The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020
Objective: The main objective was to examine, how European Schools of Public Health (SPHs) responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through 2020, across the main activity domains of the SPHs.Methods: A cross-sectional survey based on an online questionnaire concerning the anti-COVID-19 activities from 1st...
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| author | Ariane Bauernfeind Anders Foldspang Alberto Fernandez-Ajuria Robert Otok John Middleton John Middleton |
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| description | Objective: The main objective was to examine, how European Schools of Public Health (SPHs) responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through 2020, across the main activity domains of the SPHs.Methods: A cross-sectional survey based on an online questionnaire concerning the anti-COVID-19 activities from 1st March to 31st October 2020 of the 117 members of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER). The questionnaire asked about 33 sub-themes within the four main themes of teaching, health communication to the public, research, and consultancy/advice.Results: Fifty-nine SPHs (50%) completed the questionnaire. Seventy-nine per cent of participants were involved in COVID-19 related teaching; health communication to the public, 76%; research, 80%; consultancy/advice, 81%. Eight out of ten participants had been involved in all of the four main themes.Conclusion: The study demonstrated a substantial body of COVID-19 related work by SPHs in Europe, and an outstanding potential to deliver crucial knowledge and skills to support the governance and the public health systems necessary to combat COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09a44015f8e342919cafaaf6a52a3bf22022-12-21T22:37:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642021-10-016610.3389/ijph.2021.16041381604138The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020Ariane Bauernfeind0Anders Foldspang1Alberto Fernandez-Ajuria2Robert Otok3John Middleton4John Middleton5Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, SpainDepartment of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkAndalusian School of Public Health, Granada, SpainAssociation of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, BelgiumAssociation of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, BelgiumFaculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United KingdomObjective: The main objective was to examine, how European Schools of Public Health (SPHs) responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through 2020, across the main activity domains of the SPHs.Methods: A cross-sectional survey based on an online questionnaire concerning the anti-COVID-19 activities from 1st March to 31st October 2020 of the 117 members of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER). The questionnaire asked about 33 sub-themes within the four main themes of teaching, health communication to the public, research, and consultancy/advice.Results: Fifty-nine SPHs (50%) completed the questionnaire. Seventy-nine per cent of participants were involved in COVID-19 related teaching; health communication to the public, 76%; research, 80%; consultancy/advice, 81%. Eight out of ten participants had been involved in all of the four main themes.Conclusion: The study demonstrated a substantial body of COVID-19 related work by SPHs in Europe, and an outstanding potential to deliver crucial knowledge and skills to support the governance and the public health systems necessary to combat COVID-19.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604138/fullpublic healthCOVID - 19researcheducationcommunication |
| spellingShingle | Ariane Bauernfeind Anders Foldspang Alberto Fernandez-Ajuria Robert Otok John Middleton John Middleton The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020 International Journal of Public Health public health COVID - 19 research education communication |
| title | The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020 |
| title_full | The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020 |
| title_fullStr | The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020 |
| title_short | The Role of European Schools and University Departments of Public Health in the 2020 COVID-19 Response, European Region, 2020 |
| title_sort | role of european schools and university departments of public health in the 2020 covid 19 response european region 2020 |
| topic | public health COVID - 19 research education communication |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604138/full |
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