Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: quantifying the practice in Michigan – a “hotspot state” early in the pandemic – using a volunteer-based online survey

Cassidy‐Bushrow, Andrea E.; Baseer, Mohammed Abdul; Kippen, Karen Elizabeth; Levin, Albert M.; Li, Jia; Loveless, Ian; Poisson, Laila; Schultz, Lonni; Wegienka, Ganesa; Zhou, Yueren; Johnson, Christine Cole

doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10287-w

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“…The online survey approach removes the interviewer bias and allows for comprehensive geographical coverage across India (Evans and Mathur, 2005; Ilieva et al , 2002). In addition, the digital data collection method was most appropriate amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as the COVID-19 protocols could not permit field surveys at difficult times (Cassidy-Bushrow et al , 2021; Lefever et al , 2007).…”

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Examining the antecedents and consequences of pricing capability: evidence from SMEs

Ranjan

Nayak

2022

JBIM

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to highlight the need for developing pricing capability (PC) for business-to-business firms to effectively manage and execute the pricing activities in the organization and succeed in a competitive market. Using the firms’ resource-based view, organizational learning theory and organizational capabilities literature, this study develops a conceptual framework in which market-focused learning and firm innovativeness are potential antecedents of PC and pricing value and business performance (BP) are consequences. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted an online e-mail-based survey to collect primary cross-sectional data from the 127 Indian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The partial least squares structural equation modeling technique was used to empirically validate a conceptual framework as well as the research hypotheses. Findings The findings indicate that market-focused learning and firm innovativeness have a substantial influence on PC, which in turn positively affects both pricing value and BP. Moreover, pricing value demonstrates a partial mediating effect on the link between PC and BP. Research limitations/implications This research has certain limitations, namely, using cross-sectional data and limited sample size. More empirical research on the antecedents of PC is required. Practical implications The empirical findings enlighten the SMEs on the significance of developing specialized PC in delivering superior pricing value to customers and achieving greater BP. Originality/value The existing literature lacks empirical data on the development and antecedents of PC, particularly in the SME context. The current study empirically examines the impact of market-focused learning and firm innovativeness on PC.

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Examining the antecedents and consequences of pricing capability: evidence from SMEs

Ranjan

Nayak

2022

JBIM

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“…24 Respondents were asked questions regarding their pandemic hygiene practice from the previous month, including washing hands frequently, avoiding touching the face, covering coughs, and avoiding touched surfaces in public places. 25 Responses were categorized on a four-point scale: all of the time (1), most of the time (2), sometimes (3), rarely (4). The degree of stress from social distancing recommendations was selfreported using a four-point scale: a lot (1), somewhat (2), a little (3), not at all (4).…”

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Examining the association among fear of COVID‐19, psychological distress, and delays in cancer care

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Background: Given the high risk of COVID-19 mortality, patients with cancer may be vulnerable to fear of COVID-19, adverse psychological outcomes, and health care delays.Methods: This longitudinal study surveyed the pandemic's impact on patients with cancer (N= 1529) receiving Patient Advocate Foundation services during early and later pandemic. Generalized estimating equation with repeated measures was conducted to assess the effect of COVID-19 on psychological distress. Logistic regression with repeated measures was used to assess the effect of COVID-19 on any delays in accessing health care (e.g., specialty care doctors, laboratory, or diagnostic testing, etc.).Results: Among 1199 respondents, 94% considered themselves high risk for COVID-19. Respondents with more fear of COVID-19 had a higher mean psychological distress score (10.21; 95% confidence intervals [CI] 9.38-11.03) compared to respondents with less fear (7.55; 95% CI 6.75-8.36). Additionally, 47% reported delaying care. Respondents with more fear of COVID-19 had higher percentages of delayed care than those with less (56; 95% CI 39%-72% vs. 44%; 95% CI 28%-61%). These relationships persisted throughout the pandemic. For respondents with a COVID-19 diagnosis in their household (n = 116), distress scores were similar despite higher delays in care (58% vs. 27%) than those without COVID-19.Conclusions: Fear of COVID-19 is linked to psychological distress and delays in care among patients with cancer. Furthermore, those who are personally impacted see exacerbated cancer care delays. Timely psychosocial support and health care coordination are critical to meet increased care needs of patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…Social distancing has been widely discussed in Pandemic Influenza ( 48 , 49 ), and simulation validation of targeted social distancing design has been performed ( 50 ). Improving/increasing social space and social distancing seemed to be a pair of mutually exclusive strategies ( 51 , 52 ), which implied the dilemma that the pandemic created for people: they not only had to maintain a social distance for effective pandemic prevention and control but also had to improve social health through interactions ( 53 , 54 ). A variety of solutions to this dilemma were provided by these works through their specific forms of realization.…”

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Designing for the post-pandemic era: Trends, focuses, and strategies learned from architectural competitions based on a text analysis

Han

Wang

Song

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic has made the built environment an important source of prevention and control, architects and scholars have thus been seeking countermeasures since the beginning of the outbreak. As design and construction cycles are long, only a few completed cases and evidence-based studies are available for reference. However, massive architectural competition works have emerged, which always been the soil for discussion and practice of cutting-edge design issues. These contain a vast number of ideas for solutions from various design dimensions—including cities, buildings, and facilities—and provide a great deal of materials worth analyzing and summarizing. Therefore, the exploration of competitions will provide us with public health intervention directions, strategies and a rethinking of the built environment. Using a text-mining approach, we analyzed 558 winning entries in architectural competitions related to the pandemic response, exploring specific issues, populations involved, coping strategies, and trends that emerged as the pandemic evolved. Our results show that the strategies proposed can be grouped into 17 keywords, with modularization being the most frequent strategy and related strategies like rapid assembly, flexible space, etc. are also took a significant percentage of the use. Further, we explored the technical orientation, year, territory, target groups, and target problems of the works which lead to a series of cross-comparison relationships. The results indicate that indirect impacts caused by the pandemic gained more attention and flexible Solutions were used more often highlighted the consensus when adapting to the uncertainties. The focus on the spiritual dimension is increasing year by year reflected the spiritual influences were gaining traction and the indirect impacts gradually showed up over time. The research will provide a strategy reference for the design response to the pandemic, as well as help understand the influence and significance of social factors behind the divergence of issue focuses and strategic tendency in different regions and times.

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Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: quantifying the practice in Michigan – a “hotspot state” early in the pandemic – using a volunteer-based online survey

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Examining the antecedents and consequences of pricing capability: evidence from SMEs

Examining the antecedents and consequences of pricing capability: evidence from SMEs

Examining the association among fear of COVID‐19, psychological distress, and delays in cancer care

Designing for the post-pandemic era: Trends, focuses, and strategies learned from architectural competitions based on a text analysis

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