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- The study emphasizes the importance of collaboration between local health departments (LHDs) and school systems for effective emergency preparedness and promoting community resilience.
- Researchers gathered data from 750 LHDs across the country through an online questionnaire to assess their current and future collaboration efforts.
- Findings reveal that most LHDs already collaborate with schools for emergency activities and are interested in continuing these partnerships, highlighting key factors that influence successful collaborations and suggesting areas for improvement.
Article Abstract
Objective: Collaboration between existing components of the public health system is important for protecting public health and promoting community resilience. We describe the factors that promote collaborative emergency preparedness and response activities between local health departments (LHDs) and school systems.
Methods: We gathered data from a multistage, stratified random sample of 750 LHDs nationwide. Utilizing a mailed invitation, we recruited respondents to participate in an online questionnaire. We calculated descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The majority of LHDs collaborated with school systems for emergency preparedness and response activities and most indicated they were likely to collaborate in the future. Characteristics of the jurisdiction, general experience and perceptions of collaboration, and characteristics of the preparedness collaboration itself predicted future collaboration.
Conclusion: Our results help us understand the nature of collaborations between LHDs and school systems on emergency preparedness and response activities, which can be used to identify priority areas for developing successful and sustainable joint efforts in the future. By focusing on the perceived value of collaboration and building on existing non-preparedness partnering, communities can increase the likelihood of ongoing successful LHD-school system emergency preparedness collaborations.
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