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Published in: Journal of Community Health 2/2018

Open Access 01-04-2018 | Review

Enablers and Barriers to Community Engagement in Public Health Emergency Preparedness: A Literature Review

Authors: Anna Ramsbottom, Eleanor O’Brien, Lucrezio Ciotti, Judit Takacs

Published in: Journal of Community Health | Issue 2/2018

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Abstract

Public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) all too often focusses only on institutional capabilities, including their technical expertise and political influence, while overlooking community capabilities. However, the success of institutional emergency preparedness plans depends upon communities and institutions working together to ensure successful anticipation, response and recovery. Broader community engagement is therefore recommended worldwide. This literature review was carried out to identify enablers and barriers to community and institutional synergies in emergency preparedness. Searches were undertaken across bibliographic databases and grey literature sources. The literature identified was qualitative in nature. A qualitative, ‘best fit’ framework approach using a pre-existing framework was used to analyse the literature, whereby themes were added and changed as analysis progressed. A working definition of community was identified, based on a ‘whole community’ approach, inclusive of the whole multitude of stakeholders including community residents and emergency management staff. Given the diversity in community make-up, the types of emergencies that could be faced, the socio-economic, environmental and political range of communities, there are no set practices that will be effective for all communities. The most effective way of engaging communities in emergency preparedness is context-dependent and the review did draw out some important key messages for institutions to consider.
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Metadata
Title
Enablers and Barriers to Community Engagement in Public Health Emergency Preparedness: A Literature Review
Authors
Anna Ramsbottom
Eleanor O’Brien
Lucrezio Ciotti
Judit Takacs
Publication date
01-04-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Community Health / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0094-5145
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3610
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-017-0415-7

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