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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Review 2022 Netherlands EnglishPublisher:Frontiers Media S.A. Publicly fundedPires, Sara Monteiro; Wyper, Grant M.A.; Wengler, Annelene; Peñalvo, José L.; Haneef, Romana; Moran, Declan; Cuschieri, Sarah; Redondo, Hernan G.; De Pauw, Robby; McDonald, Scott A.; Moon, Lynelle; Shedrawy, Jad; Pallari, Elena; Charalampous, Periklis; Devleesschauwer, Brecht; Von Der Lippe, Elena;Objectives: Quantifying the combined impact of morbidity and mortality is a key enabler to assessing the impact of COVID-19 across countries and within countries relative to other diseases, regions, or demographics. Differences in methods, data sources, and definitions of mortality due to COVID-19 may hamper comparisons. We describe efforts to support countries in estimating the national-level burden of COVID-19 using disability-adjusted life years. Methods: The European Burden of Disease Network developed a consensus methodology, as well as a range of capacity-building activities to support burden of COVID-19 studies. These activities have supported 11 national studies so far, with study periods between January 2020 and December 2021. Results: National studies dealt with various data gaps and different assumptions were made to face knowledge gaps. Still, they delivered broadly comparable results that allow for interpretation of consistencies, as well as differences in the quantified direct health impact of the pandemic. Discussion: Harmonized efforts and methodologies have allowed for comparable estimates and communication of results. Future studies should evaluate the impact of interventions, and unravel the indirect health impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 EnglishPublisher:Frontiers Media S.A. Joseph Ollier; Simon Neff; Christine Dworschak; Arber Sejdiji; Prabhakaran Santhanam; Roman Keller; Grace Xiao; Alina Asisof; Dominik Rüegger; Caterina Bérubé; Lena Hilfiker Tomas; Joël Neff; Jiali Yao; Aishah Alattas; Veronica Varela-Mato; Amanda Pitkethly; Mª Dolores Vara; Mª Dolores Vara; Rocío Herrero; Rocío Herrero; Rosa Mª Baños; Rosa Mª Baños; Rosa Mª Baños; Carolina Parada; Rajashree Sundaram Agatheswaran; Victor Villalobos; Olivia Clare Keller; Olivia Clare Keller; Wai Sze Chan; Varun Mishra; Nicholas Jacobson; Catherine Stanger; Xinming He; Viktor von Wyl; Viktor von Wyl; Steffi Weidt; Severin Haug; Michael Schaub; Birgit Kleim; Jürgen Barth; Claudia Witt; Urte Scholz; Urte Scholz; Elgar Fleisch; Elgar Fleisch; Elgar Fleisch; Florian von Wangenheim; Florian von Wangenheim; Lorainne Tudor Car; Lorainne Tudor Car; Falk Müller-Riemenschneider; Falk Müller-Riemenschneider; Sandra Hauser-Ulrich; Alejandra Núñez Asomoza; Alicia Salamanca-Sanabria; Jacqueline Louise Mair; Tobias Kowatsch; Tobias Kowatsch; Tobias Kowatsch;Background: The current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is an emergency on a global scale, with huge swathes of the population required to remain indoors for prolonged periods to tackle the virus. In this new context, individuals' health-promoting routines are under greater strain, contributing to poorer mental and physical health. Additionally, individuals are required to keep up to date with latest health guidelines about the virus, which may be confusing in an age of social-media disinformation and shifting guidelines. To tackle these factors, we developed Elena+, a smartphone-based and conversational agent (CA) delivered pandemic lifestyle care intervention.Methods: Elena+ utilizes varied intervention components to deliver a psychoeducation-focused coaching program on the topics of: COVID-19 information, physical activity, mental health (anxiety, loneliness, mental resources), sleep and diet and nutrition. Over 43 subtopics, a CA guides individuals through content and tracks progress over time, such as changes in health outcome assessments per topic, alongside user-set behavioral intentions and user-reported actual behaviors. Ratings of the usage experience, social demographics and the user profile are also captured. Elena+ is available for public download on iOS and Android devices in English, European Spanish and Latin American Spanish with future languages and launch countries planned, and no limits on planned recruitment. Panel data methods will be used to track user progress over time in subsequent analyses. The Elena+ intervention is open-source under the Apache 2 license (MobileCoach software) and the Creative Commons 4.0 license CC BY-NC-SA (intervention logic and content), allowing future collaborations; such as cultural adaptions, integration of new sensor-related features or the development of new topics.Discussion: Digital health applications offer a low-cost and scalable route to meet challenges to public health. As Elena+ was developed by an international and interdisciplinary team in a short time frame to meet the COVID-19 pandemic, empirical data are required to discern how effective such solutions can be in meeting real world, emergent health crises. Additionally, clustering Elena+ users based on characteristics and usage behaviors could help public health practitioners understand how population-level digital health interventions can reach at-risk and sub-populations.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 EnglishPublisher:Frontiers Media S.A. Authors: Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Aurélie Binot; +25 AuthorsMichel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Aurélie Binot; John Ward; Alexandre Caron; Alexandre Caron; Arthur Perrotton; Arthur Perrotton; Helen Ross; Hoa Tran Quoc; Hugo Valls-Fox; Hugo Valls-Fox; Iain J. Gordon; Iain J. Gordon; Iain J. Gordon; Iain J. Gordon; Panomsak Promburom; Rico Ancog; Richard Anthony Kock; Serge Morand; Serge Morand; Véronique Chevalier; Véronique Chevalier; Will Allen; Waraphon Phimpraphai; Raphaël Duboz; Raphaël Duboz; Pierre Echaubard;The past two decades have seen an accumulation of theoretical and empirical evidence for the interlinkages between human health and well-being, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and agriculture. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the devastating impacts that an emerging pathogen, of animal origin, can have on human societies and economies. A number of scholars have called for the wider adoption of “One Health integrated approaches” to better prevent, and respond to, the threats of emerging zoonotic diseases. However, there are theoretical and practical challenges that have precluded the full development and practical implementation of this approach. Whilst integrated approaches to health are increasingly adopting a social-ecological system framework (SES), the lack of clarity in framing the key concept of resilience in health contexts remains a major barrier to its implementation by scientists and practitioners. We propose an operational framework, based on a transdisciplinary definition of Socio-Ecological System Health (SESH) that explicitly links health and ecosystem management with the resilience of SES, and the adaptive capacity of the actors and agents within SES, to prevent and cope with emerging health and environmental risks. We focus on agricultural transitions that play a critical role in disease emergence and biodiversity conservation, to illustrate the proposed participatory framework to frame and co-design SESH interventions. Finally, we highlight critical changes that are needed from researchers, policy makers and donors, in order to engage communities and other stakeholders involved in the management of their own health and that of the underpinning ecosystems.
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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Review 2022 Netherlands EnglishPublisher:Frontiers Media S.A. Publicly fundedPires, Sara Monteiro; Wyper, Grant M.A.; Wengler, Annelene; Peñalvo, José L.; Haneef, Romana; Moran, Declan; Cuschieri, Sarah; Redondo, Hernan G.; De Pauw, Robby; McDonald, Scott A.; Moon, Lynelle; Shedrawy, Jad; Pallari, Elena; Charalampous, Periklis; Devleesschauwer, Brecht; Von Der Lippe, Elena;Objectives: Quantifying the combined impact of morbidity and mortality is a key enabler to assessing the impact of COVID-19 across countries and within countries relative to other diseases, regions, or demographics. Differences in methods, data sources, and definitions of mortality due to COVID-19 may hamper comparisons. We describe efforts to support countries in estimating the national-level burden of COVID-19 using disability-adjusted life years. Methods: The European Burden of Disease Network developed a consensus methodology, as well as a range of capacity-building activities to support burden of COVID-19 studies. These activities have supported 11 national studies so far, with study periods between January 2020 and December 2021. Results: National studies dealt with various data gaps and different assumptions were made to face knowledge gaps. Still, they delivered broadly comparable results that allow for interpretation of consistencies, as well as differences in the quantified direct health impact of the pandemic. Discussion: Harmonized efforts and methodologies have allowed for comparable estimates and communication of results. Future studies should evaluate the impact of interventions, and unravel the indirect health impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 EnglishPublisher:Frontiers Media S.A. Joseph Ollier; Simon Neff; Christine Dworschak; Arber Sejdiji; Prabhakaran Santhanam; Roman Keller; Grace Xiao; Alina Asisof; Dominik Rüegger; Caterina Bérubé; Lena Hilfiker Tomas; Joël Neff; Jiali Yao; Aishah Alattas; Veronica Varela-Mato; Amanda Pitkethly; Mª Dolores Vara; Mª Dolores Vara; Rocío Herrero; Rocío Herrero; Rosa Mª Baños; Rosa Mª Baños; Rosa Mª Baños; Carolina Parada; Rajashree Sundaram Agatheswaran; Victor Villalobos; Olivia Clare Keller; Olivia Clare Keller; Wai Sze Chan; Varun Mishra; Nicholas Jacobson; Catherine Stanger; Xinming He; Viktor von Wyl; Viktor von Wyl; Steffi Weidt; Severin Haug; Michael Schaub; Birgit Kleim; Jürgen Barth; Claudia Witt; Urte Scholz; Urte Scholz; Elgar Fleisch; Elgar Fleisch; Elgar Fleisch; Florian von Wangenheim; Florian von Wangenheim; Lorainne Tudor Car; Lorainne Tudor Car; Falk Müller-Riemenschneider; Falk Müller-Riemenschneider; Sandra Hauser-Ulrich; Alejandra Núñez Asomoza; Alicia Salamanca-Sanabria; Jacqueline Louise Mair; Tobias Kowatsch; Tobias Kowatsch; Tobias Kowatsch;Background: The current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is an emergency on a global scale, with huge swathes of the population required to remain indoors for prolonged periods to tackle the virus. In this new context, individuals' health-promoting routines are under greater strain, contributing to poorer mental and physical health. Additionally, individuals are required to keep up to date with latest health guidelines about the virus, which may be confusing in an age of social-media disinformation and shifting guidelines. To tackle these factors, we developed Elena+, a smartphone-based and conversational agent (CA) delivered pandemic lifestyle care intervention.Methods: Elena+ utilizes varied intervention components to deliver a psychoeducation-focused coaching program on the topics of: COVID-19 information, physical activity, mental health (anxiety, loneliness, mental resources), sleep and diet and nutrition. Over 43 subtopics, a CA guides individuals through content and tracks progress over time, such as changes in health outcome assessments per topic, alongside user-set behavioral intentions and user-reported actual behaviors. Ratings of the usage experience, social demographics and the user profile are also captured. Elena+ is available for public download on iOS and Android devices in English, European Spanish and Latin American Spanish with future languages and launch countries planned, and no limits on planned recruitment. Panel data methods will be used to track user progress over time in subsequent analyses. The Elena+ intervention is open-source under the Apache 2 license (MobileCoach software) and the Creative Commons 4.0 license CC BY-NC-SA (intervention logic and content), allowing future collaborations; such as cultural adaptions, integration of new sensor-related features or the development of new topics.Discussion: Digital health applications offer a low-cost and scalable route to meet challenges to public health. As Elena+ was developed by an international and interdisciplinary team in a short time frame to meet the COVID-19 pandemic, empirical data are required to discern how effective such solutions can be in meeting real world, emergent health crises. Additionally, clustering Elena+ users based on characteristics and usage behaviors could help public health practitioners understand how population-level digital health interventions can reach at-risk and sub-populations.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 EnglishPublisher:Frontiers Media S.A. Authors: Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Aurélie Binot; +25 AuthorsMichel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky; Aurélie Binot; John Ward; Alexandre Caron; Alexandre Caron; Arthur Perrotton; Arthur Perrotton; Helen Ross; Hoa Tran Quoc; Hugo Valls-Fox; Hugo Valls-Fox; Iain J. Gordon; Iain J. Gordon; Iain J. Gordon; Iain J. Gordon; Panomsak Promburom; Rico Ancog; Richard Anthony Kock; Serge Morand; Serge Morand; Véronique Chevalier; Véronique Chevalier; Will Allen; Waraphon Phimpraphai; Raphaël Duboz; Raphaël Duboz; Pierre Echaubard;The past two decades have seen an accumulation of theoretical and empirical evidence for the interlinkages between human health and well-being, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and agriculture. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the devastating impacts that an emerging pathogen, of animal origin, can have on human societies and economies. A number of scholars have called for the wider adoption of “One Health integrated approaches” to better prevent, and respond to, the threats of emerging zoonotic diseases. However, there are theoretical and practical challenges that have precluded the full development and practical implementation of this approach. Whilst integrated approaches to health are increasingly adopting a social-ecological system framework (SES), the lack of clarity in framing the key concept of resilience in health contexts remains a major barrier to its implementation by scientists and practitioners. We propose an operational framework, based on a transdisciplinary definition of Socio-Ecological System Health (SESH) that explicitly links health and ecosystem management with the resilience of SES, and the adaptive capacity of the actors and agents within SES, to prevent and cope with emerging health and environmental risks. We focus on agricultural transitions that play a critical role in disease emergence and biodiversity conservation, to illustrate the proposed participatory framework to frame and co-design SESH interventions. Finally, we highlight critical changes that are needed from researchers, policy makers and donors, in order to engage communities and other stakeholders involved in the management of their own health and that of the underpinning ecosystems.
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