Transmission-Blocking Preventive Measures for Infectious Diseases: Altruism, Solidarity, and the Common Good

Garber, Laine; Vinetz, Joseph M.

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.20-1005

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“…As expected, respondents who valued liberal individualism were less likely to accept and adopt TraceTogether [23]. Other studies have also found that individuals with a higher level of altruism were more likely to comply with pandemic measures [29][30][31]. Altruistic behaviours are likely nuanced and may amplify as the pandemic worsens [32].…”

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confidence: 53%

Determinants of the acceptance and adoption of a digital contact tracing tool during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore

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The motivations that govern the adoption of digital contact tracing (DCT) tools are complex and not well understood. Hence, we assessed the factors influencing the acceptance and adoption of Singapore's national DCT tool -TraceTogetherduring the COVID-19 pandemic. We surveyed 3943 visitors of Tan Tock Seng Hospital from July 2020 to February 2021 and stratified the analyses into three cohorts. Each cohort was stratified based on the time when significant policy interventions were introduced to increase the adoption of TraceTogether. Binary logistic regression was preceded by principal components analysis to reduce the Likert items. Respondents who 'perceived TraceTogether as useful and necessary' had higher likelihood of accepting it but those with 'Concerns about personal data collected by TraceTogether' had lower likelihood of accepting and adopting the tool. The injunctive and descriptive social norms were also positively associated with both the acceptance and adoption of the tool. Liberal individualism was mixed in the population and negatively associated with the acceptance and adoption of TraceTogether. Policy measures to increase the uptake of a national DCT bridged the digital divide and accelerated its adoption. However, good public communications are crucial to address the barriers of acceptance to improve voluntary uptake widespread adoption.

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Determinants of the acceptance and adoption of a digital contact tracing tool during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore

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“…It happens not only in theoretical issues, but also and predominantly in social understandings in practice. For instance, in the USA: "Americans prioritize individual decision-making over collective well-being, marked by a refusal to sacrifice perceived individual rights" [40]. With reference to solidarity, liberalism broadly understood errs on the side of meagerness.…”

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Civic Solidarity and Public Health Ethics

Juste

2023

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Is solidarity in bioethics or public health ethics necessary? If so, why? Is there room for a principle of obligatory solidarity in bioethics or in public health ethics? In the first part of this paper, I assess the meaning of the value of solidarity in ethics. In the second part, I propose insights into the republican interpretation of solidarity, or, more correctly, “civic” solidarity. This is crucial to be able to distinguish between different sources of, and justifications for, solidarity, some legitimate and some not legitimate. In the third part of the paper, I apply the republican concept of civic solidarity to the field of bioethics and public health ethics. This is intended to show how civic republicanism can correct both liberal deficiencies and communitarian excesses in bioethics. Civic solidarity is essential to finding this middle way. It is a key concept, considering the challenges that we face as citizens, health professionals and patients. Finally, the paper concludes with a summary and a plan for further research in this area.

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“…Sixteen of the pieces of work involved an analysis of two or more nations [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54] ; twelve were based in the United Kingdom 27,[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65] ; seven in the United States of America [66][67][68][69][70][71][72] ; four each in Germany [73][74][75][76] , Australia [77][78][79][80] and Aotearoa-NZ [81][82][83][84] ; two each in Iran 85,86 and South Africa 87,…”

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“…Accounts which emphasised group members' working together or their choice to act for the good of the collective expressed these behaviours in reference to collective action 39,42,43,52,55,65,66,79,80,87,99 , co-operation 42,76,90,97,98 , collaboration 53,88 , limited conflicts of interest 45 , the pursuit of a shared goal 49 , enactment of social or civic responsibility 27,47,50,55,87 , a latent orientation to the common good 66,75,86 , mutual aid 45,85 , altruism 66,78 and solidarity 45,46,49,50,66,91,103 . In this respect, Garber and Vinetz 66 consider the tension between adjacent processes of individualised identity and low trust in public officials, and the importance of cohesion as collective buy-in for public health interventions such as mask wearing.…”

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Social Cohesion and Covid-19: an integrative review

Ware¹

2023

Preprint

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Background Nations of considerable wealth and sophisticated healthcare infrastructures have seen high rates of illness and death from Covid-19. Others with limited economic means and less developed healthcare infrastructures have achieved much lower burdens. In order to build a full understanding, an appraisal of the contribution of social relationships is necessary. Social cohesion represents a promising conceptual tool. Objective The aim was to examine scholarship on social cohesion during the Covid-19 pandemic: specifically – the constructions of social cohesion deployed, how it was measured, and the effects of and on social cohesion reported. Methods The Pubmed, Scopus and JSTOR databases were searched for relevant journal articles and grey literature. 66 studies met the inclusion criteria. Data were extracted and analysed from these using spreadsheet software. Results Several constructions of social cohesion were found. These concerned interpersonal relationships; sameness and difference; collective action; perceptions/emotions of group members; structures and institutions of governance; local or cultural specificity; and hybrid/multidimensional models. Social cohesion was reported as influential on health outcomes, health behaviours, and resilience and emotional wellbeing; but also that there was some potential for it to drive undesirable outcomes. Scholarship reported increases or decreases in quantitative measures of social cohesion, a temporary ‘rally round the flag’ effect early in the pandemic, the variable impacts of policy on cohesion, and changing interpersonal relationships due to pandemic conditions. There are numerous issues with the literature that reflect the well-documented limitations of popular versions of the social cohesion concept. Conclusions Social cohesion has been used to express a range of different aspects of relationships during the pandemic. It is said to promote better health outcomes, more engagement with positive health behaviours, and greater resilience and emotional wellbeing. The literature presents a range of ways in which it has been altered by the pandemic conditions.

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Transmission-Blocking Preventive Measures for Infectious Diseases: Altruism, Solidarity, and the Common Good

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Determinants of the acceptance and adoption of a digital contact tracing tool during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore

Determinants of the acceptance and adoption of a digital contact tracing tool during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore

Civic Solidarity and Public Health Ethics

Social Cohesion and Covid-19: an integrative review

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