Ashley Motilall
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Research Subjects
Ashley Motilall has a total of 20 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Amy Faulkner
Population Health Assessment, Surveillance & Evaluation Program, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
1 shared publication Beata Pach
Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1 shared publicationCarolyn Pigeau
Peterborough Public Health, Peterborough, ON, Canada
1 shared publicationErin Smith
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Peterborough Public Health, Peterborough, ON, Canada
1 shared publicationHerveen Sachdeva
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Communicable Disease Control, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1 shared publication- Holger Jens Schünemann
Clinical Epidemiology and Research Center (CERC), Humanitas University & Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 5 June 2024
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Vol. 172, 111410
Barriers and opportunities faced by public health practitioners in using public health guidance on COVID-19: a knowledge translation exercise for the eCOVID-19 RecMap
- 5 June 2024
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Vol. 172, 111410
Open AccessBarriers and opportunities faced by public health practitioners in using public health guidance on COVID-19: a knowledge translation exercise for the eCOVID-19 RecMap
- Open Access
- 23 September 2022
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Vol. 19 (19) , 12073
Identifying Health Equity Factors That Influence the Public’s Perception of COVID-19 Health Information and Recommendations: A Scoping Review
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global public health and public trust in health recommendations. Trust in health information may waver in the context of health inequities. The objective of this scoping review is to map evidence on public perceptions of COVID-19 prevention information using the PROGRESS-Plus health equity framework. We systematically searched the MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PsycInfo, and Embase databases from January 2020 to July 2021. We identified 792 citations and 31 studies published in 15 countries that met all inclusion criteria. The majority (30/31; 96.7%) of the studies used an observational design (74.2% cross-sectional, 16.1% cohort, 6.5% case study, 3.2% experimental trials). Most studies (61.3%) reported on perception, understanding, and uptake, and 35.5% reported on engagement, compliance, and adherence to COVID-19 measures. The most frequently reported sources of COVID-related information were social media, TV, news (newspapers/news websites), and government sources. We identified five important equity factors related to public trust and uptake of recommendations: education and health literacy (19 studies; 61.3%), gender (15 studies; 48.4%), age (15 studies; 48.4%), socioeconomic status (11 studies; 35.5%), and place of residence (10 studies; 32.3%). Our review suggests that equity factors play a role in public perception of COVID-19 information and recommendations. A future systematic review could be conducted to estimate the impact of equity factors on perception and behavior outcomes.
- 23 September 2022
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Vol. 19 (19) , 12073
Open AccessIdentifying Health Equity Factors That Influence the Public’s Perception of COVID-19 Health Information and Recommendations: A Scoping Review
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global public health and public trust in health recommendations. Trust in health information may waver in the context of health inequities. The objective of this scoping review is to map evidence on public perceptions of COVID-19 prevention information using the PROGRESS-Plus health equity framework. We systematically searched the MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PsycInfo, and Embase databases from January 2020 to July 2021. We identified 792 citations and 31 studies published in 15 countries that met all inclusion criteria. The majority (30/31; 96.7%) of the studies used an observational design (74.2% cross-sectional, 16.1% cohort, 6.5% case study, 3.2% experimental trials). Most studies (61.3%) reported on perception, understanding, and uptake, and 35.5% reported on engagement, compliance, and adherence to COVID-19 measures. The most frequently reported sources of COVID-related information were social media, TV, news (newspapers/news websites), and government sources. We identified five important equity factors related to public trust and uptake of recommendations: education and health literacy (19 studies; 61.3%), gender (15 studies; 48.4%), age (15 studies; 48.4%), socioeconomic status (11 studies; 35.5%), and place of residence (10 studies; 32.3%). Our review suggests that equity factors play a role in public perception of COVID-19 information and recommendations. A future systematic review could be conducted to estimate the impact of equity factors on perception and behavior outcomes.