Subject Guides: Epidemiology: COVID-19

BC Guidelines

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PubMed: COVID-19 Vaccines (MeSH Mjr) AND Clinical Query Filter for Therapy/Broad

ClinicalTrials.gov (COVID-19 Vaccine simple search)

Masks and Face Coverings for the Lay Public: A Narrative Update
April 2021. McMaster Health Evidence points to this article to help understand the extensive academic debate about mask usage during the pandemic, noting the evidence is frequently updated.
Efficacy of surgical masks or cloth masks in the prevention of viral transmission: Systematic review, meta-analysis, and proposal for future trial
February 2021.Journal of evidence-based medicine (Free Full Text)
Efficacy of cloth face mask in prevention of novel coronavirus infection transmission: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Educ Health Promot. 2020 Jul 28;9:192. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_533_20. eCollection 2020. (Free full text)
Evidence about public-health measures (COVID-19)
McMaster COVIDEND - Inventory of Best Evidence Synthesis

PubMed Search: COVID-19 Vaccination terms AND (mandates OR hesitancy) terms

PubMed search: Vaccination Passports OR Public Vaccination Policy

McMaster Health Evidence COVID-19 Alerts
Critically appraised reports from McMaster Plus alerts users to current best evidence for clinical care of people with threatened, suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection. You can sign up to receive email alerts.
UpToDate - COVID-19 Clinical Topics
Evidence-based summary topics about diagnosis and management of COVID-19.
Clinical Skills COVID-19 Toolkit
Elsevier's Clinical Skills for Nursing toolkit - Covid-19
Whole Health System Approach to Long COVID
A new guidebook published by the Department of Veterans Affairs (USA).

Finding the Right Balance: An Evidence-Informed Guidance Document to Support the Re-Opening of Canadian Nursing Homes to Family Caregivers and Visitors during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. October 2020 (Free Full Text)
An analysis of the policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, Belgium, and Canada
Health Policy & Technology (September 5, 2020) Open Access Full Text
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This paper presents an overview and comparative analysis of the epidemiological situation and the policy responses in France, Belgium, and Canada during the early stages of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic (Feb.-Aug. 2020). These three countries are compared because they represent a spectrum of different governance structures while also being OECD nations that are similar in many other respects.