Intervening on Global Emergencies: The Value of Human Interactions for People’s Health
Literature about global emergencies and their impact on people’s health underlines the need to improve the social cohesion of human community and the availability of tools to support people and foster community interactions. This paper illustrates research aimed at describing and measuring human int...
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| author | Gian Piero Turchi Davide Bassi Marco Cavarzan Teresa Camellini Christian Moro Luisa Orrù |
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| description | Literature about global emergencies and their impact on people’s health underlines the need to improve the social cohesion of human community and the availability of tools to support people and foster community interactions. This paper illustrates research aimed at describing and measuring human interactions in the Veneto community and its changing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 50,000 text occurrences from social media and newspapers about these topics were analyzed between December 2021 and January 2022. People present themselves as members of different teams, pursuing conflicting aims, and attributing the decision-making responsibility of emergencies management exclusively to governments, without considering themselves as active parts of the community. This delegation process on citizens’ behalf can affect their health: by taking minor responsibility in handling the repercussions of these events on the community and by arguing over the most effective way to deal with them, they risk freezing and waiting for action by third parties, thus leaving mutual interactions and the promotion of their own health at a standstill. Local institutions can use these data to shape prevention policies to manage the community’s emergencies and use them as opportunities to promote public health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff2023e3e4d249b9ab68333fa313ec3f2023-11-19T09:35:03ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-09-0113973510.3390/bs13090735Intervening on Global Emergencies: The Value of Human Interactions for People’s HealthGian Piero Turchi0Davide Bassi1Marco Cavarzan2Teresa Camellini3Christian Moro4Luisa Orrù5Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology Department, University of Padova, 35139 Padua, ItalyPhilosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology Department, University of Padova, 35139 Padua, ItalyPhilosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology Department, University of Padova, 35139 Padua, ItalyPhilosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology Department, University of Padova, 35139 Padua, ItalyPhilosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology Department, University of Padova, 35139 Padua, ItalyPhilosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology Department, University of Padova, 35139 Padua, ItalyLiterature about global emergencies and their impact on people’s health underlines the need to improve the social cohesion of human community and the availability of tools to support people and foster community interactions. This paper illustrates research aimed at describing and measuring human interactions in the Veneto community and its changing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 50,000 text occurrences from social media and newspapers about these topics were analyzed between December 2021 and January 2022. People present themselves as members of different teams, pursuing conflicting aims, and attributing the decision-making responsibility of emergencies management exclusively to governments, without considering themselves as active parts of the community. This delegation process on citizens’ behalf can affect their health: by taking minor responsibility in handling the repercussions of these events on the community and by arguing over the most effective way to deal with them, they risk freezing and waiting for action by third parties, thus leaving mutual interactions and the promotion of their own health at a standstill. Local institutions can use these data to shape prevention policies to manage the community’s emergencies and use them as opportunities to promote public health.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/9/735healthemergencysocial cohesionCOVID-19text analysis |
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| title | Intervening on Global Emergencies: The Value of Human Interactions for People’s Health |
| title_full | Intervening on Global Emergencies: The Value of Human Interactions for People’s Health |
| title_fullStr | Intervening on Global Emergencies: The Value of Human Interactions for People’s Health |
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| title_short | Intervening on Global Emergencies: The Value of Human Interactions for People’s Health |
| title_sort | intervening on global emergencies the value of human interactions for people s health |
| topic | health emergency social cohesion COVID-19 text analysis |
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