Cross-sector decision landscape in response to COVID-19: A qualitative network mapping analysis of North Carolina decision-makers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic response has demonstrated the interconnectedness of individuals, organizations, and other entities jointly contributing to the production of community health. This response has involved stakeholders from numerous sectors who have been faced with new decisions, objectives, and constraints. We examined the cross-sector organizational decision landscape that formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina.

Methods

We conducted virtual semi-structured interviews with 44 organizational decision-makers representing nine sectors in North Carolina between October 2020 and January 2021 to understand the decision-making landscape within the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. In line with a complexity/systems thinking lens, we defined

SUBMITTER: Biddell CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9424900 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature