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Article: Importance of face masks for COVID-19: a call for effective public education
Title | Importance of face masks for COVID-19: a call for effective public education |
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Keywords | COVID-19 face masks misconception public health effective education |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/cid/ |
Citation | Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020, v. 2020-07-02 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Considerable debates about the general community use of face masks for protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stemmed out from differing views taken by health authorities. Misconceptions and stigmatization towards the use of face masks may hinder the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic. We address this previous debate by analyzing the advice on the community use of masks across different credible health authorities: countries that promoted the use of masks acknowledged that masks are effective but also explained the importance of their proper use along with other hygiene measures. In contrast, authorities that recommended against the community use of masks mainly cited shortage of supplies, the argument that the public do not have the adequate skills to wear them, or that wearing masks might reduce compliance with other important behaviors. We suggest promoting effective behavioral changes in personal protective measures by teaching microbiological knowledge instead of just listing out the “do’s-and-don’ts.” |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/284473 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 8.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.308 |
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dc.contributor.author | Tso, RV | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cowling, BJ | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-07T08:58:07Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-07T08:58:07Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020, v. 2020-07-02 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1058-4838 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/284473 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Considerable debates about the general community use of face masks for protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stemmed out from differing views taken by health authorities. Misconceptions and stigmatization towards the use of face masks may hinder the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic. We address this previous debate by analyzing the advice on the community use of masks across different credible health authorities: countries that promoted the use of masks acknowledged that masks are effective but also explained the importance of their proper use along with other hygiene measures. In contrast, authorities that recommended against the community use of masks mainly cited shortage of supplies, the argument that the public do not have the adequate skills to wear them, or that wearing masks might reduce compliance with other important behaviors. We suggest promoting effective behavioral changes in personal protective measures by teaching microbiological knowledge instead of just listing out the “do’s-and-don’ts.” | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/cid/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Clinical Infectious Diseases | - |
dc.rights | Pre-print: Journal Title] ©: [year] [owner as specified on the article] Published by Oxford University Press [on behalf of xxxxxx]. All rights reserved. Pre-print (Once an article is published, preprint notice should be amended to): This is an electronic version of an article published in [include the complete citation information for the final version of the Article as published in the print edition of the Journal.] Post-print: This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in [insert journal title] following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version [insert complete citation information here] is available online at: xxxxxxx [insert URL that the author will receive upon publication here]. | - |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | - |
dc.subject | face masks | - |
dc.subject | misconception | - |
dc.subject | public health | - |
dc.subject | effective education | - |
dc.title | Importance of face masks for COVID-19: a call for effective public education | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Cowling, BJ: bcowling@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Cowling, BJ=rp01326 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/cid/ciaa593 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 32614045 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC7337661 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85096508533 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 312191 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 2020-07-02 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000595479200026 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1058-4838 | - |