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Communication about COVID-19 from Canadian provincial chief medical officers of health: a qualitative study

Abstract

BACKGROUND: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, Canada's provincial chief medical officers of health (CMOHs) have provided regular updates on the pandemic response. We sought to examine whether their messaging varied over time and whether it varied across jurisdictions. METHODS: We conducted a qualitative study of news releases from Canadian provincial government websites during the initial phases of the COVID-19 outbreak …

Authors

Fafard P; Wilson LA; Cassola A; Hoffman SJ

Journal

CMAJ Open, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. e560–e567

Publisher

Joule

Publication Date

July 2020

DOI

10.9778/cmajo.20200110

ISSN

2291-0026