The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health —Public Health Issues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Part of the International Electronic Conference on Environmental Health Sciences series

Infectious Disease, Mental Health, Reproductive Health, Covid, Global Health, Child Health, Occupational Health, Oral Health, Environmental Exposure

Conference Closed

ECERPH-3 has been closed successfully with 131 accepted proceedings and 4 live sessions. We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciations to all the participants for their contributions and all the chairs and committee members for their excellent work.

We are in the process of electing for the Best Paper Awards and the Best Presentation Award. Winners will be announced on the conference website.

The journal Proceedings will publish all conference papers free of charge, and we will inform you once we start publication process.

List of accepted submissions (131)

Id	Title	Authors	Presentation Video	Presentation Pdf
sciforum-041099	Health state valuation and its socio-economic factors: online samples from the U.S. and Canada Liang Wang Submitted: 06 Nov 2020 Abstract: Show Abstract	Liang Wang	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
This paper seeks to explore how people value the state of health and what socio-economic factors they might consider. I conducted an online experiment and a survey to elicit individuals’ decisions under hypothetical health states, which vary at three levels: mild, moderate, and severe. The socio-economic factors mainly include payment, personal financial situation, hospital service, support from the family, etc. The subjects were from two separate online pools of the United States and Canada, which have similar socio-economic backgrounds and different health care systems. The main task for the subjects (standard gamble) is a valuation task for a given health state, in which the subjects were required to make decisions on whether to take a risky medical treatment when facing various success probabilities. The cut off success probability is the lowest probability that they are willing to take the risky medical treatment. After this procedure, the subjects filled a survey about what factors they might have considered when making the previous decisions. This paper presents the following main results: (1) Subjects are sensitive to different levels of health states. When the health state worsens, the participants are willing to accept a risky medical treatment with a lower probability of success. This finding holds for both samples. (2) Between the two countries’ participants, more Canadians choose not to take the risky treatment; furthermore, in those who choose the risky medical treatment under the same health states, the Canadian participants are willing to accept a lower success probability. (3) Among the socio-economic factors that are significant to this health-related decision, several factors are both considered by the participants in two countries: “employer-purchased insurance plans”, “personal financial situations”, “waiting times for treatment”, “hospital services”, and “support from family or friends”. (4) Some factors are only significant in one country’s participants. For the American sample, it is “access to health insurance”, while for the Canadian sample, it is “disturbances in everyday family life”.
sciforum-041634	The impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the level of worries and its associate to modified active mobility behaviour among Australian children Roula Zougheibe , Ori Gudes , Richard Norman , Ashraf Dewan Submitted: 23 Nov 2020 Abstract: Show Abstract	Roula Zougheibe , Ori Gudes , Richard Norman , Ashraf Dewan	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
Background: The impact of the COVID19 pandemic on children population is limited. However, the change of life behaviour placed to contain its spread may have prolonged lifelong impact on a vulnerable children population. Nevertheless, damages can be mitigated significantly if prompt detections are carried. This research aimed at capturing the disparity of COVID-19 impact on Australian parents and their primary-school-age children (grades 4-6) level of worry and its correlates with modifying children outdoor active mobility behaviour. Method: We carried a national online survey sample of parents (339) from five states across Australia as well as their primary school-aged children in grades (4-6). Level of worry, amount and frequency of following the pandemic’s news and exposures to daily screen time before and during the COVID-19 outbreak, was captured online among parents as well by their children. Then, parents and children jointly reported about children active mobility behaviour covering two separate weeks, one during the COVD-19 outbreak, and another week on a typical week before then. Exploratory, spatial and statistical analysis are carried using Excel, ArcGIS, and open R statistical package. Results: Initial findings showed disparity on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemics on parents as well as their children, by ethnicity background, by type of school (private or public), and by the amount of exposure to the pandemic media and screen time. Conclusion The in-progress findings of the current research analysis may aid to identify at-risk children population and inform intervention health strategies.
sciforum-042251	SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH KNOWLEDGE: EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH Melanie Hanna-Johnson , Lucki Word , Anil Aranha Submitted: 11 Dec 2020 Abstract: Show Abstract	Melanie Hanna-Johnson , Lucki Word , Anil Aranha	N/A		Show Abstract
PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic dynamic of sheltering-in-place affords possible opportunities to address social determinants of health (SDOH), as they relate to sexual and reproductive health knowledge (S&RHK). Strategic and crucial opportunities might exist for educational interventions by caregivers engaging in more frequent and prolonged encounters with young people. The purpose of the study was to evaluate whether two social determinants of health, income and education, are associated with sexual and reproductive health knowledge among adult women. METHODS: A 50-item survey was administered to women, aged 20-89 years, in two outpatient, metropolitan, primary care clinics in the United States. 18 of the 50 questions gauged S&RHK, and had only one correct answer. The maximal attainable score was 18. Data was coded and analyzed using IBM-SPSS. Statistical analysis included: Pearson correlation, t, and Chi-squared tests. Statistical significance was established at p <0.05. RESULTS: 287 women, with a mean age of 55.3 ± 14.2 years, were surveyed. The majority (85.7%) were African-American, with 66 % having incomes ≤ $50,000. Average years of formal education were 14.1 ± 2.5 .The mean S&RHK score was 10.2 ± 3.6, on a scale of 0-18. Of those with formal sex education, 43.5% stated it was sufficient. 32% reported no history of formal sex education. 97% reported that having sufficient S&RHK was important. Positive correlations were found between years of education, income, and S&RHK scores (p<0.001); a negative correlation between age and S&RHK scores (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: S&RHK was strongly associated with education and income: two SDOH. Older women, irrespective of income, were found to score lower. Educational attainment seemed to have been the discriminating factor in this demographic. All three may figure prominently into an assessment of the effects of social accountability (i.e. the micro-, meso-, and macro- elements of social determinants of health) on health outcomes.
sciforum-042064	High times for cannabis-related videos on YouTube during the COVID-19 lockdown: implications on the risk of cannabis use disorders Tianze Sun , Carmen Lim , Gary Chan , Janni Leung Submitted: 08 Dec 2020 Abstract: Show Abstract	Tianze Sun , Carmen Lim , Gary Chan , Janni Leung	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
As a social media platform with billions of daily views, YouTube is a catalyst for influencing behaviour. During the pandemic, many found themselves turning to platforms like YouTube as a source of information and entertainment. This paper investigated the content of cannabis videos on YouTube during COVID-19. The impact of COVID-19 on cannabis use in the community was assessed by identifying 75 YouTube videos uploaded from March-May of 2020. We found that the contents of these videos display the impact of COVID-19 on cannabis use through four key reoccurring themes; (1) buying cannabis (45%), (2) promotion of health claims (36%), (3) the push for legalization (13%) and (4) safety information (5%). More vigorous monitoring and tighter restrictions around social media is required to mitigate the risk of misinformation and normalisation, especially among those who are most vulnerable, such as individuals with cannabis use disorder.
sciforum-042104	Associations between air pollutants and cancer incidence rates in Japan: An ecological study Kohei Hasegawa , Teruomi Tsukahara , Tetsuo Nomiyama Submitted: 09 Dec 2020 Abstract: Show Abstract	Kohei Hasegawa , Teruomi Tsukahara , Tetsuo Nomiyama	N/A	N/A	Show Abstract
We investigated the associations between the incidence rates of the five most common cancer types and five air pollutants in 317 Japanese municipalities in 2017. We obtained the concentrations of the five air pollutants, i.e., sulfur dioxide (SO₂), nitric oxide (NO), nitric dioxide (NO₂), photochemical oxidants (O_x), and fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) from Japan's National Institute for Environmental Studies and calculated the yearly mean of each. We identified patients of both genders with the five most common cancers in Japan's National Cancer Registry, which covers all of the cancer patients in the country. For the males, we included prostate, stomach, colon, lung, and liver cancers. For the females, we included breast, colon, lung, stomach, and uterine cancers. We calculated the Spearman rank correlation coefficients between 25 pairs of air-pollutant concentrations and the age-standardized incidence rate of the cancer types for each gender. We used a Poisson regression to examine the dose-response relationships. We identified 11 positive correlation coefficients at the Bonferroni-corrected alpha level for the five pollutants for the five cancers in both genders. We observed positive dose-response relationships between NO₂ and colon cancer and PM_2.5 and lung cancer for both genders. We also observed dose-response relationships between SO₂ and PM_2.5 and liver cancer for the males, and between NO and lung cancer and NO₂ and breast cancer for the females. As an example of a dose-response relationship, with the first quartile of PM_2.5 concentrations as the reference, the relative risks for lung cancer among the males were 1.01 (95%CI: 0.97–1.06) in the second quartile, 1.05 (95%CI: 1.00–1.10) in the third quartile, and 1.12 (95%CI: 1.07–1.17) in the fourth quartile. We did not observe significant associations with prostate, stomach, and uterine cancer. Our findings support the concept that exposure to air pollutants increases cancer incidence rates.

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Event Awards

To acknowledge the support of the conference esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to launch the Best Paper Awards and Best Presentation Award.

Winner Announcement

On behalf of the chairs of ECERPH-3, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Best Paper Awards and Best Presentation Award:

The Best Paper Awards have been awarded to

- sciforum-042075, "Mental health and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic among Spanish residents: Do age and gender matter? An exploratory study "
Pilar Martín-Hernández

- sciforum-042204, "Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies frequency in non-Health Care Workers in a highly industrialized province of northern Italy"
Alberto Modenese* , Tommaso Mazzoli, Nausicaa Berselli, Davide Ferrari, Annalisa Bargellini, Paola Borella, Tommaso Filippini, Isabella Marchesi, Stefania Paduano, Marco Vinceti, Fabriziomaria Gobba

The Best Presentation Award has been awarded to

- sciforum-041567, "Impact of COVID-19 infodemics on knowledge, attitude and Social behavior in India: a mixed method survey"
Trishnika Chakraborty*, Gireesh Kumar Subbiah, Rizwana Fathima Jamal, Rohit Kulshrestha, Benjamin Mari Arya, Krithika Subbiah and Yogesh Damade

Each Award consists of 500 CHF.

The Awards

Best Paper Awards (500 CHF)

Number of Awards Available: 2

The Best Paper Awards for two papers will be given for the submissions as elected by the conference committee. The Awards will consist of 500 Swiss Francs to each awardee. We look forward to your submission.

Best Presentation Award (500 CHF)

Number of Awards Available: 1

The Best Presentation Award for one presentation will be given for the submission as elected by the conference committee. The Award will consist of 500 Swiss Francs to awardee. We look forward to your submission.

Terms and Conditions:

Eligibility Requirements:
1. For Best Paper Awards: Submit 3-6 pages extended abstract/full paper to ECERPH-3
2. For Best Presentation Award: Submit presentation files (slide/video/poster) to ECERPH-3
3. Originality of the paper
4. Scientific merit and broad impact
5. Relevance to the conference scope
6. Interest to the readers
7. English language and style

Relevant Special Issue

Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health—Public Health Issues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Guest editor: Prof. Dr. Jon Øyvind Odland
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2021

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is in cooperation with the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health, organized by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) from 11 to 25 January 2021 on the MDPI Sciforum platform. We welcome submissions from participants of the conference.

During the conference, a large number of excellent contributions covering key areas of opportunities and challenges will be presented. More specifically, the following areas were covered:

infectious disease epidemiology;
environmental exposures and health;
mental health;
children’s health;
women’s health;
exercise and health;
health economics;
occupational safety and health;
public health statistics and risk assessment;
oral health.

Submitted manuscripts should be:
- Title and Abstract should be substantially different with that of conference paper, so that they can be differentiated in various databases.
- 50% new data should be added to make it a real and complete journal paper.
- The conference proceeding should be mentioned and discussed in the introduction section.
- Conference paper link should be provided in the cover letter.

We look forward to your excellent work.

Prof. Dr. Jon Øyvind Odland
Guest Editor

ECERPH-3 Recordings

ECERPH-3 1st live session
Date: 11th January 2021, 15:00pm CET

During the inauguration of the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health, dedicated to Public Health Issues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic we enjoyed the talks of two main speakers:
1. Dr. Masoud Dara - Responding to Tuberculosis and HIV during the COVID-19 Pandemic
2. Prof. Dr. Jon Øyvind Odland - Reproductive Health and Pregnancy Outcome in the Context of COVID-19

The presentations were followed by a fruitful discussion and a Q&A session.
The live session was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found below.

ECERPH-3 2nd live session
Date: 14th January 2021, 15:00pm CET

During the second live session of the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health, we could enjoy two sessions chaired by Prof. Dr. Jimmy Efird and Prof. Dr. Nicola Magnavita, respectively. Both of them along with 3 invited speakers discussed about the epidemiology and the consequences of COVID-19 in different scenarios.

The presentations were followed by a fruitful discussion and a Q&A session. The live session was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found below.

ECERPH-3 3rd live session
Date: 18th January 2021, 10:00am CET

During the third live session of the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health, we discussed which was the impact of COVID-19 over mental health and pregnancy, enjoying the following presentations:
1. Prof. Dr. Richard Gray- The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19
2. Dr. Zohra Lassi- A Systematic Analysis of Pregnant Women with Confirmed COVID-19: Clinical presentation, and Pregnancy, Birth and Perinatal Outcomes Based on COVID-19 Severity
3. Roula Zougheibe - Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on the Level of Worry and Its Association to Modified Active Mobility Behaviour among Australian Children: A Cross-Sectional National Study

The session ended with some time to discuss and answer questions from the attendees. The live session was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found below.

ECERPH-3 4th live session
Date: 20th January 2021, 3:00pm CET

During the fourth live session of the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health, we discussed which was the impact of COVID-19 over mental health, enjoying the following presentations:
1. Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Karanis - The Future of Infectious Diseases
2. Dr. Cristina Vassale - Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Time of COVID-19
3. Viveka Guzman - Looking for Flowering Trees to Walk Past: A Qualitative Analysis of US Older Adults' Therapeutic Landscapes during the COVID-19 Pandemic
4. Dr. Pasquale Caponnetto, Dr. Lucio Inguscio, Dr. Marilena Maglia, Sara Valeri - Smartphone Addiction through Age and Gender during Italian Lockdown for COVID-19

Chaired by Dr. Zahid Ahmad Butt, University of Waterloo, Canada

The session ended with some time to discuss and answer questions from the attendees. The live session was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found below.

Live Session Invited Speakers

Prof. Dr. Richard Gray

La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Prof. Dr. Jon Øyvind Odland

Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Norwegian University for Science and Technology, Norway

Prof. Dr. Jimmy Efird

Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center, Health Services Research and Development (DVAHCS/Duke Affiliated Center), USA

Dr. Masoud Dara

Special Representative of Regional Director to Belarus, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe UN City, Copenhagen, Denmark

Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Karanis

Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, Centre of Anatomy, University of Nicosia Medical School, Cyprus,
Medical Faculty and University Hospital, The University of Cologne, Germany

Prof. Dr. Nicola Magnavita

Postgraduate School of Occupational Health, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Dr. Pasquale Caponnetto

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Italy

Keynote Speakers

Annalaura Carducci, Ph.D.
Professor and Session Chair
Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Italy

Research Interest:
hygiene; public health; infectious diseases; risk assessment; environmental virology; water; aerosol; health literacy; risk communication; occupational health

Short Bio
Prof. Carducci graduated in Biological Sciences, specialized in Hygiene and Public Health, and is now Full Professor of General and Applied Hygiene at the Department of Biology, University of Pisa, where she is responsible for the Hygiene and Environmental Virology Laboratory and the Health Communication Observatory in addition to serving as Director of the Master in Industrial Hygiene, Prevention, and Safety. Since 2017, she has coordinated the working group of “Environment and Health” of the National Italian Society of Public Health and she is a member of a similar working group of the World Federation of Public Health Associations. Her main research topics concern the epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases with particular focus on biological risk analysis of foods, water, air and life, and working settings. She is also interested in health and risk communication. She is the author of more than 250 extended publications in indexed and high-impact journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.

Title: Health and Environment: A Changing Paradigm in the COVID-19 Era

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply impacted our relationship with the environment and the achievement of sustainable development goals, sometimes in opposite ways. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated the urgent need to adopt the “one health” approach in every future action involving health and the environment, and its spread has highlighted the importance of research about the environmental determinants of its transmission. Increasing knowledge about the virus’ presence in different environmental matrices and conditions is revealing the significant diffusion of its RNA, although its actual viability in these circumstances remains to be demonstrated. Moreover, some epidemiological findings suggest that environmental conditions may be associated with the spread and related mortality of the virus. COVID-19 prevention still relies on measures linked to the environment: the use of masks, social distancing, hygiene and disinfection. On the other hand, some of these measures can exacerbate environmental pollution, such as increased waste (gloves and masks) and generalized use of disinfectants: this can produce an apparent conflict of interest between the infective and chemical risks. Therefore, the COVID-19 pandemic should change our approach to environmental risk assessment, focusing not only on chemicals but also on biological agents, with the analysis and comparison of these substances through quantitative methods. Efforts made toward recovering from the socio-economic impact of the pandemic should also be focused on environmental preservation and protection. In conclusion, the pandemic provides us with the opportunity to rethink the coupling of health and the environment from a wider and more comprehensive perspective.

Keywords: health and environment; COVID-19; one health approach; environmental transmission; chemical and biological risk assessment.

Jimmy Efird, Ph.D.
Professor and Session Chair
Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center, Health Services Research and Development (DVAHCS/Duke Affiliated Center), USA

Research Interest:
epidemiological risk assessment; statistical modeling

Short Bio

Prof. Dr. Jimmy T. Efird completed his Doctorate in Epidemiology (Biostatistics Concentration) at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has over 30 years of experience in the field of cancer research, biostatistics, and informatics, having worked at Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School), UCSF School of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine and, most recently, the University of Newcastle, Australia. Currently, he heads the Computational Sciences Team at the Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center and also serves on the GWAS and PhenWAS working groups. His area of interest is epidemiological risk assessment and statistical modeling. He has over 250 publications in scientific journals which have been cited over 10,000 times (i10-index = 135, h-index = 51).

Title: The Prophylaxis Potential of Carnosine in the Management of COVID-19

Abstract

After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)—the causative agent of the disease known as COVID-19—is the third coronavirus to pose serious threats to human society in this century. With 67,367,046 confirmed cases and 1,545,331 deaths worldwide as of 10 December 2020, this disease has become a global emergency. Mortality rates are higher among the elderly population and those with comorbidities such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular problems, and hypertension obesity. Increased oxidative stress/cytokine storm is also one of the main causes of COVID-19-associated complications. Carnosine is a well-established anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, antihypertensive, antineoplastic, antichelating, and neuroprotective agent that is helpful in maintaining the body’s pH balance. It is a naturally occurring dipeptide and is present in human skeletal muscles, cardiac muscles, and brain. The compound reduces the concentration of oxygen free radicals; chelates heavy metals such as iron, zinc, and copper; and inhibits protein glycation and the generation of protein carbonyls. The carnosine/non-hydrolyzed isopeptide of carnosine/N-acetylcarnosine, which is available without prescription, merits further consideration as a low-cost prophylactic approach to COVID-19 and the associated complications of this disease. This is especially relevant to low-resource regions of the world, which may be the last to achieve population-based herd immunity through vaccination.

Keywords: carnosine; COVID-19; anti-inflammatory; anti-aging; antihypertensive; antineoplastic; antichelating; neuroprotective

Guglielmo Campus, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Restorative, Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, University of Bern, Switzerland

Research Interest:
public health; oral epidemiology; oral diseases; prevention

Short Bio

Guglielmo Campus was nominated Extraordinariat Professor fur Präventivzahnmedizin und Orale Epidemiologie starting from February the 1st, 2019. He began his training at the Dental school, University of Sassari where he received his degree. He is Associate Professor Community Dentistry, Cariology and Paeditric Dentistry, University of Sassari since 2014. He is also Coordinator of the Italian WHO Collaborating Center (WHO CC) for Epidemiology and Community Dentistry. Research interests are largely direct towards Oral Epidemiology, Community Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry, Cariology and Paediatric Dentistry. During the years research interests span from Public Health Dentistry, Community Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry, Restorative materials and Preventive programs. He is Member of the Research Board within The Italian Minister of Health for the realization of the Italian National Guidelines for Caries prevention and of the Clinical recommendations in Paediatric Dentistry. Dr. Campus is authors of more than 180 scientific papers. His work inside the WHO CC is to plan, to coordinate the assessing of oral health conditions of populations, policies development and implementation in Italy and other countries like Burkina Faso, Mexico etc; to support the early implementation of the phase down use of dental amalgam in the context of the Minamata Convention and Universal Health coverage (UHC) in Italy; to support measure that encourage life-course approach and population-based strategies related to reducing sugar consumption, tobacco control and affordability of fluoride-containing toothpaste and others vehicles of fluoride.

Title: COVID-19 Outbreak: International Collaborative Survey on Burden of Disease among Dentists, 2020.

Abstract

Dentists have a long tradition of control of infection. The global COVID-19 outbreak has had severe repercussions on interactions between individuals, on their behavior and on society as a whole. Work activities with a high potential of COVID-19 infection include healthcare workers performing aerosol-generating procedures or collecting/handling specimens from patients or bodies known to have or suspected of having COVID-19. The risk of cross-infection in dentistry is considerably increased by splatters and aerosols produced during routine dental treatments. The authors searched PubMed and its specific hub, Embase and Scopus servers, up to May 18, 2020, for epidemiological studies using the terms “Dentists” or “Dental personnel” and “SARS-CoV-2”, without date or language restrictions. Few or small studies that focused on specific population subgroups were found. Large population-based studies are needed to estimate the infectivity rate among dentists, to collect symptoms/signs presumably related to COVID-19 and to investigate the adopted preventive measures and personal protective equipment (PPE). To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak among dentists in several countries, a multicenter cross-sectional survey was designed with the aim to estimate the symptoms/signs reported by dentists that are presumably related to COVID-19, to explore work attitudes and behaviors and to investigate the level of preparedness regarding the protective measures and PPE used to reduce the risk of viral infection and transmission. An ad hoc questionnaire was developed and pretested in April 2020; 36 collaborating research groups around the world participated in the survey. The protocol of the study was previously described and registered in the World Pandemic Research Network (WPRN), WPRN-486352. The questionnaire had three domains: (1) personal data; (2) symptoms/signs presumably related to COVID-19; and (3) working conditions and PPE adopted after the outbreak of the infection. In the participating countries, dentists working in national health systems or in private or public settings were invited to respond to the questionnaire. Countries’ data were grouped by the case positivity rate of COVID-19 according to the survey period and grouped by gross national income per capita in 2019, Atlas method and PPP (international dollar). This is the first global population-based study that describes the effect of COVID-19 on the dental profession, reports symptoms/signs suffered by dentists and presumably related to COVID-19, explores work attitudes and behavior, and investigates the level of preparedness regarding the protective measures and PPE used to reduce the risk of viral infection and transmission. The survey data include more than 50,000 participants spread over 36 countries. The findings show that living in countries with high COVID-19 positivity rates increases the probability that dentists become infected. In terms of protective measures, the use of N95/FFP2 masks is associated with significantly reduced chances that dentists present symptoms/signs related to the disease, while other types of PPE seem to be less relevant in SARS-CoV-2 protection. Overall, the probability of dentists becoming infected is associated with the gross national income (GNI) of the countries where they work. The findings confirm the recommendation of enhancing the use of high-standard masks. This study offers global evidence regarding the dental profession and COVID-19, providing a measurement framework and methods for countries and global stakeholders to better plan health service provision. Although our data do not support all recommended enhanced protective measures, except for the use of high-standard masks, the results must be carefully interpreted.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; dentistry; global health; public health dentistry

