Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States
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...
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| author | Enahoro Iboi Ariana Richardson Rachel Ruffin DeAndrea Ingram Jailyn Clark Jala Hawkins Maati McKinney Nianza Horne Reyla Ponder Zoe Denton Folashade B. Agusto Bismark Oduro Lanre Akinyemi |
| author_facet | Enahoro Iboi Ariana Richardson Rachel Ruffin DeAndrea Ingram Jailyn Clark Jala Hawkins Maati McKinney Nianza Horne Reyla Ponder Zoe Denton Folashade B. Agusto Bismark Oduro Lanre Akinyemi |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-143e20d8c92f4350bf56c7952973a81b2022-12-21T20:22:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652021-03-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.630974630974Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United StatesEnahoro Iboi0Ariana Richardson1Rachel Ruffin2DeAndrea Ingram3Jailyn Clark4Jala Hawkins5Maati McKinney6Nianza Horne7Reyla Ponder8Zoe Denton9Folashade B. Agusto10Bismark Oduro11Lanre Akinyemi12Department of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Prairie View A& M University, Prairie View, TX, United StatesThe 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.630974/fullCOVID-19public health educationnon-pharmaceutical interventionface masksocial distancing |
| spellingShingle | Enahoro Iboi Ariana Richardson Rachel Ruffin DeAndrea Ingram Jailyn Clark Jala Hawkins Maati McKinney Nianza Horne Reyla Ponder Zoe Denton Folashade B. Agusto Bismark Oduro Lanre Akinyemi Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States Frontiers in Public Health COVID-19 public health education non-pharmaceutical intervention face mask social distancing |
| title | Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States |
| title_full | Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States |
| title_short | Impact of Public Health Education Program on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak in the United States |
| title_sort | impact of public health education program on the novel coronavirus outbreak in the united states |
| topic | COVID-19 public health education non-pharmaceutical intervention face mask social distancing |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.630974/full |
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