Enablers and Barriers to Community Engagement in Public Health Emergency Preparedness: A Literature Review

Ramsbottom, Anna; O’Brien, Eleanor; Ciotti, L; Takács, Judit

doi:10.1007/s10900-017-0415-7

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“…The role of these vulnerable groups was also highlighted as a component of community preparedness. 35 We note that these areas for improvement did not qualify among the 10 most urgent recommendations in a recent survey of EU preparedness experts. 36 In addition, we found several opportunities for improvement related to coordination and communication.…”

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European Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning: A Review of National Plans, July 2016

Droogers

Ciotti

Kreidl

et al. 2018

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) commenced in April 2009. Robust planning and preparedness are needed to minimize the impact of a pandemic. This study aims to review if key elements of pandemic preparedness are included in national plans of European countries. Key elements were identified before and during the evaluations of the 2009 pandemic and are defined in this study by 42 items. These items are used to score a total of 28 publicly available national pandemic influenza plans. We found that plans published before the 2009 influenza pandemic score lower than plans published after the pandemic. Plans from countries with a small population size score significantly lower compared to national plans from countries with a big population (P < .05). We stress that the review of written plans does not reflect the actual preparedness level, as the level of preparedness entails much more than the existence of a plan. However, we do identify areas of improvement for the written plans, such as including aspects on the recovery and transition phase and several opportunities to improve coordination and communication, including a description of the handover of leadership from health to wider sector management and communication activities during the pre-pandemic phase.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 85%

European Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning: A Review of National Plans, July 2016

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Ciotti

Kreidl

et al. 2018

Disaster med. public health prep.

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“…Data for this paper were collected from formal study reports as well as notes and reflections made by the study implementation team. The period of observation started in 2016 with the initial development of a literature review that was conducted to identify enablers and barriers to community and institutional synergies in emergency preparedness (14,15). After this case studies in four EU/EEA countries were conducted in 2017 and-2018: Spain, the Netherlands, Iceland and Ireland.…”

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“…Using the literature review that was conducted to identify enablers and barriers to community and institutional synergies in emergency preparedness (14,15), a basis was laid for the interview guide.…”

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Methodology for assessment of public health preparedness and response synergies between institutional authorities and the community

Vries¹,

Kinsman²,

Takács³

et al. 2020

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Background: This paper describes a participatory methodology that supports investigation of the collaboration between communities affected by infectious disease outbreak events and relevant official institutions. The core principle underlying the methodology is the recognition that synergistic relationships, characterised by mutual trust and respect, between affected communities and official institutions provide the most effective means of addressing outbreak situations. Methods: The methodological approach and lessons learned were derived from four qualitative case studies including (i) two tick-borne disease events: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Spain, and tick-borne encephalitis in the Netherlands (2016); and (ii) two outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis (norovirus in Iceland, 2017, and verocytotoxin-producingEscherichia coli [VTEC] in Ireland, 2018). These studies were conducted in collaboration with the respective national public health authorities in the affected countries by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Results: An after-event qualitative case study approach was taken using mixed methods. Lessons highlight the critical importance of collaborating with national focal points during preparation and planning, and interviewer reflexivity during fieldwork. Field work for each case study was conducted over one working week, which although limiting the number of individuals and institutions involved, still allowed for rich data collection due to the close collaboration with local authorities. The analysis focused on the specific actions undertaken by the participating countries’ public health and other authorities in relation to community engagement, as well as the view from the perspective of the community. Conclusions: The overall objective of the assessment to identify synergies between institutional decision-making bodies and community actors and networks before, during and after an outbreak response to a given public health emergency. The methodology is generic and could be applied to a range of public health emergencies, zoonotic or otherwise. The methodology emphasises reflexivity among fieldworkers, a relatively short time needed for data collection, potential generalisability of findings, insider-outsider perspectives, politically sensitive findings, and how to deal with ethical and language issues.

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“…Lindell and Perry (2012) suspect in their discussion of the protective action decision model that people's prevention behavior might be more determined by such group-specific interests than by their risk perception. Recent research provides evidence that two-way communication, in particular in bottomup problem solving processes, enable a convergence of actors' problem perspectives and an increase of locals' trust in experts (Ramsbottom et al, 2018;Khan et al, 2017;de Vente et al, 2016;Höppner et al, 2012;Garmendia and Stagl, 2010). It is, however, unclear to what extent the framing or re-framing of problem perspectives affects local laypersons' general notions of risk, resp.…”

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Social Representations of Natural Hazard Risk in Swiss Mountain Regions

Maidl¹,

Buchecker²

2018

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The term "risk" is connoted with divergent meanings in natural hazard risk research and the practice of risk management. Whilst the technical definition is accurately defined, in practice, the term "risk" is often synonymously used with "danger". Considering this divergence as a deficiency, risk communication often aims to correct laypersons' understanding. We suggest in reference to Breakwell (2001) to treat the variety of meanings as a resource for risk communication strategies instead. However, there is no investigation so far, of what laypersons' meanings of risk actually comprise. To address this gap, we examine the meanings of risk applying a social representations approach (Moscovici, 2001) in a qualitative case study design. Results of the study among inhabitants of Swiss mountain villages show that differences in meanings were found according to hazard experience and community size. We found commonly shared core representations, and single peripheral ones. We conclude with suggestions on how to make usage of the knowledge on SR in risk communication.

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Enablers and Barriers to Community Engagement in Public Health Emergency Preparedness: A Literature Review

Cited by 72 publications

References 24 publications

European Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning: A Review of National Plans, July 2016

European Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning: A Review of National Plans, July 2016

Methodology for assessment of public health preparedness and response synergies between institutional authorities and the community

Social Representations of Natural Hazard Risk in Swiss Mountain Regions

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