Obstacles to Public Health that even Pandemics cannot Overcome: The Politics of Covid-19 on the Island of Ireland
Obstacles to Public Health that even Pandemics cannot Overcome: The Politics of Covid-19 on the Island of Ireland
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即使是流行病也无法克服的公共卫生障碍：爱尔兰岛的 Covid-19 政治
DOI：
10.3318/isia.2021.32b.22
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发表时间：
2021
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G. Scally
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作者：
A. Nolan;S. Burke;E. Burke;C. Darker;J. Barry;N. O’Connell;L. Zgaga;Luke Mather;G. Nicolson;M. Dempster;Christopher D. Graham;P. Crowley;Clíodhna O’Connor;Katy Tobin;G. Scally
摘要：随着世界各国政府在应对SARS-CoV-2大流行过程中对技术指导的接受和实施情况不同，政治与公共卫生之间的关系日益明显。本文报告了一项关于北爱尔兰（NI）和爱尔兰共和国（RoI） Covid-19公共卫生政策的定性研究，该研究跨越了强调大流行第一波（2020年2月至6月）的时间轴。《耶稣受难日协定》所载的司法管辖区间保健承诺为爱尔兰岛人口保健的合作与协调提供了框架。这项关于南北合作应对Covid-19的研究采用了牛津Covid-19政府应对追踪器（OxCGRT）代码本中的10项指标，以确定北爱尔兰议会和爱尔兰政府的应对措施中是否明显存在关键公共卫生措施的合作和政策一致性。该研究的结论是，尽管全岛应对Covid-19存在历史和宪法障碍，但有证据表明，在第一波大流行期间，通过每个司法管辖区卫生行政部门之间的持续对话与合作，实现了重大的公共卫生政策协调。
Abstract:The relationship between politics and public health is increasingly evident as governments throughout the world vary in their acceptance and implementation of technical guidance in the response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This paper reports a qualitative study of public health policies for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland (RoI) across a timeline emphasising the first wave of the pandemic (February to June 2020). Inter-jurisdictional commitments for health as contained in the Good Friday Agreement provide a framework for cooperation and coordination of population health on the island of Ireland. This study of north-south cooperation in the response to Covid-19 applies ten indicators from the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) codebook to establish if cooperation and policy alignment of key public health measures are evident in the Northern Ireland Assembly and Government of Ireland responses. The study concludes that notwithstanding the historical and constitutional obstacles to an all-island response to Covid-19, there is evidence of significant public health policy alignment brought about through ongoing dialogue and cooperation between the health administrations in each jurisdiction over the course of the first wave of the pandemic.