scholarly journals How Is the Risk of Major Sudden Infectious Epidemic Transmitted? A Grounded Theory Analysis Based on COVID-19 in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Duan ◽  
Zhisheng Zhang ◽  
Wei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Transmission Path ◽  
System Risk ◽  
Risk Source ◽  
Property Losses ◽  
Media Reports

The outbreak of a sudden infectious epidemic often causes serious casualties and property losses to the whole society. The COVID-19 epidemic that broke out in China at the end of December 2019, spread rapidly, resulting in large groups of confirmed diagnoses, and causing severe damage to China's society. This epidemic even now encompasses the globe. This paper takes the COVID-19 epidemic that has occurred in China as an example, the original data of this paper is derived from 20 Chinese media reports on COVID-19, and the grounded theory is used to analyze the original data to find the risk transmission rules of a sudden infectious epidemic. The results show that in the risk transmission of a sudden infectious epidemic, there are six basic elements: the risk source, the risk early warning, the risk transmission path, the risk transmission victims, the risk transmission inflection point, and the end of risk transmission. After a sudden infectious epidemic breaks out, there are three risk transmission paths, namely, a medical system risk transmission path, a social system risk transmission path, and a psychological risk transmission path, and these three paths present a coupling structure. These findings in this paper suggest that people should strengthen the emergency management of a sudden infectious epidemic by controlling of the risk source, establishing an efficient and scientific risk early warning mechanism and blocking of the risk transmission paths. The results of this study can provide corresponding policy implications for the emergency management of sudden public health events.

Torrent Monitoring and Early Warning Systems Development

2022 ◽  
pp. 195-216
Author(s):  
Dejan Vasović ◽  
Ratko Ristić ◽  
Muhamed Bajrić
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Warning Systems ◽  
Small Catchment ◽  
National Emergency

The level of sustainability of a modern society is associated with the ability to manage unwanted stressors from the environment, regardless of origin. Torrential floods represent a hydrological hazard whose frequency and intensity have increased in recent years, mainly due to climate changes. In order to effectively manage the risks of torrents, it is necessary to apply early warning systems, since torrential floods are formed very quickly, especially on the watercourses of a small catchment area. The early warning system is part of a comprehensive torrential flood risk management system, seen as a technical entity for the collection, transformation, and rapid distribution of data. Modern early warning systems are the successors of rudimentary methods used in the past, and they are based on ICT and mobile applications developed in relation to the requirements of end users. The chapter presents an analysis of characteristic examples of the use. The main conclusion of the chapter indicates the need to implement early warning systems in national emergency management structures.

scholarly journals Construction of Hangzhou Silk Cognitive Evaluation System Based on the Grounded Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Aijuan Cao
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Analysis Software ◽  
Logical Relationship ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Grounded Theory Research ◽  
Cognitive Evaluation ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Theory Research

The article adopts the grounded theory research method, where it takes “how people perceive and evaluate Hangzhou Silk” as the research subject, and uses data that was obtained through interviews and investigations as data source. With the systematic analysis of the original data, this paper gradually extracts and summarizes the content dimension and evaluation results of consumers' cognition evaluation on Hangzhou silk using the quantitative analysis software NVivo 11.0. Finally, based on the eight dimensions of the above research, this study combs and analyzes the logical relationship between them, and constructs the cognition evaluation system of Hangzhou silk. The research conclusion enriches and expands the research scope in the field of silk cognition research.

scholarly journals Life Satisfaction of Young Female Factory Workers in Developing Countries: A Grounded Theory Approach to Develop a Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Wasantha Rajapakshe
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Overall Life Satisfaction

This study explores the determinant factors of life satisfaction of female workers in Free Trade Zones (FTZ) in Sri Lanka by using the grounded theory approach. Observations and in-depth interviews were applied to gather data. Life satisfaction among women in the workplace is requisite in many industries. Compared with all other sectors, life satisfaction issues are more crucial in FTZs. The model formulated in this study shows the employees' overall life satisfaction at FTZs, which many previous studies have ignored. The findings revealed that overall life satisfaction is dependent on seven satisfaction domains: work satisfaction, health satisfaction, financial satisfaction, family satisfaction, leisure satisfaction, housing satisfaction, community satisfaction, and two factors related to participation in life events: happy events and sad events. In addition, seven personal characteristics: age, marital status, number of family members, parents, family income, education, and positions held before joining FTZs were identified as moderator variables. The proposed model is closed the theoretical gap which many previous researchers overlooked. The study provided managerial and policy implications and proposed policies to the government and managers to overcome this issue.

Overtourism: An Analysis of Its Coverage In the Media by Using Framing Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Connor Clark ◽  
Gyan P. Nyaupane
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Framing Theory ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
Media Frames ◽  
News Sources ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Negative Impacts

The purpose of this study is to obtain a deeper understanding of how the media frames the recent overtourism phenomenon and to theorize the impacts of such framing on policy making and mitigation by using framing theory. We conducted a content analysis of 85 media articles to compare the negative impacts of overtourism across destination types. The results revealed media reports of critical environmental impacts at national parks, beach destinations, and archaeological sites; high socioeconomic impacts at archaeological sites, island destinations, and urban destinations; and high infrastructural impacts at national parks, archaeological sites, and island destinations. Differences in the severity of impacts by destination type have implications for destination planning and management frameworks. We also used Entman's classification of frames to analyze the media's portrayal of the phenomenon. Results revealed that the media overemphasizes redefining overtourism and fails to cover a range of possible solutions for properly managing the complex issue, especially by major news sources. These findings suggest that the media continuously redefines overtourism as a new phenomenon and oversimplifies its complexity, which prevents addressing the root cause of the problem and misleads policy implications. Theoretical implications of media framing are discussed, as are remedial strategies for destination management.

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