Communication

In this letter to the editor, epidemiologists provide three principles of the dealing with hospital transmission of COVID-19. Based on the perspectives of epidemiological investigators of a hospital closure in Korea due to COVID-19, three principles are offered for dealing Read More

This essay focuses on the potential use of digital information for contact tracing of COVID-19 and discusses privacy and access issues as well as public good. To persuade individuals of contact tracing’s benefit, it is important to remove some of Read More

This commentary identifies attributes of successful crises leadership and proposes strategies to teach these attributes to public health leaders. Under circumstances of extreme stress, crisis leaders must recognize the crisis, make rapid decisions based on limited knowledge, communicate effectively, and Read More

This research article suggests that monitoring public conversations and news media can help public health officials make decisions. Information about the COVID-19 pandemic spread most rapidly through Twitter in Korea among individuals who used the word “coronavirus” in their tweets. Read More

This study suggests that older health care providers prefer to receive communication from public health agencies via email whereas younger providers prefer text messaging. Because there are not any current evidence-based standards to guide communication between public health agencies and Read More

This article describes evidence-based recommendations for utilizing risk communication as a powerful intervention. One of the most essential, but challenging, emergency interventions during a pandemic is risk communication. It is imperative to ensure real-time exchange of information between public health Read More

This study demonstrated the feasibility and impact of the rapidly expanding the use of telemedicine for urgent and non-urgent care visits during the COVID-19 outbreak. With virtual urgent care utilization double that of emergency room visits during the height of Read More

This letter argues that the greatest source of anxiety for health care workers is not the disagreement among personal protective equipment guidelines but instead is the lack of transparent communication surrounding those guidelines. To reduce anxiety and foster greater trust Read More

This article discusses the importance of using trusted channels of communication to present accurate, trusted information to counter circulating misinformation about COVID-19. The Internet has proven to be a powerful tool for disseminating information, misinformation, and disinformation during the COVID-19 Read More

This podcast argues that many scientists do not communicate science effectively and offers suggestions for improving communication. Oftentimes scientists assume the public shares their values about science and therefore presents scientific information in ways that may seem at odds with Read More