Measuring the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on university resumption and suggestions for countermeasures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities around the world had to find a balance between the need to resume classes and prevent the spread of the virus by ensuring the health of students. The purpose of our study was to effectively assess the overall risk of universities reopening during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Design and methods

Using the pressure-state-response model, we designed a risk evaluation method from a disaster management perspective. First, we performed a literature review to find the main factors affecting the virus spread. Second, we used the pressure-state-response to represent how the considered hazards acts and interacts before grouping them as disaster and vulnerability factors. Third, we assigned to all factors a risk function ranging from 1 to

SUBMITTER: Yin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9806250 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature