Public Trust in COVID-19 Prevention and Responses Between January and May 2020 in Bangladesh

Alam, Edris; Abdouli, Khameis Al; Khamis, Amar Hassan; Bhuiyan, Hafiz Uddin; Rahman, Kazi Abdur

doi:10.2147/rmhp.s327881

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“…The government was not ready enough to deal with a crisis that it never experienced in the past. The findings are consistent with those of (36)(37)(38).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Public Confidence in COVID-19 Prevention and Response in Bangladesh

Alam

Rahman

Hridoy

2022

Front. Public Health

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Community confidence in institutional approaches to emergency management directs how they cooperate and comply with public policy responses. In the context of emerging COVID-19 pandemic risk management, this study aims to assess public confidence in the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and private sector entities for the activities undertaken during preparedness, prevention, and response phases. A survey was conducted with 307 respondents who willingly took part in the study. Cronbach's alpha was calculated to assess the internal reliability and the Mann-Whitney U test was conducted to estimate the mean score difference between the observations. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was applied in the study. The findings suggest that the participants were highly positive about the GoB efforts to organize and provide PPE for doctors in time as a safeguard against COVID-19 and coordination and informed decision making in relation to facing COVID-19. Overall, the participants showed a lower-level confidence in the preparedness and response measures taken by authorities in Bangladesh. The results explored how the GoB failed to reach the public satisfaction level regarding provision of food and financial support to low income and middle income people. A lack of collaboration and coordination among different inter-GoB and private sectors makes mitigation and recovery process difficult. This research provides a set of policy recommendations for future public health emergency management based on the participants' concerns and suggestions, and a review of consequences of policy responses in the early stage.

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“…The government was not ready enough to deal with a crisis that it never experienced in the past. The findings are consistent with those of (36)(37)(38).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Public Confidence in COVID-19 Prevention and Response in Bangladesh

Alam

Rahman

Hridoy

2022

Front. Public Health

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“…Additionally, distrust in the government may lead people to adopt evasive means of risk response. During the COVID-19 pandemic, unscientific decision-making and poor information management by the Bangladeshi government led to increased distrust in government risk management among the population, and people who lacked confidence in government decisions found it difficult to actively cooperate with control measures, thus making it difficult to contain the spread of the virus [75].…”

Section: Resilient-community Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Grassroots Mirroring under COVID-19: Does Community Resilience Affect Residents’ Responses? The Case of Shenzhen, China

Zeng

Hong

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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In the face of the sudden outbreak of COVID-19, the community has played a large role in stemming the impact of COVID-19, and community resilience has become a key part of community governance. Community resilience is the ability of a community to respond effectively to risk and keep the community functioning by strengthening governance and leveraging community relationships in the face of external-disaster disruptions; this gives community participants a real sense that the community is equipped to face adversity and challenges. However, the evasive response of some residents is an important factor that hinders the community’s emergency response capabilities. Therefore, this study selected different types of communities in Shenzhen, China, from 9–23 July 2021, conducted a field survey, and obtained 2256 questionnaires using multi-segment random sampling. Based on the questionnaire data, this study uses factor analysis, correlation analysis, multiple linear regression analysis, and cluster analysis to explore the mechanisms of community resilience on residents’ risk coping styles, and the differences between community resilience and residents’ risk coping styles in different types of communities. The study found that, first, community resilience has a significant positive impact on proactive risk response, among which governance performance has a more significant impact; second, community resilience has a negative correlation with evasive coping styles, in which governance performance has a more significant impact; third, there are obvious differences in the level of resilience between different types of communities, with urban communities being the best, mixed communities being second, and transition communities being last. The government’s role in guiding and organizing the population was extremely significant during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the superiority of the socialist system. The role of the community in social management has become increasingly prominent, and community resilience has become a key factor in controlling COVID-19.

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“…According to the GoB, as of February 26, 2022, there were 1,941,057 confirmed infected cases and 29,016 reported deaths (GoB, 2022). The GoB implemented a suite of response policies, including stopping prayers at mosques, remote work processes, physical distancing, quarantine (both designated place and at home), lockdowns, travel bans, closure of nonessential services, flight cancellations, and sterilization interventions (Alam et al, 2021). The GoB also closed educational institutions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The GoB also closed educational institutions. Notwithstanding these efforts, concerns were prevalence about the authorities' inadequate risk management measures as a result of indecision, slow policy implementation, inaccurate testing results, and the circulation of a significant amount of fake news and misinformation (Alam et al, 2021). Under the complex challenges and dynamic situation, it is unknown how the district administration handled risk management, which may have implications for a similar health emergency management in the country and beyond.…”

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The local governance of COVID‐19: Lessons learned and ways forward in rural Bangladesh

Alam,

Han,

Islam

et al. 2024

Asian Politics and Policy

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This article investigates how a district administration in Bangladesh managed COVID‐19 pandemic risk governance. Interviews were conducted with civil administrators, local government representatives, and representatives from community‐based organizations and nongovernmental organizations. The findings indicate that, despite limited health facilities, widespread ignorance of the virus, joblessness among wage earners, economic pressure, and a massive outbreak of COVID‐19, the district administration has demonstrated its diligence, professionalism, local knowledge, and promptness in providing optimal public services through coordination and information sharing among all stakeholders. The synergies and coordination between local administration, security forces, and local government representatives were great challenges in implementing nonpharmaceutical polices and support programs.

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Public Trust in COVID-19 Prevention and Responses Between January and May 2020 in Bangladesh

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

Public Confidence in COVID-19 Prevention and Response in Bangladesh

Public Confidence in COVID-19 Prevention and Response in Bangladesh

Grassroots Mirroring under COVID-19: Does Community Resilience Affect Residents’ Responses? The Case of Shenzhen, China

The local governance of COVID‐19: Lessons learned and ways forward in rural Bangladesh

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