‘Bating Filipino’: contactless greeting during the COVID-19 pandemic | Zendy

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‘Bating Filipino’: contactless greeting during the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s) -

Jose Ma W Gopez,

Harvey Gain M Capulong,

Joseph Renus F Galang,

Ivan Efreaim A Gozum

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdab027

Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , coronavirus , business , political science , intervention (counseling) , economic growth , public relations , medicine , psychology , virology , nursing , economics , disease , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)

In a recent correspondence, it was explained that cultural values and beliefs must be taken into consideration in flattening the COVID-19 pandemic curve. With this, cultural awareness is suggested as a guide in coming up with more effective health strategies and policies. For this reason, we discussed the intervention made by the Philippine government and how people can make this gesture as a model for other countries in mitigating the spread of the coronavirus.

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