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Emerging Practices that show potential to achieve desirable public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting and produce early results that are consistent with the objectives of the activities and thus indicate effectiveness.
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Evaluation Report
This resource presents closing down portions of major streets to give people more space to walk or cycle safely during the COVID-19 pandemic as a health promotion strategy. Evaluators found that Toronto residents supported and utilized the closures, helping them become more active and introducing more diverse populations to cycling. There was high support for continued road closures even after the pandemic, with very few issues surrounding the closures.
Emerging Practices that show potential to achieve desirable public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting and produce early results that are consistent with the objectives of the activities and thus indicate effectiveness.
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Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis
This article described a systematic analysis of various telehealth interventions designed to increase access to mental health services for ethnic minority and Indigenous peoples. The review included 58 articles of interventions culturally tailored to the following populations: Indigenous, African American, Hispanic/Latino, Chinese, and Korean populations. Some key themes included community involvement, quality service delivery, enhanced access and rapport, and multi-organizational partnerships.
Emerging Practices that show potential to achieve desirable public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting and produce early results that are consistent with the objectives of the activities and thus indicate effectiveness.
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Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis
This article presents the results of a rapid review of community engagement strategies used in response to three recent epidemics, Ebola, Zika, and H1N1. The review included 32 studies representing 37 initiatives as well as 11 guideline articles, included for reference and context purposes. Facilitators and barriers to implementing equitable community interventions are described, in addition to best practices and a discussion of how prior lessons learned can be implemented for COVID-19.
Emerging Practices that show potential to achieve desirable public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting and produce early results that are consistent with the objectives of the activities and thus indicate effectiveness.
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Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis
This is a list of recommendations based on a review of the literature focusing on promoting health equity in the delivery of virtual care. The authors conducted a narrative review of literature on health equity and virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic published in 2020, describing strategies that have been proposed in the literature at three levels: (1) policy and government, (2) organizations and health systems, and (3) communities and patients. They discuss three strategies for promoting health equity through virtual care: (1) simplifying complex interfaces and workflows, (2) using supportive intermediaries, and (3) creating mechanisms through which marginalized community members can provide immediate input into the planning and delivery of virtual care.
Best Practices that show evidence of effectiveness in improving public health outcomes when implemented in multiple real-life settings, as indicated by achievement of aims consistent with the objectives of the activities.
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Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis
This article summarizes the factors that place incarcerated people at high risk for COVID-19 infection and the effective strategies to reduce transmission and complications due to COVID-19, informed by other infectious disease outbreaks. The authors highlight the role of interagency collaboration, health communication, screening for contagious diseases, restriction, isolation and quarantine, contact tracing, immunisation programmes, epidemiological surveillance, and prison-specific guidelines in managing any outbreaks.
Emerging Practices that show potential to achieve desirable public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting and produce early results that are consistent with the objectives of the activities and thus indicate effectiveness.
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Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis
This article summarizes considerations for COVID-19 prevention among migrant workers in meat processing plants. They review evidence on vaccinations, air filtration, masking, and other approaches.
Best Practices that show evidence of effectiveness in improving public health outcomes when implemented in multiple real-life settings, as indicated by achievement of aims consistent with the objectives of the activities.
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Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis
This article was a literature review and meta-analysis on the evidence for prevention strategies to limit the spread of COVID-19 and other coronaviruses, such as the ones that cause SARS and MERS. The review included data from 172 studies in 16 countries to identify evidence-based preventive strategies. The study emphasizes the importance of using face masks, eye protection, physical distancing, and contact tracing.
Best Practices that show evidence of effectiveness in improving public health outcomes when implemented in multiple real-life settings, as indicated by achievement of aims consistent with the objectives of the activities.
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Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis
This source reviews how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected children and families, and gives recommendations on how these families and surrounding stakeholders can better support them. This includes ensuring age-appropriate information is available for parents and children, supporting childcare needs, collaborating with schools or trusted community institutions, and creating policies that support overall health, safety, and wellbeing as the pandemic continues on.
Best Practices that show evidence of effectiveness in improving public health outcomes when implemented in multiple real-life settings, as indicated by achievement of aims consistent with the objectives of the activities.
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Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis
This article provides a systematic review of 22 studies focusing on mobile health apps for COVID-19 which were selected from PubMed, Scopus, and the WHO global research database. Intervention components, study designs, and outcomes/findings are presented in table format in addition to a discussion of main findings across all studies.
Promising Practices that show evidence of effectiveness in improving public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting, as indicated by achievement of aims consistent with the objectives of the activities, and are suitable for adaptation by other communities.
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Evaluation Report
This article examines the effects of pandemic-related eviction moratoria on household spending, food insecurity, and mental stress. The authors found that eviction moratoria reduced food insecurity and mental stress (as reported in the Census Household Pulse Survey), particularly among African American households. Results were corroborated using search query data from Google.