Comparative Public Policy Analysis of COVID-19 as a Naturally Occurring Experiment

Liu, Zhilin; Geva‐May, Iris

doi:10.1080/13876988.2021.1894074

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“…The studies presented in this Research Topic allow identifying at least eight directions for further investigations. These are: (1) digital innovations, including artificial intelligence and robotic solutions as well as innovation policy in the public health and health sector; (2) tensions between national and international health policies and regulations; (3) redesign and resilience in the trade policies, transport systems, and supply chains; (4) emerging transformations and inequalities at the labor markets; (5) planning, management, governance, and evaluation of governmental interventions related to the pandemic (see also Dunlop et al, 2020); (6) comparative public policy studies focusing on differences across nations and policy transfer (see also Liu and Geva-May, 2021); (7) impact of the pandemic on trust and risk management and communication; and (8) the advancements in the usage of design thinking, co-production, co-design, social innovation, and citizen science.…”

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Editorial: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Socio-economic systems in the post-pandemic world: Design thinking, strategic planning, management, and public policy

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Editorial on the Research Topic Coronavirus disease (COVID-): Socio-economic systems in the post-pandemic world: Design thinking, strategic planning, management, and public policy OverviewThe declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, led to unprecedented events. All regions of the world participated in implementing preventive health measures such as physical distancing, travel restrictions, self-isolation, quarantines, and facility closures. The pandemic started global disruption of socio-economic systems, covering the postponement or cancellation of public events, supply shortages, schools and universities' closure, evacuation of foreign citizens, a rise in unemployment and inflation, misinformation, the anti-vaccine movement, and incidents of discrimination toward people affected by or suspected of having coronavirus disease. Attempts have been made to protect the oldest age group at risk, but in many cases, this has led to over-restriction and age discrimination.The rationale for working on the Research Topic "Socio-economic systems in the post-pandemic world: Design thinking, strategic planning, management, and public policy" was the need to start reflecting on resilience and lessons learned from this public health event that revealed the global unpreparedness in critical areas. Also, the pandemic triggered Frontiers in Communication frontiersin.org

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Editorial: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Socio-economic systems in the post-pandemic world: Design thinking, strategic planning, management, and public policy

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“…Now that the COVID-19 epidemic poses a serious threat to human society across the globe, there is a great necessity for governments to act as risk communicators, emergency leaders, resource coordinators, and innovation enablers during this public health crisis ( 26 ). The success of a country's fight against COVID-19 depends on the national system ( 27 ), the mode of fighting COVID-19 ( 28 ), private actors ( 29 ), and the public ( 30 ). Therefore, more and more studies are studying the capabilities, experiences, and lessons of countries in fighting the epidemic from a more macro-level.…”

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Analysis of factors influencing public employees' work cognition under a public health crisis: A survey of China's response to COVID-19

Yang

Zhou

Sohail

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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The work cognition of public employees lays importance on tackling an escalating health crisis situation. At the micro-level and macro-level, different factors contribute to different degrees of public employees' work cognition. However, there are limited studies examining the work cognition of public employees and its influencing factors, particularly in situations such as a public health crisis. Our research takes China's response to COVID-19 as an example. The data have been taken from six Chinese provinces, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong, through a total of 738 questionnaires and telephonic interviews. Furthermore, this study used a logistic multiple regression model to analyze the factors that influenced the public employees' work cognition when working under a public health crisis. The results of our study showed that at a micro-level, the educational background, attitudes, and actions (initiative, responsibility, administrative capacity, and timeliness of feedback), and their level of concern with work influenced the work cognition of the public employees. At a macro-level, we found that it was the anti-epidemic measures that most influenced public employees' work cognition. Our findings provide important policy implications for emergency preparedness and handling of major emergencies, and have important reference value for the management of public employees and the improvement of national governance capabilities under similar major challenges in the future.

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“…Christensen et al also claim that there is no optimal approach for coping with crises, but that flexibility and adaptation are essential characteristics that are influenced by the political, administrative and situational contexts. Liu and Geva-May [12] point out that understanding context is critical to analysing and designing public policy. In addition to problem-specific factors, such as different types of crisis [11], a multitude of contextual factors, such as cultural orientation, economic development level and political institution, influence national governments' policymaking [13,14].…”

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Public health, surveillance policies and actions to prevent community spread of COVID-19 in Denmark, Serbia and Sweden

Andersen

Loncarevic

Damgaard

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Scand J Public Health

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Aim: This study investigates the non-medical public health and surveillance policies and actions for tackling the community spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark, Serbia and Sweden during the first five months of the pandemic in 2020. Method: The study is inspired by a process-tracing design for case study with a focus on the non-medical measures and surveillance strategies implemented by the three countries. The comprehensive collection and study of national documents formed the basis of the document analysis. Results: The Danish strategy was to prolong the transmission period, preventing high numbers of infected cases from impacting their healthcare capacity. The government’s strategy was characterized by strict governance elements, health guidelines and behavioural recommendations. In Serbia, the main strategy was to prevent the spread and control of the infectious disease by shifting all human and material resources towards the function of controlling the spread. Serbia applied the strictest measures in the fight against coronavirus in relation to other countries in the region and in Europe. The Swedish strategy focused more on recommendations than requirements to motivate the public to modify their behaviours voluntarily. Sweden’s loose pandemic strategy implementation focused on voluntary and stepwise action rather than legislation and compulsory measures. Conclusions: The public health policies and actions implemented to prevent community spread of COVID-19 in Denmark, Serbia and Sweden varied during the first five months of the pandemic. The differences in their response were due to delays in implementation, inconsistencies in perspectives towards the outbreak and the capacity of each country in terms of their pandemic preparedness and response.

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Comparative Public Policy Analysis of COVID-19 as a Naturally Occurring Experiment

Cited by 18 publications

References 33 publications

Editorial: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Socio-economic systems in the post-pandemic world: Design thinking, strategic planning, management, and public policy

Editorial: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Socio-economic systems in the post-pandemic world: Design thinking, strategic planning, management, and public policy

Analysis of factors influencing public employees' work cognition under a public health crisis: A survey of China's response to COVID-19

Public health, surveillance policies and actions to prevent community spread of COVID-19 in Denmark, Serbia and Sweden

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