Social Quarantine and Its Four Modes: Conceptional Exploration and the Theoretical Construction of the Policies Against COVID-19

Building on the studies of health quarantine from a social perspective, this article explores the complex contexts of social quarantine as a mode of public health, a mode of community action and a behavioural and psychological mode of social distancing. To establish a conceptual investigation of the...

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Autores principales: Ka Lin, Ayesha Mumtaz, Mohammad Anisur Rahaman, Ka Ho Mok
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:51e7171f31d14d75845c2ffa92f084e32021-12-01T02:43:21ZSocial Quarantine and Its Four Modes: Conceptional Exploration and the Theoretical Construction of the Policies Against COVID-192296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.614476https://doaj.org/article/51e7171f31d14d75845c2ffa92f084e32021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.614476/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Building on the studies of health quarantine from a social perspective, this article explores the complex contexts of social quarantine as a mode of public health, a mode of community action and a behavioural and psychological mode of social distancing. To establish a conceptual investigation of the “social quarantine” issue, this study investigates four approaches to quarantine: public health, social administration, behavioural norms, and psychological effects. The study identifies the features of these modes and discusses their relationships. In addition, this study constructs a preventive framework for quarantine that embraces social and health policies to enrich the understanding of policy measures for social distancing and lockdown measures. On this basis, the study evaluates the strategies of policy development in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study concludes that these modes can reconstruct social relations and provide some basis for theoretical analysis about the features of social quarantine, which is vital for policymakers when considering national and global prevention strategies for public health.Ka LinKa LinAyesha MumtazMohammad Anisur RahamanKa Ho MokFrontiers Media S.A.articlequarantinesocial quarantinesocial contactCOVID-19global healthsocial policyPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
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topic quarantine
social quarantine
social contact
COVID-19
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social policy
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Ka Lin
Ayesha Mumtaz
Mohammad Anisur Rahaman
Ka Ho Mok
Social Quarantine and Its Four Modes: Conceptional Exploration and the Theoretical Construction of the Policies Against COVID-19
description Building on the studies of health quarantine from a social perspective, this article explores the complex contexts of social quarantine as a mode of public health, a mode of community action and a behavioural and psychological mode of social distancing. To establish a conceptual investigation of the “social quarantine” issue, this study investigates four approaches to quarantine: public health, social administration, behavioural norms, and psychological effects. The study identifies the features of these modes and discusses their relationships. In addition, this study constructs a preventive framework for quarantine that embraces social and health policies to enrich the understanding of policy measures for social distancing and lockdown measures. On this basis, the study evaluates the strategies of policy development in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study concludes that these modes can reconstruct social relations and provide some basis for theoretical analysis about the features of social quarantine, which is vital for policymakers when considering national and global prevention strategies for public health.
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title Social Quarantine and Its Four Modes: Conceptional Exploration and the Theoretical Construction of the Policies Against COVID-19
title_short Social Quarantine and Its Four Modes: Conceptional Exploration and the Theoretical Construction of the Policies Against COVID-19
title_full Social Quarantine and Its Four Modes: Conceptional Exploration and the Theoretical Construction of the Policies Against COVID-19
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