Biomedical waste generation and management during COVID-19 pandemic in India: challenges and possible management strategies

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 29(10), P. 14830 - 14845

Published: Oct. 7, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the massive generation of biomedical waste (BMW) and plastic (PW). This sudden spike BMW PW created challenges to existing management infrastructure, especially developing countries. Safe disposal is essential; otherwise, this virus will lead a pandemic. paper reviews before during pandemic, regulatory framework for management, policy interventions COVID-19-based (C-BMW), capacity treatment facilities cope with challenges, possible strategies, perspectives Indian context. study indicated that intervention helped minimize general treated as C-BMW, second Inadequacy common facilities' (CBMWTFs) daily was observed some states resulting compromised conditions. Suggestions better include decontamination used personal protective equipment (PPEs) recycling, alternate materials PPEs, segregation use co-processing cement kilns. All upcoming CBMWTFs should be equipped higher efficient incinerators sound BMW. Post-pandemic monitoring environmental compartments imperative assess impacts waste.

Language: Английский

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Relationship between Risk Perception, Emotion, and Coping Behavior during Public Health Emergencies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Systems, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11(4), P. 181 - 181

Published: March 31, 2023

Complex mechanisms exist between public risk perception, emotions, and coping behaviors during health emergencies. To unravel the relationship these three phenomena, a meta-analytic approach was employed in this study. Using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis 3.0, 81 papers were analyzed after selection. The results of meta-analysis showed that (1) perception (perceived severity, perceived susceptibility) negative emotions (especially fear) are both correlated with behaviors; (2) is strongly fear moderately anxiety; (3) anxiety predicts adoption behaviors. existing research provided an empirical basis for implementing effective behavior interventions implied management decisionmakers need to consider reasonable through multiple channels maintain public’s within appropriate levels. Finally, future directions suggested.

Language: Английский

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Predicting Compliance with Sanitary Behaviors among Students in Higher Education During the Second COVID-19 Wave: The Role of Health Anxiety and Risk Perception

Psychologica Belgica, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 63(1), P. 1 - 15

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

To limit the spread of COVID-19, public authorities have recommended sanitary behaviors such as handwashing, mask-wearing, physical distancing, and social distancing. We recruited a large sample higher education students in Belgium (N = 3201–3441) to investigate role sociodemographic variables, mental health, previous COVID-19 infections, academic involvement, risk perception on adherence these behaviors. This cross-sectional study took place during second wave Belgium, between February March 2021. Analyses showed that living alone, being female, later curriculum, having general health anxiety, were positively associated with four aforementioned Conversely, infection been quarantined negative predictors. Our results show set predictors highly similar for discuss potential initiatives increase this group educated youngsters.

Language: Английский

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Information seeking and the expected utility of information about COVID-19 can be associated with uncertainty and related attitudes

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Understanding how people decide when to seek out information can offer important insights into best practices for scientific communication, which may be critical in the face of global challenges like COVID-19 pandemic. We examined expected utility, affective characteristics, and attitudes predicted seeking behavior a sample 191 midwestern undergraduate students late 2020. Participants completed five rounds an task they read about potential gap their knowledge chose whether excerpt that could fill gap. found given round (i.e. "round-wise seeking") was by cognitive utility (i.e., reduced uncertainty). When collapsed across rounds, positively correlated with preventive behaviors trust science, also each other. Additionally, exploratory analyses regressing round-wise ratings on personality variables revealed intolerance uncertainty associated higher all three utilities. Together, these results suggest pandemic-related have been especially driven individuals relate manage uncertainty. discuss findings extant literature highlight work this area improve communication.

Language: Английский

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Perceived Risk of COVID-19 and Employee Decision-Making: How Psychological Distress during the Pandemic Increases Negative Performance Outcomes among Healthcare Workers

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(11), P. 6762 - 6762

Published: June 1, 2022

In this research, we examined how COVID-19 impacts employee decision-making and performance, knowing that virus has negatively affected public health, crippled economies, transformed social business environments across the globe. To quantitatively test our specific hypotheses regarding effects of employees’ perceived risk psychological distress on negative performance outcomes, surveyed 443 healthcare workers who were employed by a group private hospitals in Zimbabwe. These essential delivering day-to-day frontline services with high exposure to during pandemic. We find increases their disengagement, turnover intention, burnout, low morale at p < 0.05 significance level. latter relationships are mediated Our findings shed light pandemic is affecting cognitions behaviors vulnerable contagious disease. Turnover intentions amplified among employees, due resulting distress. Similarly, burnout becomes predominant as these worry about contracting coronavirus poor working conditions they face. As such, research confirms intensified precariousness work challenge managing especially for workers.

