Association of healthcare worker behaviors with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) risk during four pandemic periods and characteristics associated with high-risk behaviors

Emily R. Egbert; Shaoming Xiao; Erica Prochaska; S. Omar Ali; Elizabeth Colantuoni; Avi Gadala; Danielle Koontz; Diana Zhong; Christina M. Schumacher; Anna C. Sick-Samuels; Amanda K. Debes; Aaron M. Milstone

doi:10.1017/ash.2022.371

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2023)

Association of healthcare worker behaviors with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) risk during four pandemic periods and characteristics associated with high-risk behaviors

Emily R. Egbert,
Shaoming Xiao,
Erica Prochaska,
S. Omar Ali,
Elizabeth Colantuoni,
Avi Gadala,
Danielle Koontz,
Diana Zhong,
Christina M. Schumacher,
Anna C. Sick-Samuels,
Amanda K. Debes,
Aaron M. Milstone

Affiliations

Emily R. Egbert: ORCiD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Shaoming Xiao: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Erica Prochaska: ORCiD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
S. Omar Ali: ORCiD; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Elizabeth Colantuoni: Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Avi Gadala: ORCiD; Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, Maryland
Danielle Koontz: ORCiD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Diana Zhong: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Christina M. Schumacher: Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Anna C. Sick-Samuels: ORCiD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Amanda K. Debes: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Aaron M. Milstone: ORCiD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.371
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3

Abstract

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In a large healthcare worker cohort, we quantified the association between behaviors and risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during different pandemic phases, adjusting for prior infection and vaccination. Individual characteristics, including personal concerns, were associated with these behaviors. Public health messaging should target high-risk populations and behaviors as the pandemic evolves.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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