Alsaqqa Hatem H
Deanship of Scientific Research, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Accreditation and License Unit, Ministry of Health, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2022 Sep 6;15:1683-1693. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S365233. eCollection 2022.
The goal of this study was to look at the impact of different components of COVID-19 on the development of a public health culture during the COVID-19 pandemic. Culture is largely acknowledged to have the greatest and most profound influence on many aspects of human and group behavior. Culture is the process of integration that distinguishes members of one group or category of people through others; in other words, culture is the operating system of the communities, cultural nuances among societies cause people to demonstrate different behavioral patterns in the face of events. However, the cultural differences of each community make it impossible to apply these metrics universally. Observing the impact of countries' cultural traits in the fight against outbreaks is one area where social scientists have not put much attention. As a result, this study demonstrates how cultural shifts affect their fight against outbreaks and public health challenges. The human response to COVID-19 is likely to be influenced by country culture and how (and when) overcome will be determined by it. Cultural ideas and assumptions should be assessed as part of public health interventions. These interventions should indeed be addressed at the societal level to stimulate awareness and participation while also guaranteeing culturally relevant events. Healthcare practitioners should emphasize public health exertions on culturally relevant forms of instruction, prevention, behavior and follow-up for successful pandemic management, effective screening, and diagnosis in infected individuals. Public health professionals must recognize the significance of this and learn to use communication messaging and guidelines, which must be culturally acceptable and context-dependent rather than merely grounded on medical methodologies, as was the case in many countries with COVID-19 management.
本研究的目的是考察2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的不同组成部分对COVID-19大流行期间公共卫生文化发展的影响。文化在很大程度上被认为对人类和群体行为的许多方面具有最大和最深远的影响。文化是一种整合过程,它通过区分一个群体或一类人与其他群体或人的差异来界定该群体或人的成员;换句话说,文化是社区的操作系统,社会之间的文化细微差别导致人们在面对事件时表现出不同的行为模式。然而,每个社区的文化差异使得这些指标无法普遍适用。观察各国文化特征在抗击疫情中的影响是社会科学家关注较少的一个领域。因此,本研究展示了文化转变如何影响他们抗击疫情和应对公共卫生挑战的方式。人类对COVID-19的反应可能会受到国家文化的影响,而如何(以及何时)克服这一影响将由国家文化决定。文化观念和假设应作为公共卫生干预措施的一部分进行评估。这些干预措施确实应该在社会层面上进行,以提高意识和促进参与,同时确保与文化相关的活动。医疗从业者应强调在与文化相关的指导、预防、行为和后续跟进等形式上开展公共卫生工作,以实现对大流行的成功管理、对感染者进行有效的筛查和诊断。公共卫生专业人员必须认识到这一点的重要性,并学会使用沟通信息和指南,这些信息和指南必须在文化上是可接受的且依赖于具体情境,而不仅仅基于医学方法,许多国家在COVID-19管理方面就是如此。