From biological safety to social safety: How Taiwan's community centered prevention program controlled the COVID-19 outbreak

doi:10.7189/jogh.10.020303

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. 2020 Dec;10(2):020303.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020303.

From biological safety to social safety: How Taiwan's community centered prevention program controlled the COVID-19 outbreak

Angela Lo¹, Joh-Jong Huang², Cheng-Chung Chen³, Frank Huang-Chih Chou³, Vincent Shieh⁴

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¹ Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung Taiwan.
² Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Taiwan.
³ Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung Taiwan.
⁴ Graduate Institute of Gender Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung Taiwan.

PMID: 33110507
PMCID: PMC7533428
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020303

Review

From biological safety to social safety: How Taiwan's community centered prevention program controlled the COVID-19 outbreak

Angela Lo et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;10(2):020303.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020303.

Authors

Angela Lo¹, Joh-Jong Huang², Cheng-Chung Chen³, Frank Huang-Chih Chou³, Vincent Shieh⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung Taiwan.
² Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Taiwan.
³ Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung Taiwan.
⁴ Graduate Institute of Gender Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung Taiwan.

PMID: 33110507
PMCID: PMC7533428
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020303

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Competing interests: The authors completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon request from the corresponding author), and declare no further conflicts of interest.

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[1] Lo H-WA, Chen C-C, Huang FH-C, Chang H-T.A comparison of post-traumatic stress symptoms in Chi-Chi earthquake and Morakot flood survivors. Taiwanese J Psychiatry. 2012;25:167-79.

[2] Lo H-WA, Chen C-C, Huang FH-C, Chang H-T.A comparison of post-traumatic stress symptoms in Chi-Chi earthquake and Morakot flood survivors. Taiwanese J Psychiatry. 2012;25:167-79.

[3] Cheng KY. Behind WHO's Wuhan Coronavirus controversy: epidemic politics and the Black Hole Effect, 2020. Available: https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=2649. Accessed: 16 May 2020.

[4] Cheng KY. Behind WHO's Wuhan Coronavirus controversy: epidemic politics and the Black Hole Effect, 2020. Available: https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=2649. Accessed: 16 May 2020.

[5] World Health Organization. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report-51, 2020. Available: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/2.... Accessed: 19 May 2020.

[6] World Health Organization. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report-51, 2020. Available: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/2.... Accessed: 19 May 2020.

[7] World Health Organization. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report -57, 2020. Available: https://www.who.int/publications-detail/risk-communication-and-community.... Accessed: 19 May 2020.

[8] World Health Organization. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report -57, 2020. Available: https://www.who.int/publications-detail/risk-communication-and-community.... Accessed: 19 May 2020.

[9] Gostin LO, Hodge JG.US emergency legal responses to Novel Coronavirus: balancing public health and civil liberties. JAMA. 2020;323:1131-2. 10.1001/jama.2020.2025 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Gostin LO, Hodge JG.US emergency legal responses to Novel Coronavirus: balancing public health and civil liberties. JAMA. 2020;323:1131-2. 10.1001/jama.2020.2025 - DOI - PubMed

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