Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Beginning January of 2020, COVID-19 cases detected in Arctic countries triggered government policy responses to stop transmission and limit caseloads beneath levels that would overwhelm existing healthcare systems. This review details the various restrictions, health mandates, and transmission mitig...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/31991 2024-01-07T09:40:39+01:00 Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic Peterson, Malory Akearok, Gwen Healey Cueva, Katie Lavoie, Josée G. Larsen, Christina VL Jóhannsdóttir, Lára Cook, David Nilsson, Lena Maria Rautio, Arja Timlin, Ulla San Sebastián, Miguel Gladun, Elena Rink, Elizabeth Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild Dagsvold, Inger Johanne Siri, Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Ottendahl, Charlotte Brandstrup Olesen, Ingelise Zatseva, Larisa Young, Rebecca Ipiaqruk Chaliak, Ay’aqulluk Jim Ophus, Emily Stoor, Jon Petter Anders 2023-10-29 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31991 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2271211 eng eng Taylor & Francis International Journal of Circumpolar Health Peterson, Akearok, Cueva, Lavoie, Larsen, Jóhannsdóttir, Cook, Nilsson, Rautio, Timlin, San Sebastián, Gladun, Rink, Broderstad, Dagsvold, Siri, Ottendahl, Olesen, Zatseva, Young, Chaliak, Ophus, Stoor. Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2023;82(1) FRIDAID 2196257 doi:10.1080/22423982.2023.2271211 1239-9736 2242-3982 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31991 Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2023 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2271211 2023-12-14T00:08:06Z Beginning January of 2020, COVID-19 cases detected in Arctic countries triggered government policy responses to stop transmission and limit caseloads beneath levels that would overwhelm existing healthcare systems. This review details the various restrictions, health mandates, and transmission mitigation strategies imposed by governments in eight Arctic countries (the United States, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, and Russia) during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, through 31 January 2021s31 January 2021. We highlight formal protocols and informal initiatives adopted by local communities in each country, beyond what was mandated by regional or national governments. This review documents travel restrictions, communications, testing strategies, and use of health technology to track and monitor COVID-19 cases. We provide geographical and sociocultural background and draw on local media and communications to contextualise the impact of COVID-19 emergence and prevention measures in Indigenous communities in the Arctic. Countries saw varied case rates associated with local protocols, governance, and population. Still, almost all regions maintained low COVID-19 case rates until November of 2020. This review was produced as part of an international collaboration to identify community-driven, evidence-based promising practices and recommendations to inform pan-Arctic collaboration and decision making in public health during global emergencies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Circumpolar Health Greenland Iceland International Journal of Circumpolar Health University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Canada Greenland Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 82 1 |
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Beginning January of 2020, COVID-19 cases detected in Arctic countries triggered government policy responses to stop transmission and limit caseloads beneath levels that would overwhelm existing healthcare systems. This review details the various restrictions, health mandates, and transmission mitigation strategies imposed by governments in eight Arctic countries (the United States, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, and Russia) during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, through 31 January 2021s31 January 2021. We highlight formal protocols and informal initiatives adopted by local communities in each country, beyond what was mandated by regional or national governments. This review documents travel restrictions, communications, testing strategies, and use of health technology to track and monitor COVID-19 cases. We provide geographical and sociocultural background and draw on local media and communications to contextualise the impact of COVID-19 emergence and prevention measures in Indigenous communities in the Arctic. Countries saw varied case rates associated with local protocols, governance, and population. Still, almost all regions maintained low COVID-19 case rates until November of 2020. This review was produced as part of an international collaboration to identify community-driven, evidence-based promising practices and recommendations to inform pan-Arctic collaboration and decision making in public health during global emergencies. |
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Peterson, Malory Akearok, Gwen Healey Cueva, Katie Lavoie, Josée G. Larsen, Christina VL Jóhannsdóttir, Lára Cook, David Nilsson, Lena Maria Rautio, Arja Timlin, Ulla San Sebastián, Miguel Gladun, Elena Rink, Elizabeth Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild Dagsvold, Inger Johanne Siri, Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Ottendahl, Charlotte Brandstrup Olesen, Ingelise Zatseva, Larisa Young, Rebecca Ipiaqruk Chaliak, Ay’aqulluk Jim Ophus, Emily Stoor, Jon Petter Anders |
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Peterson, Malory Akearok, Gwen Healey Cueva, Katie Lavoie, Josée G. Larsen, Christina VL Jóhannsdóttir, Lára Cook, David Nilsson, Lena Maria Rautio, Arja Timlin, Ulla San Sebastián, Miguel Gladun, Elena Rink, Elizabeth Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild Dagsvold, Inger Johanne Siri, Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Ottendahl, Charlotte Brandstrup Olesen, Ingelise Zatseva, Larisa Young, Rebecca Ipiaqruk Chaliak, Ay’aqulluk Jim Ophus, Emily Stoor, Jon Petter Anders Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Peterson, Malory Akearok, Gwen Healey Cueva, Katie Lavoie, Josée G. Larsen, Christina VL Jóhannsdóttir, Lára Cook, David Nilsson, Lena Maria Rautio, Arja Timlin, Ulla San Sebastián, Miguel Gladun, Elena Rink, Elizabeth Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild Dagsvold, Inger Johanne Siri, Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Ottendahl, Charlotte Brandstrup Olesen, Ingelise Zatseva, Larisa Young, Rebecca Ipiaqruk Chaliak, Ay’aqulluk Jim Ophus, Emily Stoor, Jon Petter Anders |
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Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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public health restrictions, directives, and measures in arctic countries in the first year of the covid-19 pandemic |
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health Peterson, Akearok, Cueva, Lavoie, Larsen, Jóhannsdóttir, Cook, Nilsson, Rautio, Timlin, San Sebastián, Gladun, Rink, Broderstad, Dagsvold, Siri, Ottendahl, Olesen, Zatseva, Young, Chaliak, Ophus, Stoor. Public health restrictions, directives, and measures in Arctic countries in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2023;82(1) FRIDAID 2196257 doi:10.1080/22423982.2023.2271211 1239-9736 2242-3982 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/31991 |
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