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J Public Health Manag Pract
November 2024
Author Affiliations: Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina (Ms Draper, Dr Younginer, and Mr Samin); Center for Excellence in Public Health, University of New England, Portland, Maine (Dr Rodriguez and Ms Bruno); and Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Balestracci).
Objective: The study examines: 1) impacts of COVID-19 on the work of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed) implementers, 2) facilitators and barriers experienced in making adaptations, and 3) factors that would have helped with preparedness to adapt.
Design, Setting, And Participants: A purposive sample of 181 SNAP-Ed program implementers from across five states completed a survey or interview based on the study aims. Quantitative data was summarized with descriptive statistics and qualitative data was analyzed thematically.
PLoS One
January 2025
Evidence-based Public Health, Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Health system resilience is defined as the ability of a system to prepare, manage, and learn from shocks. This study investigates the resilience of the German health system by analysing the system-related factors that supported health care workers, a key building block of the system, during the COVID-19 pandemic. We thematically analysed data from 18 semi-structured interviews with key informants from management, policy and academia, 17 in-depth interviews with health care workers, and 10 focus group discussions with health care workers.
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February 2025
Department of Paediatrics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, 411018, Maharashtra, India.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
January 2025
Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Objective: In the course of the EU funded Pandemic Preparedness and Response (PANDEM-2) project, a functional exercise (FX) was conducted to train the coordinated response to a large-scale pandemic event in Europe by using new IT solutions developed by the project. This report provides an overview of the steps involved in planning, conducting, and evaluating the FX.
Methods: The FX design was based on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) simulation exercise cycle for public health settings and was carried out over 2 days in the German and Dutch national public health institutes (PHI), with support from other consortium PHIs.
J Law Med Ethics
January 2025
Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Global health security in the Biden-Harris Administration has been a dynamic area of engagement, starting with the COVID-19 response, to strengthening and reforming the World Health Organization, to bolstering regional partnerships, and securing financing for pandemic preparedness. Sustained commitment to bilateral, regional, and multilateral cooperation will ensure that the United States stands ready to address any future health challenges.
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