ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2023
Long Covid: conceptualizing the challenges for public health.
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- Effectiveness of probiotics on COVID-19 prevention and treatment against mild COVID-19 in outpatient care: A systematic review.Nutrition and health · 2026Pooled it
- Understanding how social determinants of health shape Long COVID outcomes: a rapid review of evidence.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Pooled it
- Health Inequalities in Crisis Times: Questions for Global Health Governance.International journal of social determinants of health and health services · 2026Article
- Anxiety symptoms as the central node: a network analysis of mental health sequelae in a post-COVID-19 national sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Participant engagement in a national longitudinal study of COVID-19: Insights from the INSPIRE study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors influencing long COVID among primary healthcare workers after epidemic control policy adjustment in Jiangsu, China.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Using co-design methods to develop new personalised support for people living with Long Covid: The 'LISTEN' intervention.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Pre-Infection Nutritional Status, Oxidative Stress, and One-Year-Long COVID Persistence in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: A Prospective Cohort Study.Clinics and practice · 2024Article
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- Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Therapy of COVID-19: Summarizing the Results of 2022.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Advancing the Management of Long COVID by Integrating into Health Informatics Domain: Current and Future Perspectives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundLong Covid has caused significant disruption to public services, economies and population health worldwide, but no single public health approach has proven effective in its management. This essay was the winning entry for the Faculty of Public Health's Sir John Brotherston Prize 2022.
methodsIn this essay, I synthesize existing literature on public health policy in long Covid, and discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by long Covid for the public health profession. The utility of specialist clinics and community care, in the UK and internationally, is examined, as well as key outstanding issues relating to evidence generation, health inequality and defining long Covid. I then use this information to inform a simple conceptual model.
resultsThe generated conceptual model integrates community- and population-level interventions; key areas of identified policy need at both levels include ensuring equitable access to long Covid care, developing screening programmes for high-risk populations, co-production of research and clinical services with patients, and using interventions to generate evidence.
conclusionsSignificant challenges remain in the management of long Covid from a public health policy perspective. Multidisciplinary community-level and population-level interventions should be employed with a view to achieving an equitable and scalable model of care.
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