{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Park M"],"funding":["COVID-19","European Research Council","Singapore Population Health Improvement Centre","EPSRC Impact Acceleration Grant"],"pagination":["9790275"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9629684"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["2021"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Limited evidence on the effectiveness of various types of social distancing measures, from voluntary physical distancing to a community-wide quarantine, exists for the Western Pacific Region (WPR) which has large urban and rural populations.<h4>Methods</h4>We estimated the time-varying reproduction number (<i>R</i> <sub><i>t</i></sub> ) in a Bayesian framework using district-level mobility data provided by Facebook (i) to assess how various social distancing policies have contributed to the reduction in transmissibility of SARS-COV-2 and (ii) to examine within-country variations in behavioural responses, quantified by reductions in mobility, for urban and rural areas.<h4>Results</h4>Social distancing measures were largely effective in reducing transmissibility, with <i>R"],"journal":["Health data science"],"pubmed_title":["Urban-Rural Disparities for COVID-19: Evidence from 10 Countries and Areas in the Western Pacific."],"pmcid":["PMC9629684"],"funding_grant_id":["COVID19RF-004","804744","NMRC/CG/C026/2017_NUHS","RG90413"],"pubmed_authors":["Lim JT","Cook AR","Dickens BL","Park M","Wang L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Urban-Rural Disparities for COVID-19: Evidence from 10 Countries and Areas in the Western Pacific.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Limited evidence on the effectiveness of various types of social distancing measures, from voluntary physical distancing to a community-wide quarantine, exists for the Western Pacific Region (WPR) which has large urban and rural populations.<h4>Methods</h4>We estimated the time-varying reproduction number (<i>R</i> <sub><i>t</i></sub> ) in a Bayesian framework using district-level mobility data provided by Facebook (i) to assess how various social distancing policies have contributed to the reduction in transmissibility of SARS-COV-2 and (ii) to examine within-country variations in behavioural responses, quantified by reductions in mobility, for urban and rural areas.<h4>Results</h4>Social distancing measures were largely effective in reducing transmissibility, with <i>R","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021","modification":"2026-07-14T23:17:29.882Z","creation":"2025-04-06T21:49:36.402Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9629684","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36405354"],"doi":["10.34133/2021/9790275"]}}