Let’s hear from the team that wrote this 2020 article published in BMJ Global Health
“Open access can enhance the societal impact of research work, especially for time-sensitive or policy- relevant research.”
This study was led by a team at the Beijing Centre for Disease Prevention and Control which included Professors Peng Yang and Quanyi Wang.
What inspired you to pursue research in this particular area? Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, there was limited understanding of the virus and disease. Household transmission was identified as a key factor in epidemic growth, yet evidence-based strategies to reduce such transmission were limited, and there was disagreement about the role of masks and other control measures. Our goal was to evaluate practical interventions in households, which had high transmission risk due to close and prolonged contact. Non- pharmaceutical interventions could have had an impact before vaccines were available, or in settings where there was limited healthcare capacity. We collected household data to compare the preventive measures taken by families with and without household transmission, and thus evaluated the effectiveness of preventive measures.
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