Keynote Presentations

ECERPH-3 Live Sessions Information

During the e-conference, four live sessions have been scheduled. We have invited some speakers to share their latest research. Also, a number of excellent submissions have been selected, and these works will be presented during the live sessions by the authors. During each live session, the participants will have the chance to ask questions in the “open for discussion” section.

The live sessions are free for everyone. If you are interested in attending, please register in advance for your chosen session by clicking the "Webinar Registration" buttons which are showing in below live sessions program.

ECERPH-3 Live Sessions Programs

11 January 2021

Session 1

Date: 11 January 2021

Time: 03:00pm (CET) | 09:00am (EDT) | 10:00pm (CST Asia)

Speaker	Presentation Topic	Time (CET)
Conference Chair Jon Øyvind Odland, The Norwegian University for Science and Technology	Initial Greeting of the Conference	03:00pm – 03:10pm
Invited Speaker Masoud Dara, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe UN City	Responding to Tuberculosis and HIV during the COVID-19 Pandemic	03:10pm – 03:40pm
Conference Chair Jon Øyvind Odland, The Norwegian University for Science and Technology	Reproductive Health and Pregnancy Outcome in the Context of COVID-19	03:40pm – 04:10pm
Open for Discussions		04:10pm – 04:30pm

14 January 2021

Session 2

Date: 14 January 2021

Time: 03:00pm (CET) | 09:00am (EDT) | 10:00pm (CST Asia)

Speaker	Presentation Topic	Time (CET)
Session chair Jimmy Efird, Health Services Research and Development	Initial Greeting	03:00pm - 03:10pm
Session chair Jimmy Efird, Health Services Research and Development	Risk Reduction and Multiplicity in Epidemiology Studies of COVID-19	03:10pm - 03:30pm
Selected Presentation form Sessions Mario Keko	COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil: Clinical Manifestation and Effect of Comorbidities on Outcomes of Hospitalized SARI Cases	03:30pm - 03:45pm
Short Break & Open for Discussions		03:45pm - 04:00pm
Session chair Nicola Magnavita, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	The Role of Occupational Health in Countering the Pandemic	04:00pm - 04:20pm
Selected Presentation form Sessions Alberto Modenese	Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Frequency in Non-Health Care Workers in a Highly Industrialized Province of Northern Italy	04:20pm - 04:35pm
Selected Presentation form Sessions Patricia Gillen	Health and Social Care Workers' Quality of Working Life and Coping while Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Positive Coping and Work-Related Quality of Life as Resilence and Protective Factors Impacting on Wellbeing	04:35pm - 04:50pm
Open for Discussions		04:50pm - 05:10pm

18 January 2021

Session 3

Date: 18 January 2021

Time: 10:00am (CET) | 04:00am (EDT) | 05:00pm (CST Asia)

Speaker	Presentation Topic	Time (CET)
Invited Speaker Richard Gray, La Trobe University	The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19	10:00am – 10:30am
Selected Presentation form Sessions Zohra Lassi	A Systematic Analysis of Pregnant Women with Confirmed COVID-19: Clinical presentation, and Pregnancy, Birth and Perinatal Outcomes Based on COVID-19 Severity	10:30am – 10:45am
Selected Presentation form Sessions Roula Zougheibe	Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on the Level of Worry and Its Association to Modified Active Mobility Behaviour among Australian Children: A Cross-Sectional National Study	10:45am – 11:00am
Open for Discussions		11:00am – 11:20am

20 January 2021

Session 4

Date: 20 January 2021

Time: 03:00pm (CET) | 09:00am (EDT) | 10:00pm (CST Asia)

Speaker	Presentation Topic	Time (CET)
Session Chair Zahid Ahmad Butt, University of Waterloo	Initial Greeting	03:00pm – 03:10pm
Invited Speaker Panagiotis Karanis, The University of Cologne	The Future of Infectious Diseases	03:10pm – 03:40pm
Selected Presentation form Sessions Cristina Vassalle	Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Time of COVID-19	03:40pm – 03:55pm
Selected Presentation form Sessions Viveka Guzman	Looking for Flowering Trees to Walk Past: A Qualitative Analysis of US Older Adults' Therapeutic Landscapes during the COVID-19 Pandemic	03:55pm – 04:10pm
Selected Presentation form Sessions Pasquale Caponnetto (Session Chair), Lucio Inguscio, Marilena Maglia and Sara Valeri	Smartphone Addiction through Age and Gender during Italian Lockdown for COVID-19	04:10pm – 04:25pm
Open for Discussions		04:25pm – 04:45pm
Ending Ceremony

Welcome from the Chair

All participants of ECERPH-3 are welcome to submit the extended version of conference proceedings papers to the IJERPH Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health—Public Health Issues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic" with a 20% discount on the Article Processing Charges.

Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to invite you to the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health. The title is self-explanatory and the topics are carefully selected.

We need to look at the pandemic from many sides, and we think we have covered many important aspects with your help in the different sessions of this e-conference. So please join the conference with your presentation. You will also be invited to contribute your full paper in a Special Issue.

We hope to see the very best presentations at this critical time for humankind. Science is crucial to bring these world health issues under control and point the way forward for a better future for all of us.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Jon Øyvind Odland
Chair of the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health

Conference Chair

Prof. Dr. Jon Øyvind Odland

Jon Øyvind Odland, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Global Health at NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a specialist in GYN/OB, environmental medicine, and epidemiology. He has worked on mother/child programs in more than 20 countries, these days focusing mostly on the Arctic, southern Asia, and Africa. His studies have mostly focused on the impact of the environment and infectious disease on fetal development and pregnancy outcome. He has a scientific production of ca. 200 peer-reviewed papers and is now involved in a new study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers, the healthcare system, and the general population in southern Africa.

Session B: Environmental Exposures and Health
Session Chaired by Prof. Dr. Annalaura Carducci

Session C: Mental Health
Session Chaired by Dr. Pasquale Caponnetto

Conference Chairs

Prof. Dr. Jon Øyvind Odland

Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Norwegian University for Science and Technology, Norway

Session Chairs

Prof. Dr. Jimmy Efird

Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center, Health Services Research and Development (DVAHCS/Duke Affiliated Center), USA

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nicola Magnavita

Postgraduate School of Occupational Health, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jitse P. van Dijk

Department of Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Gianrico Spagnuolo

Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy

Dr. Zahid Ahmad Butt

School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Canada

Prof. Dr. Johanne Sundby

Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, The University of Oslo, Norway

Dr. Pasquale Caponnetto

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Italy

Dr. Pantelis T. Nikolaidis

School of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, Greece

Prof. Dr. Annalaura Carducci

Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Italy

Conference Committee

Prof. Dr. María M. Morales Suárez-Varela

Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Food Science, Toxicology and Legal Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain; Consorcio de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain

Dr. Mehdi Farokhnia

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA

Dr. Masoud Dara

Special Representative of Regional Director to Belarus, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe UN City, Copenhagen, Denmark

Prof. Dr. Giovanni Sotgiu

Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy

Dr. Luca Paolo Ardigò

School of Exercise and Sport Science, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Italy

Prof. Dr. Stephen H. Linder

Institute for Health Policy, Division of Management, Policy and Community Health, The University of Texas School of Public Health, USA

Dr. Dylan P. Cliff

School of Education, Early Start and Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Australia

Prof. Dr. Charalampos Siristatidis

Assisted Reproduction Unit, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Prof. Dr. Maria Grazia Porpora

Department of Maternal and Child Health and Urology, Policlinico Umberto I - "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy

Prof. Dr. Madelon L. Finkel

Office of Global Health Education; Department of Healthcare Policy & Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA

Prof. Dr. Margherita Fanelli

Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Prof. Dr. Stuart J. Barnes

Consumer and Organisational Digital Analytics (CODA) Research Centre, King's Business School, King’s College London, UK

Prof. Dr. Amanda Rodrigues Amorim Adegboye

Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences, School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, UK

Prof. Dr. Anna Giudetti

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Italy

Prof. Dr. Marieke De Craemer

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium

Prof. Dr. João Paulo Vilas-Boas

Faculty of Sport, CIFI2D, and Porto Biomechanics Laboratory (LABIOMEP), University of Porto, Portugal

Dr. Brigitte Le Magueresse Battistoni

CarMeN laboratory, INSERM U1060, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Chemin du Grand Revoyet, France

Prof. Dr. Amal Mitra

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, USA

Prof. Dr. Francisco José Nunes Antunes

Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Prof. Dr. Cristina Cortis

Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health University of Cassino e Lazio Meridionale, Italy

Prof. Dr. Luis Carrasco Páez

Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Seville, Pirotecnia Campus, Spain

Prof. Dr. Olga Scudiero

Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Prof. Dr. Tiziana De Magistris

Unidad Economía Agroalimentaria - CITA - Gobierno de Aragón, Spain

Prof. Dr. Roy McConkey

Institute of Nursing and Health Research, University of Ulster, UK

Prof. Dr. Ching-To Albert Ma

Department of Economics, Boston University, 270 Bay State Road, USA

Prof. Dr. Clyde F. Martin

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University, USA

Dr. Evangelos C. Alexopoulos

Occupational Health Department, Metopolitan General Hospital, Greece

Prof. Dr. Jon Andoni Duñabeitia Landaburu

School of Languages and Education, Universidad Nebrija, Spain

Dr. Alberto Mantovani

Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy

Prof. Dr. Richard Gray

La Trobe University, Australia

Sessions

A. Infectious Disease Epidemiology
B. Environmental Exposures and Health
C. Mental Health
D. Children’s Health
E. Women’s Health
F. Exercise and Health
G. Health Economics
H. Occupational Safety and Health
I. Public Health Statistics and Risk Assessment
J. Oral Health
K. Posters

Call for Submissions

Dear scientists, researchers, and authors,

We need to look at the pandemic from many sides, and we think we have covered many important aspects with your help in the different sessions of this conference. We aim to have a discussion relating to infectious disease, global health, mental health, reproductive health, occupational health, and environmental exposure, etc.

We proudly invite the global community of scholars to join ECERPH-3 to present their latest public health research and development and share novel ideas on COVID-19 topics. Thanks to the flexibility of our innovative electronic platform, you are welcome both to upload and present your work and to attend the conference completely free of charge. We have also created a Special Issue for selected conference papers in our journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601, IF 2.849). Papers submitted to this Special Issue, if accepted for publication, will receive a 20% discount on the Article Processing Charges.

ECERPH-3 offers you the opportunity to participate in an international scholarly conference without the concerns and expense of travelling—all you need is to have access to the Internet. During the conference period, you will be able to upload papers, posters, presentations (including videos) and comment on other presentations, and otherwise engage with fellow scholars in real time. In this way, the conference offers a novel opportunity to exchange opinions and views within the scholarly community and to discuss the papers and latest research in a discussion forum.

Paper Submission Guidelines:
For information about the procedure for submission, peer-review, revision and acceptance of conference proceedings papers, please refer to the section "Instructions for Authors".

Timeline:
Abstract Submission Deadline: 23 October 2020 10 December 2020
Notification of Acceptance: 28 October 2020 17 December 2020
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 18 November 2020 4 January 2021
Conference Open: 25 November–9 December 2020 11-25 January 2021

We look forward to receiving your research papers and to welcoming you to this 3rd edition of the e-conference.

Kind regards,
Conference Chair
Prof. Dr. Jon Øyvind Odland
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Norwegian University for Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Cici Zhou
Ms. Rainy Han
ECERPH-3 Secretary
E-Mail: [email protected]

Instructions for Authors

Submission

Submissions should be done by the authors online by registering with https://sciforum.net/, and using the "Start New Submission" function once logged into system.

Scholars interested in participating with the conference can submit their abstract (about 200-300 words covering the areas of manuscripts for the proceedings issue) online on this website until 23 October 2020 10 December 2020.
The Conference Committee will pre-evaluate, based on the submitted abstract, whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health. All authors will be notified by 28 October 2020 17 December 2020 about the acceptance of their abstract.
If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author is asked to submit the manuscript, optionally along with a poster and/or PowerPoint and/or video presentation of his/her paper (only PDF), until the submission deadline of 18 November 2020 4 January 2021.
The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available on https://sciforum.net/conference/ECERPH-3 for discussion during the time of the conference 25 November-9 December 2020 11-25 January 2021 and will be published in Journal Proceedings.
The accepted papers will be published free of charge in the journal Proceedings of the conference itself. The Open Access Journal IJERPH will publish a Special Issue of the conference to include extended and expanded version of conference proceedings papers, with a 20% discount on the Article Processing Charges (the submission to the journal is independent from the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer-review, APC, etc.).

Proceedings Paper

Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:

First page:

Title
Full author names
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
Abstract (200-250 words)
Keywords
Introduction
Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
(Acknowledgements)
References

Manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word or any other word processor and should be converted to the PDF format before submission. The publication format will be PDF. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references) and should not exceed 6 pages.

Presentation Slides

Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the Manuscript. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly in the website using Sciforum.net's proprietary slides viewer. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results can be presented. Slides should be converted to the PDF format before submission so that our process can easily and automatically convert them for online displaying.

Submission of Manuscripts

Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted online at https://sciforum.net/login by registering and logging in to this website.

Accepted File Formats

MS Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health Microsoft Word template file (see download below) must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
LaTeX: Manuscripts prepared in LaTeX must be collated into one ZIP folder (include all source files and images, so that the Conference Secretariat can recompile the submitted PDF). When preparing manuscripts in LaTeX, please use the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health LaTeX template files.

The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health Microsoft Word template file and LaTex template file

ECERPH-3_Word_Template.docx
ECERPH-3_Latex_template.zip

Manuscript Preparation

Paper Format: A4 paper format, the printing area is 17.5 cm x 26.2 cm. The margins should be 1.75 cm on each side of the paper (top, bottom, left, and right sides).
Paper Length: The conference proceedings paper should not be longer than 6 pages. The conference manuscript should be as concise as possible.
Formatting / Style: The paper style of the Journal Proceedings should be followed. You may download the template file to prepare your paper (see above). The full titles and the cited papers must be given. Reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [4] or [1-3], and all the references should be listed separately and as the last section at the end of the manuscript.
Authors List and Affiliation Format: Authors' full first and last names must be given. Abbreviated middle name can be added. For papers written by various contributors a corresponding author must be designated. The PubMed/MEDLINE format is used for affiliations: complete street address information including city, zip code, state/province, country, and email address should be added. All authors who contributed significantly to the manuscript (including writing a section) should be listed on the first page of the manuscript, below the title of the article. Other parties, who provided only minor contributions, should be listed under Acknowledgments only. A minor contribution might be a discussion with the author, reading through the draft of the manuscript, or performing English corrections.
Figures, Schemes and Tables: Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in color. Full color graphics will be published free of charge. Figure and schemes must be numbered (Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, etc.) and a explanatory title must be added. Tables should be inserted into the main text, and numbers and titles for all tables supplied. All table columns should have an explanatory heading. Please supply legends for all figures, schemes and tables. The legends should be prepared as a separate paragraph of the main text and placed in the main text before a table, a figure or a scheme.

Potential Conflicts of Interest

It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state here "The authors declare no conflict of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under "Acknowledgments" section.

Copyright

MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a Communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).

Sponsors and Partners

Organizers

Media Partners

Conference Secretariat

Ms. Cici Zhou
Ms. Rainy Han
MDPI Branch Office, Beijing, China
E-Mail: [email protected]

For information regarding sponsoring opportunities, please contact the conference secretariat.

A. Infectious Disease Epidemiology

With increased travel, climate change, environmental degradation, and inequity in access to healthcare, there has been an increase in the incidence of infectious diseases overall as well as those that are newly emerging, such as COVID-19. The global pandemic of COVID-19 has highlighted important issues and deficiencies in infectious disease prevention, control, and management in addition to pandemic preparedness. Clearly, there needs to be an increased emphasis on multidisciplinary research and approaches for understanding the transmission of infectious diseases and the complex underlying relationships with social determinants of health, climate change, and the environment. Public health interventions and strategies need to be tailored to address inequities in health, the impacts of climate and environment, and the economic, social, and political consequences for populations.

Session Chair

Dr. Zahid Ahmad Butt, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Canada

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B. Environmental Exposures and Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the role of the environment not only in terms of the emergence and spread of a novel virus but also the positive effects of containment measures (i.e., lockdowns) on air and water pollution. In the “Covid Era” the focus on environmental health-related issues has extended from chemical to microbiological agents, also pointing out such emerging issues as healthcare-related wastes and excessive environmental disinfection. Moreover, the need to consider health and environment from the “One Health” perspective to adequately face present and future emergencies is becoming increasingly evident. This session aims to present studies on the environmental exposure and risk assessment for chemicals and microbial pathogens in the context of changes induced by the pandemic. Topics will include air pollution, water pollution, solid wastes (including hospital wastes), wastewater (including wastewater surveillance), climate change, exposome, chemical and biological agents, and models for exposures and risk assessment.

Session Chair

Prof. Dr. Annalaura Carducci, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Italy

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C. Mental Health

This is a session for clinicians and researchers to showcase psychological and non-psychological strategies and technologies that empower patients and health personnel to manage their mental health and/or substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The intent of the session is to identify and highlight existing and innovative psychological and non-psychological strategies and technologies that use evidence-based strategies to empower patients and health personnel in self-management in terms of mental health.

Session Chair

Dr. Pasquale Caponnetto, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Italy

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D. Children’s Health

Children and their health is a dyad that is sometimes difficult to disentangle. Many risk factors do exist—sometimes they are modifiable, like all risk factors with a behavioral component, and sometimes not, like gender. Causal pathways are not always clear, most of the time, because of the study design but sometimes—to the researcher’s great pleasure—such pathways are visible, or at least a part is visible. Sometimes the risk factors are age-dependent: they do not work similarly at every possible timepoint in life. Where to start with disentangling children and health? Encountering COVID-19, young age, apart from the fact that this is not modifiable, is a difficult variable related to contagiousness. Next, we could start with modifiable risk factors that are not well known. We could also try to get more of a grip on the way risk factors are working by introducing mediation. In addition, we could try to do a study with a longitudinal design or combine the findings for trend analysis. We should keep in mind that decision-makers require new knowledge to be of assistance for children and health systems managing these risk factors. These health systems can be those which were not defined as such before, like schools or municipalities.

Session Chair

Prof. Dr. Jitse P. van Dijk, Department of Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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E. Women’s Health

This session will explore women’s health from a gender perspective, with equity and respect as buzz words, and seeks contribution on all aspects of women’s mental, physical, and reproductive health. Underresearched themes and studies on marginalized populations are welcome.

Session Chair

Prof. Dr. Johanne Sundby, Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, The University of Oslo, Norway

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F. Exercise and Health

The aim of this session is to present research on the interplay among exercise, health, and COVID-19. Questions such as ‘How this pandemic influences exercise-related characteristics’ or ‘Has exercise a mediating role on the effect of this pandemic on health’ are of special interest.

Session Chair

Dr. Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, School of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, Greece

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G. Health Economics

The COVID-19 pandemic has a multitude of health economic consequences and, thus, the conference welcomes contributions on the broad subject economics of COVID-19.

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H. Occupational Safety and Health

Occupational medicine, in its over 300 years of history, has aimed at improving the quality of work life. The new challenge posed by COVID-19 has seen occupational physicians at the forefront of seeking conditions to continue working safely. By directly collecting workers’ opinions, occupational doctors are able to determine the impact of the epidemic on workers and production, which safety measures are most effective, how we need to protect those at increased risk, what the conditions are of who returns to work after their illness and how to help them, what are the epidemiological data collected from workers and how their health can be promoted. These and other topics arising from the workplace experience will be welcomed at this congress.

Session Chair

Dr. Nicola Magnavita, Postgraduate School of Occupational Health, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

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I. Public Health Statistics and Risk Assessment

This session is interested in the analysis of putative factors related to disease risk and public health outcomes. This includes the examination of environmental, behavioral, viral, chemical, genetic, and dietary data originating from laboratory studies, public health surveys, clinical trials, observational/epidemiologic studies, medical records, and government/public sources. Outcomes may include cancer, neurologic conditions, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, substance abuse, respiratory/pulmonary disease, fatigue, pain, disrupted sleep, and musculoskeletal disorders. The session also encourages summary and overview presentations on health statistics and policy assessment of disease risk as well as modeling and methodologic talks from allied fields such as engineering, geology, epidemiology, mathematics, statistics, data science, medicine, and bioinformatics.

Session Chair

Dr. Jimmy Efird, Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center, Health Services Research and Development (DVAHCS/Duke Affiliated Center), USA

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J. Oral Health

A strong association is widely recognized between several systemic diseases and oral health; thus, this mutual influence of oral conditions on general health may be a topic of public interest, involving the impact of local bacterial infections on systemic organs, as well as the role of inflammatory mediators in vascular impairments and heart failure.

Among several potential transmission sources in the spread of COVID-19, dental services have received a high volume of attention. Several reports and manuscripts have been released on how this infection could be transmitted through public and private dental services and on the possible solutions to reduce the virus’ transmission during clinical procedures.

The session “Oral Health” in the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health—Public Health Issues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic aims to collect high-quality studies and in vitro/in vivo research related to the COVID-19 pandemic, taking into high consideration the translational and clinical aspects.

Session Chair

Prof. Dr. Gianrico Spagnuolo, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy

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K. Posters

All researchers are encouraged to present their findings in a separate poster. As for papers presented at the conference, participants will be able to ask questions and make comments about the posters. Posters can be presented without an accompanying proceedings paper and will be available online on this website during and after the e-conference. However, they will not be added to the proceedings of the conference.

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Part of the International Electronic Conference on Environmental Health Sciences series

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ECERPH-3 Recordings

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ECERPH-3 Live Sessions Information

ECERPH-3 Live Sessions Programs

11 January 2021

Session 1

14 January 2021

Session 2

18 January 2021

Session 3

20 January 2021

Session 4

Welcome from the Chair

Conference Chair

Conference Chairs

Session Chairs

Conference Committee

Sessions

Call for Submissions

Instructions for Authors

Sponsors and Partners

Organizers

Media Partners

Conference Secretariat

A. Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Submissions

B. Environmental Exposures and Health

Submissions

C. Mental Health

Submissions

D. Children’s Health

Submissions

E. Women’s Health

Submissions

F. Exercise and Health

Submissions

G. Health Economics

Submissions

H. Occupational Safety and Health

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I. Public Health Statistics and Risk Assessment

Submissions

J. Oral Health

Submissions

K. Posters

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