scholarly journals Dynamics of Health Agency Response and Public Engagement in Public Health Emergency: A Case Study of CDC Tweeting Patterns During the 2016 Zika Epidemic

10.2196/10827 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. e10827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi Chen ◽  
Qian Xu ◽  
John Buchenberger ◽  
Arunkumar Bagavathi ◽  
Gabriel Fair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Public Health Emergency

Narratives of death: Systemic determinants of the coverage of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adaobi Vivian Duru
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
International News ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media System ◽  
Health Expert ◽  
Media Systems

This study used the 2014 Ebola outbreak as a case study to compare news coverage of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) between the Polarized Pluralist media system and the Liberal media system. This investigation revealed that partisan frames, emphasis on local and international efforts and use of health expert sources all differed across the two media systems. These differences suggest that social, political and economic attributes of media systems affect how news is shaped. When an event of international significance occurs, such as a disease outbreak, the characteristics that make up a media system will influence how issues are covered and presented to the public. Giving the current globalized nature of news, the findings in this study has implications for international news flow.

An ACP Approach to Public Health Emergency Management: Using a Campus Outbreak of H1N1 Influenza as a Case Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1028-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Duan ◽  
Zhidong Cao ◽  
Youzhong Wang ◽  
Bin Zhu ◽  
Daniel Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
H1n1 Influenza ◽  
Public Health Emergency

Transpositions in Configurable Virtual Storyworlds

2010 ◽  
pp. 72-94
Author(s):  
James J. Sosnoski ◽  
Kevin Q. Harvey ◽  
Jordan Stalker ◽  
Colleen Monahan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Emergency Responders ◽  
Collaborative Environment ◽  
Public Health Emergency Response ◽  
The University

BACKGROUND: The Center for the Advancement of Distance Education (CADE) is a self-supporting unit within the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The center’s services range from online continuing education and professional training to multimedia Web-casting and research data management, analysis and presentation. TECHNOLOGY USED: In public health emergency response training, an isolation and quarantine situation is one of the most challenging. Second Life has the capability and potential to address many of the training and planning challenges associated with such a sensitive topic. It enables public health emergency responders to test and refine existing plans and procedures in a safe, controllable, immersive and repeatable environment. CASE STUDY: A quarantine scenario designed for emergency training. The authors designed “The Canyon Crossroads” as a key transit point between two quarantine areas and two uninfected areas. They placed a state border to divide the crossroads leaving quarantine zones in each jurisdiction. The local hospital was located in one of the quarantine zones and it is an official holding and treatment location for infected victims. The exercise involves transmitting persons in and out of the four areas. CHALLENGES: There are three challenges the authors are currently addressing: (a) how to increase the levels of engagement in the training process, (b) how to construct a virtual world that fosters collaboration, and (c) how to measure the levels of engagement in this collaborative environment.

scholarly journals How do Canadian public health agencies respond to the COVID-19 emergency using social media: a protocol for a case study using content and sentiment analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. e041818
Author(s):  
Anita Kothari ◽  
Lyndsay Foisey ◽  
Lorie Donelle ◽  
Michael Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Research Ethics ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Message Content ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Board Review

IntroductionKeeping Canadians safe requires a robust public health (PH) system. This is especially true when there is a PH emergency, like the COVID-19 pandemic. Social media, like Twitter and Facebook, is an important information channel because most people use the internet for their health information. The PH sector can use social media during emergency events for (1) PH messaging, (2) monitoring misinformation, and (3) responding to questions and concerns raised by the public. In this study, we ask: what is the Canadian PH risk communication response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of social media?Methods and analysisWe will conduct a case study using content and sentiment analysis to examine how provinces and provincial PH leaders, and the Public Health Agency of Canada and national public heath leaders, engage with the public using social media during the first wave of the pandemic (1 January–3 September 2020). We will focus specifically on Twitter and Facebook. We will compare findings to a gold standard during the emergency with respect to message content.Ethics and disseminationWestern University’s research ethics boards confirmed that this study does not require research ethics board review as we are using social media data in the public domain. Using our study findings, we will work with PH stakeholders to collaboratively develop Canadian social media emergency response guideline recommendations for PH and other health system organisations. Findings will also be disseminated through peer-reviewed journal articles and conference presentations.

scholarly journals Canadian healthcare readiness for public health emergencies

2017 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Cory Lefebvre ◽  
Adam Beswick ◽  
Lauren Crosby ◽  
Eric Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
Care Services

Following the 2003 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak in Toronto, there remains a concern that Canada’s healthcare systems are inadequately equipped to respond to a future public health emergency. Public health emergencies, defined as an emergency need for health care services to respond to a disaster, significant or catastrophic event, are economically costly. Effective prevention and responses to future emergencies would prevent economic costs like those from the 2003 SARS outbreak. An analysis from Hawryluck et al. of the SARS response identified major gaps: incomplete infection control, lack of system-wide communications, and no system-wide coordination leading to isolated, inefficient responses. More than a decade later, improvements have been made but there are areas in the infection control protocol that still require changes. More training is required for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel to effectively handle emergency scenes and to improve multiple agency coordination. Local hospitals need to improve their surge capacity, administrative emergency preparedness infrastructure, and personnel training. The creation of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) in 2004 responded to concerns about the capacity of Canada’s healthcare system to respond effectively to public health threats. At the provincial level, the Emergency Management Branch (EMB) works effectively similar to and in coordination with PHAC. The needs for improvement should question if Canada will be able to handle the next public health emergency that rolls through its door.

EU Public Health: Countermeasures to Swine Flu

2019 ◽  
pp. 121-150
Author(s):  
Anniek de Ruijter
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Swine Flu ◽  
Institutional Actors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health Policymaking

This chapter is a case study on the EU’s response to a public health emergency in the form of countermeasures. More specifically, the scope of the case study is the involvement of the EU in the response to the outbreak of swine flu (influenza A H1N1) in 2009–10. The case study explores and maps legally the manner by which health policymaking can become strengthened through intertwining with more formal rules and the impact this may have for EU fundamental rights and values. It illustrates the growth and impact of EU health policy beyond legislative powers, where Member State engagement in EU health policymaking may have an impact beyond what is envisioned in law. The chapter first addresses how measures to counter a public health emergency can be taken at EU level, particularly focusing on the institutional actors. Second, the chapter identifies the countermeasures taken at EU level to combat the swine flu pandemic. Third, the chapter looks at the ways informal health policy (deliberately) intertwines with more formal regulation. Lastly, the impact of EU health law and policy in this particular case is analysed in terms of fundamental rights and values. The case study shows that the precarious balancing between public health and individual rights is not done by Member States alone.

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