Number of public health nurses and COVID-19 incidence rate by variant type: an ecological study of 47 prefectures in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community health activities by public health nurses (PHNs) are known to improve lifestyle habits of local residents, and may encourage the practice of infectious disease prevention behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated the association between prefecture-level COVID-19 incidence rate and the number of PHNs per population in Japan, by the COVID-19 variant type.

Methods

Our data were based on government surveys where prefectural-level data are accessible to the public. The outcome variable was the COVID-19 incidence rate (i.e., the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population for each variant type in 47 prefectures). The explanatory variable was the number of PHNs per 100,000 population by prefecture. Covariates included socioeconomic

SUBMITTER: Tomioka K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9251616 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature