Community resilience to pandemics: An assessment framework developed based on the review of COVID-19 literature.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 outbreak in 2019 and the challenges it posed to communities around the world, demonstrated the necessity of enhancing the resilience of communities to pandemics. In this regard, assessment frameworks can play an essential role and guide resilience-building efforts. However, the lack of a comprehensive assessment framework has led to a focus on sectoral evaluation. This study aims to propose an integrated framework for assessing the pandemic resilience of communities. For this purpose, we rely on a systematic review of literature indexed in major academic databases. We have thoroughly analyzed a total number of 115 related documents to extract relevant criteria. Findings show that many criteria and factors affect community resilience to pandemics. By inductive content coding in

SUBMITTER: Suleimany M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9375855 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature