TY - JOUR
T1 - Three months of informational trends in COVID-19 across New York City
AU - Lieberman-Cribbin, Wil
AU - Alpert, Naomi
AU - Gonzalez, Adam
AU - Schwartz, Rebecca M.
AU - Taioli, Emanuela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - In the midst of widespread community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in New York, residents have sought information about COVID-19. We analyzed trends in New York State (NYS) and New York City (NYC) data to quantify the extent of COVID-19-related queries. Data on the number of 311 calls in NYC, Google Trend data on the search term ‘Coronavirus’ and information about trends in COVID-19 cases in NYS and the USA were compiled from multiple sources. There were 1228 994 total calls to 311 between 22 January 2020 and 22 April 2020, with 50 845 calls specific to COVID-19 in the study period. The proportion of 311 calls related to COVID-19 increased over time, while the ‘interest over time’ of the search term ‘Coronavirus’ has exponentially increased since the end of February 2020. It is vital that public health officials provide clear and up-to-date information about protective measures and crucial communications to respond to information-seeking behavior across NYC.
AB - In the midst of widespread community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in New York, residents have sought information about COVID-19. We analyzed trends in New York State (NYS) and New York City (NYC) data to quantify the extent of COVID-19-related queries. Data on the number of 311 calls in NYC, Google Trend data on the search term ‘Coronavirus’ and information about trends in COVID-19 cases in NYS and the USA were compiled from multiple sources. There were 1228 994 total calls to 311 between 22 January 2020 and 22 April 2020, with 50 845 calls specific to COVID-19 in the study period. The proportion of 311 calls related to COVID-19 increased over time, while the ‘interest over time’ of the search term ‘Coronavirus’ has exponentially increased since the end of February 2020. It is vital that public health officials provide clear and up-to-date information about protective measures and crucial communications to respond to information-seeking behavior across NYC.
KW - Coronavirus
KW - Public health
KW - Surveillance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089713014&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa082
DO - 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa082
M3 - Article
C2 - 32542402
AN - SCOPUS:85089713014
SN - 1741-3842
VL - 42
SP - 448
EP - 450
JO - Journal of Public Health
JF - Journal of Public Health
IS - 3
ER -