Prevalence of Face Mask Wearing in Northern Vermont in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Beckage, Brian; Buckley, Thomas E.; Beckage, Maegan E

doi:10.1177/00333549211009496

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“…Although most of the respondents show a high level of awareness, the findings suggest that there is still a lack of awareness among a handful of the populace. In accordance with the present results, previous studies have demonstrated that an awareness campaign is the best solution for better and safe use of face masks ( Beckage et al, 2021 ).…”

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Assessing face mask littering in urban environments and policy implications: The case of Bangkok

Tesfaldet

Ndeh

Budnard

et al. 2022

Science of The Total Environment

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Face mask usage is one of the preventive measures encouraged worldwide to limit the transmission of the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic. Hence, production and mass use of face masks is on the rise due to the pandemic as well as government rules that mandate citizens to wear face masks. However, the improper disposal of face masks has been polluting the environment with enormous hazardous waste. In this study, a face mask littering assessment in an urbanized environment, Bangkok, was carried out. Three streets in the city were selected and observed for face mask littering for 5 h per day for 42 days. Moreover, a questionnaire from 605 participants was recorded to determine mask handling and disposal practices. The study found a total of 170 single-use face masks within a 13.30 km path. Furthermore, the highest (40) and lowest (17) cumulative litter were recorded on Sunday and Monday, respectively. Buffer analysis at 300 m showed 47% of mask litter was found within five mass transit stations, while 15% are within a single street market. Of 605 respondents, 82.15% used a single-use face mask. Surprisingly, most of them (70.58%) disposed of used face masks in regular bins along with their household waste. The results highlight three policy implications to tackle the growing problem: raising awareness, regulation, and provision of bins designed for used face masks in strategic places and supporting innovations and research for eco-friendly face masks.

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Assessing face mask littering in urban environments and policy implications: The case of Bangkok

Tesfaldet

Ndeh

Budnard

et al. 2022

Science of The Total Environment

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“…They are also in line with the dynamics of our current and past [12] observations that a change in health-preserving behaviors is a process that occurs over time. Interestingly, the current study revealed that females were more compliant with the face mask-wearing regime (98.3% vs. 95.0%; p = 0.002), confirming the findings of previous studies [13,28]. In the setting of an epidemic, women have a crucial role in promoting preventive behaviors among their family members and social community [37].…”

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“…There are multiple possible explanations, ranging from higher risk of hospitalization, severe course, and fatal outcome of COVID-19 in the elderly [13,32] to more common adherence to the social norms in their area of residence [33]. Unsurprisingly, some publications revealed that wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic is insufficient among young adults [13,16,28,[33][34][35]. As an example, an American study by Haischer et al [13] reported that among 5517 individuals entering shops in the state of Wisconsin, only 41.5% wore masks.…”

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“…We have gathered demographic data, as well as detailed characteristics of self-reported face mask-wearing behaviors and practices, including the type of face masks used, disinfection practices, multiple uses of face masks, as well as the personal history of atopic predisposition, sensitive skin, and facial skin lesions. We intended to perform statistical analysis with a particular emphasis on sex and the presence of skin-related conditions, as previous studies revealed their associations with face mask-wearing practices and behaviors [13,17,28,29]. Data collection occurred between 1-7 October 2020, during the second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Poland.…”

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Face Mask Usage among Young Polish People during the COVID-19 Epidemic—An Evolving Scenario

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The usage of face masks has been mandated in many countries in an attempt to diminish the spread of SARS-CoV-2. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to determine face mask-wearing behaviors and practices in 1173 young Polish people during the second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in October 2020. The majority of respondents (97.4%) declared that they wore face masks in areas/situations where it is mandatory. The most common types of utilized face masks were cloth masks (47.7%) and surgical masks (47%), followed by respirators (N95/FFP3) (3.2%) and half-face elastomeric respirators (0.9%). Over 38% reported frequently disinfecting their face masks, especially females. Respondents reporting personal atopic predisposition (64.5% vs. 72.1%; p = 0.02) or sensitive skin (65.5% vs. 74.3%; p = 0.005) declared multiple use of face masks less commonly than other individuals. Individuals suffering from facial skin lesions declared disinfecting face masks more commonly (40.8% vs. 34.9%; p = 0.04). Overall, the self-declared utilization of face masks among young people in Poland has improved since the beginning of the epidemic as compared with our previous study. Until the mass vaccination of the public is achieved and government policy is changed, face mask use remains a valuable tool to decrease the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

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“…It is interesting to point out that the studies on "just wearing masks" indicate higher adherence with increasing age (Beckage et al, 2021), (MacIntyre et al, 2021. However, when it comes to adopting measures related to safely handling masks on daily basis, the younger generation does far better.…”

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Use of Face Masks in India During COVID-19 : An Exploration of the Behavioral Tendencies of Mask Users

Soni¹,

Babel²

2022

irjee

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Covid-19 has necessitated mask use to safeguard oneself from coronavirus. The mask usage and safety practices followed by the public in India are reported in this paper. Sixty per cent of the subjects purchased masks on their own while 19 per cent stitched their masks; masks were used regularly (76%) for less than 4 hours (64.22%). During the lockdown, at workplaces, masks were removed for less than 30 minutes per day. Subjects reported that safety feeling was experienced when masks were donned (87%); felt that masks were unnecessary in Covid-19 unaffected areas/cities (67 %); whilst 47 per cent admitted to pulling down masks during use. An interesting fact emerging from the study was that the younger populace adhered less conscientiously to regular mask use as opposed to the elderly; paradoxically the elderly (49 and above) were the ones to pull down masks more frequently during use than the younger ones. Amongst them, 25 per cent repeated it 1-2 times a day. It was heartening to observe that most people (89%) exercised caution during mask use. A positive significant relationship existed between age and employer modes on regular mask usage; a highly positive significant relation was seen between the employment sector and regular mask use and a negative correlation among profession and mask use. Two-way ANOVA between demographic data on type and regular mask use yielded a significant difference. A highly significant relationship between gender, employer mode, and profession on different types of safety measures; and a significant relationship between the level of education and safety measures were found.

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Prevalence of Face Mask Wearing in Northern Vermont in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 21 publications

References 16 publications

Assessing face mask littering in urban environments and policy implications: The case of Bangkok

Assessing face mask littering in urban environments and policy implications: The case of Bangkok

Face Mask Usage among Young Polish People during the COVID-19 Epidemic—An Evolving Scenario

Use of Face Masks in India During COVID-19 : An Exploration of the Behavioral Tendencies of Mask Users

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