Legal rights during pandemics: Federalism, rights and public health laws – a view from Australia

Bennett, Belinda

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2008.12.019

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“…Problems arise in crafting a coordinated approach to a national challenge, due to the latitude for different approaches to implementation of pandemic planning between the States/Territories, as illustrated when Queensland followed the national pandemic plan and briefly encouraged food stockpiling during the 2009 swine flu episode, before falling into line with the national view that this would unsettle the public. Federal divisions of power and responsibility are a particular issue, 16,17 as is the potential for division of approach between the two levels of government, 18 consequent on the political legacy of sovereign power of the States. The various techniques and avenues for harmonisation of laws are one way of dealing with this, 19 including consideration of options such as a checklist for each jurisdiction to use for benchmarking, consultation around elimination of more egregious forms of disharmony, a ‘model act’, referral of powers or national legislation based on federal powers 18…”

Section: Legal Preparedness In Australia and Its Regionmentioning

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Law, ethics and pandemic preparedness: the importance of cross‐jurisdictional and cross‐cultural perspectives

Bennett

Carney

2010

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Section: Legal Preparedness In Australia and Its Regionmentioning

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Law, ethics and pandemic preparedness: the importance of cross‐jurisdictional and cross‐cultural perspectives

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Carney

2010

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…There were questionnaires on socio-economic circumstances that might include some aspects of housing [18] or studies on psychological conditions relating the main characteristics of the built environment to the psychological effects of being confined for long periods of time [19]. Faced with this scenario, the impacts of this measure are cited, not only biomedical, but also social, which should be addressed from the respective fields of knowledge [20], and even legal implications, on the rights of individuals without undermining community protection [21].…”

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A Mixed Approach on Resilience of Spanish Dwellings and Households during COVID-19 Lockdown

2020

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The confinement by COVID-19 has meant a re-reading of housing for Spanish households, resulting in the only available and safe space to carry out daily activity. This complex phenomenon has generated a completely different way of inhabiting it, as well as of relating to domestic spaces. For this reason, the home perception and its characteristics must be evaluated, highlighting those perceived as deficiencies, or as preferences in such an unusual context as lockdown, where the experience was different depending on the dwelling characteristics, and the family in question. To deepen in this double perception home-dwelling, a mixed method was used, with two online forms. The first is a quantitative questionnaire, while the second asks the participants for photographs and narratives about such images. More than 1800 surveys and 785 qualitative responses were obtained. From both approaches, the joint discourse arose, allowing an exploratory analysis of the current situation of the Spanish residential park, and the resilience demonstrated in this period by both households and their usual dwellings. This study should facilitate the development of new proposals on housing in contexts similar to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…One strategy available to public health officials is physician recommendations for self-imposed isolation of infected individuals; specifically, to stay home for at least seven days. Such public health measures, however, only work if patients are willing to comply [5][6][7]. This study was undertaken during the height of the Australian pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak to measure self-reported willingness to comply with physician recommendations to stay home for seven days, and to compare responses for the current strain of pandemic influenza, avian influenza (H5N1), seasonal influenza, and the common cold.…”

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Self-reported anticipated compliance with physician advice to stay home during pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Results from the 2009 Queensland Social Survey

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BackgroundOne strategy available to public health officials during a pandemic is physician recommendations for isolation of infected individuals. This study was undertaken during the height of the Australian pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak to measure self-reported willingness to comply with physician recommendations to stay home for seven days, and to compare responses for the current strain of pandemic influenza, avian influenza, seasonal influenza, and the common cold.MethodsData were collected as part of the Queensland Social Survey (QSS) 2009, which consisted of a standardized introduction, 37 demographic questions, and research questions incorporated through a cost-sharing arrangement. Four questions related to respondents' anticipated compliance with a physician's advice to stay home if they had a common cold, seasonal influenza, pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza or avian influenza were incorporated into QSS 2009, with responses recorded using a balanced Likert scale ranging from "very unlikely" to "very likely." Discordance between responses for different diseases was analysed using McNemar's test. Associations between demographic variables and anticipated compliance were analysed using Pearson's chi-square or chi-square for linear-by-linear association, and confirmed using multivariate logistic regression; p < 0.05 was used to establish statistical significance.ResultsSelf-reported anticipated compliance increased from 59.9% for the common cold to 71.3% for seasonal influenza (p < .001), and to 95.0% for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza and 94.7% for avian influenza (p < 0.001 for both versus seasonal influenza). Anticipated compliance did not differ for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and avian influenza (p = 0.815). Age and sex were both associated with anticipated compliance in the setting of seasonal influenza and the common cold. Notably, 27.1% of health and community service workers would not comply with physician advice to stay home for seasonal influenza.ConclusionsNinety-five percent of people report they would comply with a physicians' advice to stay home for seven days if they are diagnosed with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 or avian influenza, but only 71% can be expected to comply in the setting of seasonal influenza and fewer still can be expected to comply if they are diagnosed with a common cold. Sub-populations that might be worthwhile targets for public health messages aimed at increasing the rate of self-imposed isolation for seasonal influenza include males, younger people, and healthcare workers.

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Legal rights during pandemics: Federalism, rights and public health laws – a view from Australia

Cited by 9 publications

References 19 publications

Law, ethics and pandemic preparedness: the importance of cross‐jurisdictional and cross‐cultural perspectives

Law, ethics and pandemic preparedness: the importance of cross‐jurisdictional and cross‐cultural perspectives

A Mixed Approach on Resilience of Spanish Dwellings and Households during COVID-19 Lockdown

Self-reported anticipated compliance with physician advice to stay home during pandemic (H1N1) 2009: Results from the 2009 Queensland Social Survey

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