A comparative study of public‐health emergency management

Epidemic transmission is a common type of public health emergency that is difficult to forecast and often causes substantial harm. Artificial societal models provide a novel approach to the study of public health problems. However, public health emergency management (PHEM) always involves multi-disciplinary and multi-hierarchical models that complicate the work of modeling. Models are also made more complex by the consideration of new requirements and interactions. Therefore, we propose a domain-specific methodology to guide the modeling process in PHEM. By analyzing domain characteristics and modeling requirements, a meta-modeling framework can be constructed, containing the basic elements with which to construct an artificial society to study epidemic transmission. In this paper, the designs of meta-models are discussed in detail, and domain models are implemented by code generation, which enables the support of large-scale, agent-based computational experiments on the KD-ACP platform. Case studies of Ebola are outlined, emergency scenarios are reconstructed based on pre-designed meta-models, and “scenario-response” experiments are presented. This study provides a valuable framework and methodology with which to study complex social problems in PHEM. The proposed method has been verified effectively and efficiently.

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Public health emergency management capacity building in Guinea: 2014-2019

International Journal of Emergency Management ◽

10.1504/ijem.2020.112302 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 179

Author(s):

Lise D. Martel ◽

Michael Phipps ◽

Amadou Traore ◽

Claire J. Standley ◽

Mohamed L. Soumah ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Emergency Management ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Public Health Emergency ◽

Management Capacity

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Dynamics of Interorganizational Public Health Emergency Management Networks: Following the 2015 MERS Response in South Korea

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1177/1010539518762847 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 207-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kyungwoo Kim ◽

Kyujin Jung

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Middle East ◽

South Korea ◽

Emergency Management ◽

Information Disclosure ◽

Public Health Emergency ◽

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ◽

Outbreak Response ◽

Governmental Agencies ◽

Hierarchical Communication

We investigated public health emergency management networks during the recent outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus that affected more than 17 000 people in South Korea. We administered a survey to 169 organizations in order to map the pattern of communication and response networks during the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak. We also conducted 11 semistructured interviews with national, regional, and local government officials to comprehend inhibiting and facilitating factors in risk communication and response to the system. National ministries or agencies play central roles in coordinating and supporting the overall response, and local and regional governments or agencies interact with other governments and agencies. Governmental agencies coordinating and/or supporting the outbreak response had difficulties in communicating with other agencies because of the ambiguity of the nature of the infectious disease, slow information disclosure, differences in the organizational priorities, different information standards, and the limitations of the information system. To better respond to a virus outbreak, government agencies need to improve hierarchical communication among different levels of governments, horizontal communication and cooperation between same types or different types of agencies, and information systems.

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

IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems ◽

10.1109/tsmc.2013.2256855 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 43 (5) ◽

pp. 1028-1041 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Wei Duan ◽

Zhidong Cao ◽

Youzhong Wang ◽

Bin Zhu ◽

Daniel Zeng ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Emergency Management ◽

H1n1 Influenza ◽

Public Health Emergency

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Core Capacity Building of Public Health Emergency Management System and International Comparison: Research Progress and Ideas

Criminal Justice Science & Governance ◽

10.35534/cjsg.0101001 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1-29

Author(s):

Yan Ping ◽

Qi Jiangang ◽

Zhang Qi ◽

Qi Yu

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Emergency Management ◽

Capacity Building ◽

International Comparison ◽

Management System ◽

Public Health Emergency ◽

Research Progress ◽

Emergency Management System ◽

Comparison Research

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Developing an instrument to measure household radiological emergency preparedness using the Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) methodology: An evidence-informed approach

Journal of Emergency Management ◽

10.5055/jem.0583 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 293-305

Author(s):

Rennie W. Ferguson, DrPH, MHS ◽

Daniel J. Barnett, MD, MPH ◽

Ryan David Kennedy, PhD ◽

Tara Kirk Sell, PhD, MA ◽

Jessica S. Wieder ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Emergency Management ◽

Emergency Response ◽

Emergency Preparedness ◽

Survey Instrument ◽

Public Health Emergency ◽

Community Assessment ◽

Radiological Emergency ◽

Preparedness Planning ◽

Public Health Emergency Response

Introduction: Community assessments to measure emergency preparedness can inform policies, planning, and communication to the public to improve readiness and response if an emergency was to occur. Public health and emergency management officials need an effective assessment tool to measure community preparedness for a radiological emergency. Methods: The authors created a survey instrument to collect data on household radiological emergency preparedness that could be implemented using the Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) methodology, developed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To inform the development of the tool, the authors examined existing CASPER surveys, focusing on identifying best practices for creating a survey instrument, as well as analyzing the results of a survey of radiation preparedness experts and state/local health and emergency management officials. Results: The developed survey tool includes 32 questions covering four domains: communication in an emergency, preparedness planning, physical/behavioral health, and demographics. The instrument captures information related to identified barriers in communicating in a radiological emergency as well as self-reported behaviors that could potentially be influenced through awareness and education.Discussion: Using the proposed survey instrument and following the existing rapid assessment methodology provided by CASPER, public health and emergency management agencies can collect valuable information on the radiation preparedness needs of their communities, which can then be used to improve household readiness for an emergency.

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