Exploring the Alberta Health Services COVID-19 provincial public health integrated outbreak prevention, preparedness, management, and response interventions to support congregate and communal living sites in Alberta

SETTING: On March 17, 2020, a state of public health emergency was declared in Alberta under the Public Health Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Congregate and communal living sites were environments with a high risk of exposure to and transmission of COVID-19. Consequently, provincial effor...

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Autores principales: Loitz, Christina C., Johansen, Sandra, Johnston, J. Cyne, Strain, Keri-Lynn, Patterson, Kara, Chambers, Patricia, Devolin, Maureen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9927052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36787032
http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-023-00749-6
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author Loitz, Christina C.
Johansen, Sandra
Johnston, J. Cyne
Strain, Keri-Lynn
Patterson, Kara
Chambers, Patricia
Devolin, Maureen
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Johansen, Sandra
Johnston, J. Cyne
Strain, Keri-Lynn
Patterson, Kara
Chambers, Patricia
Devolin, Maureen
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description SETTING: On March 17, 2020, a state of public health emergency was declared in Alberta under the Public Health Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Congregate and communal living sites were environments with a high risk of exposure to and transmission of COVID-19. Consequently, provincial efforts to prevent and manage COVID-19 were required and prioritized. INTERVENTION: During the first 9 months of the pandemic, vaccines were unavailable and alternate strategies were used to prevent and manage COVID-19 (e.g., physical distancing, masking, symptom screening, testing, isolating cases). Alberta Health Services worked with local, provincial, and First Nations and Inuit Health Branch stakeholders to deliver interventions to support congregate and communal living sites. Interventions included resources and site visits to support prevention and preparedness, and the creation of a coordinated response line to serve as a single point of contact to access information and services in the event of an outbreak (e.g., guidance, testing, personal protective equipment, reporting). OUTCOMES: Data from an internal monitoring dashboard informed intervention uptake and use. Online survey results found high levels of awareness, acceptability, appropriateness, and use of the interventions among congregate and communal living site administrators (n = 550). Recommendations were developed from reported experiences, challenges, and facilitators, and processes were improved. IMPLICATIONS: Provincially coordinated prevention, preparedness, and outbreak management interventions supported congregate and communal living sites. Efforts to further develop adaptive system-level approaches for prevention and preparedness, in addition to communication and information sharing in complex rapidly changing contexts, could benefit future public health emergencies.
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spelling pubmed-99270522023-02-15 Exploring the Alberta Health Services COVID-19 provincial public health integrated outbreak prevention, preparedness, management, and response interventions to support congregate and communal living sites in Alberta Loitz, Christina C. Johansen, Sandra Johnston, J. Cyne Strain, Keri-Lynn Patterson, Kara Chambers, Patricia Devolin, Maureen Can J Public Health Special Section on COVID-19: Innovations in Policy and Practice SETTING: On March 17, 2020, a state of public health emergency was declared in Alberta under the Public Health Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Congregate and communal living sites were environments with a high risk of exposure to and transmission of COVID-19. Consequently, provincial efforts to prevent and manage COVID-19 were required and prioritized. INTERVENTION: During the first 9 months of the pandemic, vaccines were unavailable and alternate strategies were used to prevent and manage COVID-19 (e.g., physical distancing, masking, symptom screening, testing, isolating cases). Alberta Health Services worked with local, provincial, and First Nations and Inuit Health Branch stakeholders to deliver interventions to support congregate and communal living sites. Interventions included resources and site visits to support prevention and preparedness, and the creation of a coordinated response line to serve as a single point of contact to access information and services in the event of an outbreak (e.g., guidance, testing, personal protective equipment, reporting). OUTCOMES: Data from an internal monitoring dashboard informed intervention uptake and use. Online survey results found high levels of awareness, acceptability, appropriateness, and use of the interventions among congregate and communal living site administrators (n = 550). Recommendations were developed from reported experiences, challenges, and facilitators, and processes were improved. IMPLICATIONS: Provincially coordinated prevention, preparedness, and outbreak management interventions supported congregate and communal living sites. Efforts to further develop adaptive system-level approaches for prevention and preparedness, in addition to communication and information sharing in complex rapidly changing contexts, could benefit future public health emergencies. Springer International Publishing 2023-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9927052/ /pubmed/36787032 http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-023-00749-6 Text en © The Author(s) under exclusive license to The Canadian Public Health Association 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.
spellingShingle Special Section on COVID-19: Innovations in Policy and Practice
Loitz, Christina C.
Johansen, Sandra
Johnston, J. Cyne
Strain, Keri-Lynn
Patterson, Kara
Chambers, Patricia
Devolin, Maureen
Exploring the Alberta Health Services COVID-19 provincial public health integrated outbreak prevention, preparedness, management, and response interventions to support congregate and communal living sites in Alberta
title Exploring the Alberta Health Services COVID-19 provincial public health integrated outbreak prevention, preparedness, management, and response interventions to support congregate and communal living sites in Alberta
title_full Exploring the Alberta Health Services COVID-19 provincial public health integrated outbreak prevention, preparedness, management, and response interventions to support congregate and communal living sites in Alberta
title_fullStr Exploring the Alberta Health Services COVID-19 provincial public health integrated outbreak prevention, preparedness, management, and response interventions to support congregate and communal living sites in Alberta
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the Alberta Health Services COVID-19 provincial public health integrated outbreak prevention, preparedness, management, and response interventions to support congregate and communal living sites in Alberta
title_short Exploring the Alberta Health Services COVID-19 provincial public health integrated outbreak prevention, preparedness, management, and response interventions to support congregate and communal living sites in Alberta
title_sort exploring the alberta health services covid-19 provincial public health integrated outbreak prevention, preparedness, management, and response interventions to support congregate and communal living sites in alberta
topic Special Section on COVID-19: Innovations in Policy and Practice
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9927052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36787032
http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-023-00749-6
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