ArticleThe Journal of infection2020
Mass masking as a way to contain COVID-19 and exit lockdown in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Knowledge and Practice of Personal Protective Measures Against COVID-19 in Africa: Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Pooled it
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- Psychological and psychosocial determinants of COVID Health Related Behaviours (COHeRe): An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- Compliance with local travel restrictions and face masks during first phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland: a national survey.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Association between Compliance with COVID-19 Restrictions and the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Poland.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Unmasking the truth: Experimental evidence of facemask compliance in Bangladesh, Kenya, and Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Modeling COVID-19 Mortality Across 44 Countries: Face Covering May Reduce Deaths.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Predictors of mask-wearing during the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from South Africa.Translational behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Factors Associated With Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures in Low-Middle- Income Countries, December 2020 to February 2021.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- Adherence to COVID-19 Prevention Measures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Results of Two Consecutive Online Surveys.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures in Mozambique: Two Consecutive Online Surveys.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil: adherence to national preventive measures and impact on people's lives, an online survey.BMC public health · 2021Article
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- When face masks signal social identity: Explaining the deep face-mask divide during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2021Article
- Assessment of adherence to public health measures and their impact on the COVID-19 outbreak in Benin Republic, West Africa.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- COVID-19 in Somalia: Adherence to Preventive Measures and Evolution of the Disease Burden.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Public Compliance with Face Mask Use in Honolulu and Regional Variation.Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare · 2020Article
- Psychology of wearing face masks to prevent transition of COVID-19.General psychiatry · 2020Article
- Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Simple Protection Tool With Many Meanings.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
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14 authors at 12 institutions in 12 countries.
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Abstract
In new guidelines published on June 5th 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that in areas with ongoing COVID-19 community transmission, governments should encourage the general public to wear face masks in specific situations and settings as part of a comprehensive approach to suppress COVID-19 transmission. Recent online surveys in 206,729 persons residing in nine low- and middle-income countries showed that 32.7%-99.7% of respondents used face masks with significant differences across age groups and sexes. Targeted health promotion strategies and government support are required to increase mask use by the general population.
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