Language: Английский

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Vaccinations, Mobility and COVID-19 Transmission

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 19(1), P. 97 - 97

Published: Dec. 23, 2021

In order to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 52.4% world population had received at least one dose a vaccine at17 November 2021, but little is known about non-pharmaceutical aspect vaccination. Here we empirically examine impact vaccination on human behaviors and COVID-19 transmission via structural equation modeling. The results suggest that, from perspective, effectiveness vaccines related behaviors, in this case, mobility; slows regions where negatively mobility, such an effect not observed mobility have positive correlations. This article highlights significance realizing vaccines; even with large-scale vaccination, interventions, as social distancing, are still required contain COVID-19.

Language: Английский

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The Effects of Information-Seeking Behaviors on Risk Perception During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Survey

Psychology Research and Behavior Management, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: Volume 15, P. 1707 - 1719

Published: July 1, 2022

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus represents an ongoing public health challenge that necessitates a heightened need to understand people's risk perceptions as well their information-seeking behavior. Objective: aim of this study is explore impact different behaviors on during pandemic. Methods: We employed convenience sampling in order administer questionnaires 3048 residents Hunan Province, China. After screening for inclusion study, multiple linear regressions were then used analyze characteristics respondents' behavior perceptions. Results: From distributed 2611 included. New media (80.20%) was most frequently source information seeking, and traditional participants' trusted information. Statistics type queried respondents, approximately 30.0% them reported or all they sought negative. Approximately one five respondents more than 10 times per day. results our multivariate regression analysis showed "seeking from new ", "level trust local propaganda", "information content being about protective personal related information", "proportion negative "frequency seeking" positively associated, media" negatively associated with perception COVID-19. Conclusion: find specific types channels acquisition these channels, informational content, proportion information, frequency seeking had Keywords: behavior, perception,

Language: Английский

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The information‐seeking behavior of medical sciences students toward COVID‐19 in mass and social media: A cross‐sectional study

Health Science Reports, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 5(3)

Published: May 1, 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, college students can access health-related information on Internet to improve preventative behaviors, but they often judge merits of such and create challenges in community. The aim this study was investigate information-seeking behaviors regard among at Kerman University Medical Sciences (KUMS) with help mass social media.The present is a cross-sectional study, which conducted using an online researcher-made questionnaire. An invitation participate sent 500 KUMS, 203 were selected according inclusion criteria completed Descriptive statistics used analyze data.COVID-19 news mostly obtained through media platforms as WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, radio, television, well publications agencies. Social satellite networks BBC contained most rumors about COVID-19. Some common misconceptions regarding follows: "COVID-19 deadliest disease world," biological attack," disappears air temperature rises." In addition, virtual training provided focused "refraining from visiting holy places crowded locations markets," "observing personal hygiene refraining touching eyes, nose, mouth infected hands," "the role quarantine reducing incidence COVID-19."Our findings demonstrated that during obtain these have significant impact their willingness engage take risk seriously.

Language: Английский

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The Pandemic Fatigue and Preferences for COVID-19 Public Health and Social Measures in China: A Nationwide Discrete Choice Experiment (Preprint)

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10, P. e45840 - e45840

Published: May 15, 2024

Information on the public's preferences for current public health and social measures (PHSMs) people's mental under PHSMs is insufficient.

Language: Английский

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A model to understand COVID-19 preventive behaviors in young adults: Health locus of control and pandemic-related fear

Journal of Health Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 27(14), P. 3148 - 3163

Published: April 11, 2022

This study investigated COVID-19 preventive behaviors in young adults, exploring the predictive roles of health locus control and pandemic fear. A sample 188 Italian adults (M

Language: Английский

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