Challenges for implementation of inter-sectoral efforts to improve outbreak response using consolidated framework for implementation research; Iran's COVID-19 experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The recurrence of emerging infectious diseases reminds us that rapid response to related outbreaks require coordinated inter-sectoral/ organizational and trans-disciplinary approaches. This study examined the challenges for implementation of inter-sectoral efforts to improve COVID-19 pandemic response in Iran using the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR).

Methods

We conducted a qualitative content analysis of in-depth interviews between March 2020 and February 2021 in Tehran, Iran. Participants included health professionals and experts involved in the prevention, treatment and control of COVID-19 pandemic from different levels of the health system (macro: Ministry of Health and Iranian National Institute of Health Research; meso: universities

SUBMITTER: Mirzania M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9440312 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature