Health Education for Parents During the COVID-19 Outbreak Public Health Education for Parents During the Outbreak of COVID-19: A Rapid Review

Weiguo Li; Jing Liao; Qinyuan Li; Muna Baskota; Xingmei Wang; Yuyi Tang; Qi Zhou; Xiaoqing Wang; Xufei Luo; Yanfang Ma; Toshio Fukuoka; Hyeong Sik Ahn; Myeong Soo Lee; Yaolong Chen; Zhengxiu Luo; Enmei Liu

Since late 2019, the COVID-19 outbreak has become the most urgent public health issue threatening lives over the world (1) . The disease is caused by SARS-CoV-2, a new type of coronavirus, and it usually presents manifestations of pneumonia that takes a severe form in approximately 20 percent of confirmed patients (2) . As of March 30th, 2020, over 720,000 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients have been diagnosed globally, and the number will probably continue to increase until the epidemic trend tempers, which caused a significant impact on the health care and economy of affected areas. With over 200 countries affected and thousands of deaths, World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020 (3) . It is well-known that public health education plays a crucial role in the prevention and control of infectious diseases, but how health providers advise families or parents to obtain health education information is a challenging question. In the context of a public health emergency, health education practice was often neglected or unprepared. This rapid review focuses on this . CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license It is made available under a author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.