extreme temperature --- socioeconomic vulnerability --- health disparities --- infection spread and control --- infection risk --- human behavior --- close contact --- sensor-based --- indoor environment --- indoor positioning --- head and body motion --- open-plan office --- disaster --- psychosocial impacts --- community resilience --- Kumamoto earthquake --- DMHISS --- disaster psychiatry --- Japan --- acute mental health needs --- duration of activity --- DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) --- cold --- personal health protective behaviour --- associated factors --- risk perception --- subtropical city --- disaster responders --- support --- psychosocial --- risk management --- COVID-19 --- urban --- health risks --- Health-Emergency and Disaster Risk Management --- biological hazard --- pandemic --- PHEIC --- Hong Kong --- Fukushima nuclear accident --- mass media --- Internet --- public health practice --- community mental health services --- typhoon --- hurricane --- cyclone --- strong wind levels --- natural disaster --- Health-EDRM --- risk-taking behaviour --- sensation seeking --- landslide displacement --- predictive uncertainty --- ensemble prediction --- probability combination scheme --- quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs) --- kernel density estimation (KDE) --- Daegu --- sense of belonging --- pride --- mental health --- disaster relief fund --- non-communicable disease --- self-care --- NCD management --- home care --- early phase of pandemic --- health-EDRM --- primary prevention --- vector-borne disease --- biological hazards --- climate change --- narrative review --- Asia Pacific --- Health EDRM --- long-term impact --- public health --- case study --- disaster management --- multi-case analysis --- Europe --- flood --- elderly --- cardiovascular diseases --- cerebrovascular diseases --- H-EDRM --- extreme temperature --- socioeconomic vulnerability --- health disparities


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2nd Edition of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM)
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large-scale pollution incidents take lives and incur major health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which often comprise extreme ages, remote living areas, and endemic poverty, as well as people with low literacy. Health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters, and plays an important role in reducing the hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, responses, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, the timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment to decrease the impact of disasters on people before, during, and after an event (or events). Currently, there is a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM to facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction worldwide.

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Public health & preventive medicine --- infection spread and control --- infection risk --- human behavior --- close contact --- sensor-based --- indoor environment --- indoor positioning --- head and body motion --- open-plan office --- disaster --- psychosocial impacts --- community resilience --- Kumamoto earthquake --- DMHISS --- disaster psychiatry --- Japan --- acute mental health needs --- duration of activity --- DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) --- cold --- personal health protective behaviour --- associated factors --- risk perception --- subtropical city --- disaster responders --- support --- psychosocial --- risk management --- COVID-19 --- urban --- health risks --- Health-Emergency and Disaster Risk Management --- biological hazard --- pandemic --- PHEIC --- Hong Kong --- Fukushima nuclear accident --- mass media --- Internet --- public health practice --- community mental health services --- typhoon --- hurricane --- cyclone --- strong wind levels --- natural disaster --- Health-EDRM --- risk-taking behaviour --- sensation seeking --- landslide displacement --- predictive uncertainty --- ensemble prediction --- probability combination scheme --- quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs) --- kernel density estimation (KDE) --- Daegu --- sense of belonging --- pride --- mental health --- disaster relief fund --- non-communicable disease --- self-care --- NCD management --- home care --- early phase of pandemic --- health-EDRM --- primary prevention --- vector-borne disease --- biological hazards --- climate change --- narrative review --- Asia Pacific --- Health EDRM --- long-term impact --- public health --- case study --- disaster management --- multi-case analysis --- Europe --- flood --- elderly --- cardiovascular diseases --- cerebrovascular diseases --- H-EDRM --- extreme temperature --- socioeconomic vulnerability --- health disparities --- n/a


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2nd Edition of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM)
Authors: ---
Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Abstract

Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large-scale pollution incidents take lives and incur major health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which often comprise extreme ages, remote living areas, and endemic poverty, as well as people with low literacy. Health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters, and plays an important role in reducing the hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, responses, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, the timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment to decrease the impact of disasters on people before, during, and after an event (or events). Currently, there is a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM to facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction worldwide.

Keywords

infection spread and control --- infection risk --- human behavior --- close contact --- sensor-based --- indoor environment --- indoor positioning --- head and body motion --- open-plan office --- disaster --- psychosocial impacts --- community resilience --- Kumamoto earthquake --- DMHISS --- disaster psychiatry --- Japan --- acute mental health needs --- duration of activity --- DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) --- cold --- personal health protective behaviour --- associated factors --- risk perception --- subtropical city --- disaster responders --- support --- psychosocial --- risk management --- COVID-19 --- urban --- health risks --- Health-Emergency and Disaster Risk Management --- biological hazard --- pandemic --- PHEIC --- Hong Kong --- Fukushima nuclear accident --- mass media --- Internet --- public health practice --- community mental health services --- typhoon --- hurricane --- cyclone --- strong wind levels --- natural disaster --- Health-EDRM --- risk-taking behaviour --- sensation seeking --- landslide displacement --- predictive uncertainty --- ensemble prediction --- probability combination scheme --- quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs) --- kernel density estimation (KDE) --- Daegu --- sense of belonging --- pride --- mental health --- disaster relief fund --- non-communicable disease --- self-care --- NCD management --- home care --- early phase of pandemic --- health-EDRM --- primary prevention --- vector-borne disease --- biological hazards --- climate change --- narrative review --- Asia Pacific --- Health EDRM --- long-term impact --- public health --- case study --- disaster management --- multi-case analysis --- Europe --- flood --- elderly --- cardiovascular diseases --- cerebrovascular diseases --- H-EDRM --- extreme temperature --- socioeconomic vulnerability --- health disparities --- n/a

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