Environmental health management in local community isolation facilities during COVID-19 pandemic: A case study in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

ABSTRACT: Community isolation facilities (CIFs) were adopted as a containment strategy in many countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, but information on environmental health management in CIFs is unknown. This retrospective research aimed to study the preparedness and implementation of CIFs from an environmental health perspective. The study was conducted in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. A total number of 114 staff working during the establishment and operation of 57 CIFs were enrolled. Two questionnaires were collected from the founding and operating staff from 27 May to 5 October 2022. One questionnaire, designed based on the guidelines for establishing of CIFs developed by the Department of Health, was used to examine the preparedness of the founding staff. Another questionnaire was de

SUBMITTER: Cheseng A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12500105 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature