Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States
dc.contributor.author | Iboi, Enahoro | |
dc.contributor.author | Richardson, Ariana | |
dc.contributor.author | Ruffin, Rachel | |
dc.contributor.author | Ingram, DeAndrea | |
dc.contributor.author | Clark, Jailyn | |
dc.contributor.author | Hawkins, Jala | |
dc.contributor.author | McKinney, Maati | |
dc.contributor.author | Horne, Nianza | |
dc.contributor.author | Ponder, Reyla | |
dc.contributor.author | Denton, Zoe | |
dc.contributor.author | Agusto, Folashade B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Oduro, Bismark | |
dc.contributor.author | Akinyemi, Lanre | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-05T22:30:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-05T22:30:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-03-15 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Iboi, E., Richardson, A., Ruffin, R., Ingram, D., Clark, J., Hawkins, J., McKinney, M., Horne, N., Ponder, R., Denton, Z., Agusto, F. B., Oduro, B., & Akinyemi, L. (2021). Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States. Frontiers in public health, 9, 630974. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.630974 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/32350 | |
dc.description.abstract | The coronavirus outbreak in the United States continues to pose a serious threat to human lives. Public health measures to slow down the spread of the virus involve using a face mask, social-distancing, and frequent hand washing. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a global campaign on the use of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to curtail the spread of the virus. However, the number of cases, mortality, and hospitalization continue to rise globally, including in the United States. We developed a mathematical model to assess the impact of a public health education program on the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Our simulation showed the prospect of an effective public health education program in reducing both the cumulative and daily mortality of the novel coronavirus. Finally, our result suggests the need to obey public health measures as loss of willingness would increase the cumulative and daily mortality in the United States. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Media | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2021 Iboi, Richardson, Ruffin, Ingram, Clark, Hawkins, McKinney, Horne, Ponder, Denton, Agusto, Oduro and Akinyemi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_US |
dc.subject | Public health education | en_US |
dc.subject | Non-pharmaceutical intervention | en_US |
dc.subject | Face mask | en_US |
dc.subject | Social distancing | en_US |
dc.title | Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Agusto, Folashade B. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fpubh.2021.630974 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | PMC8005517 | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |
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