How have researchers defined institutions, politics, organizations, and governance in research related to epidemic and pandemic response? A scoping review to map current concepts.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, the literature on public health interventions and health outcomes in the context of epidemic and pandemic response has grown immensely. However, relatively few of these studies have situated their findings within the institutional, political, organizational, and governmental (IPOG) context in which interventions and outcomes exist. This conceptual mapping scoping study synthesized the published literature on the impact of IPOG factors on epidemic and pandemic response and critically examined definitions and uses of the terms IPOG in this literature. This research involved a comprehensive search of four databases across the social, health, and biomedical sciences as well as multi-level eligibility screening conducted by two independent reviewers. Data on the temporal, geogr

SUBMITTER: Wu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9620353 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature