Methodology for assessment of public health emergency preparedness and response synergies between institutional authorities and communities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper describes a participatory methodology that supports investigation of the synergistic 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, 2016, and tick-borne encephalitis in the Netherlands, 2016); and (ii) two outbreaks of acute gastroenterit

SUBMITTER: de Vries DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7212582 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature