COVID-19 contact tracing apps: UK public perceptions

Providing Safe and Effective Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the UK – Changing Strategies

Title: Public perceptions of the UK marine environment

The damaging effects of human activities on marine ecosystems suggest that a major shift is required in the way marine resources and systems are viewed and used by individuals. Identifying how to engage society in this shift is an ongoing debate. This includes strengthening the positive connections between society and the sea. Currently, the major focus of research in this area is on coastal ar...

Perceptions of success of a local UK public health collaborative†

Summary Successful public health initiatives require multi-sector collaboration. AVONet was a UK collaborative developed to provide evidence-based strategies for active ageing. This study explored the success of AVONet in the achievement of its objectives as perceived by all partners. A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was employed, utilizing a quantitative survey and qualitative semi-s...

A contact-tracing procedure.

The increase in the number of new cases of gonorrhoea and the apparent expansion of the reservoir of carriers of the disease have directed attention to the need for reviewing contact-tracing techniques. To obtain the opinions of others on this subject, a *questionnaire was sent to the physicians-in-charge of 205 special treatment centres in England in April 1962. From the replies received, it w...

Contact tracing and disease control.

Contact tracing, followed by treatment or isolation, is a key control measure in the battle against infectious diseases. It is an extreme form of locally targeted control, and as such has the potential to be highly efficient when dealing with low numbers of cases. For this reason it is frequently used to combat sexually transmitted diseases and new invading pathogens. Accurate modelling of cont...