Incorporating Issues of Elderly Loneliness into the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Public Health Response

被引：27

作者：

Patel, Sonny S. ^{[1
,2
]}

Clark-Ginsberg, Aaron ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard TH Chan Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Global Hlth & Populat, Boston, MA USA

[2] Harvard Univ, Harvard Humanitarian Initiat, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[3] RAND Corp, Santa Monica, CA USA

来源：

DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS | 2020年 / 14卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

COVID-19; decision-making; elderly; loneliness; public health emergency response; resilience; vulnerable populations;

D O I：

10.1017/dmp.2020.145

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

As the systems that people depend on are increasingly strained by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, public health impacts are manifesting in different ways beyond morbidity and mortality for elderly populations. Loneliness is already a chief public health concern that is being made worse by COVID-19. Agencies should recognize the prevalence of loneliness among elderly populations and the impacts that their interventions have on loneliness. This letter describes several ways that loneliness can be addressed to build resilience for elderly populations as part of the public health response to COVID-19.

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页码：E13 / E14

页数：2

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