Communication Efforts Among Local Health Departments and Health Care Professionals During the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak
Communication Efforts Among Local Health Departments and Health Care Professionals During the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak
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DOI：
10.1097/phh.0b013e3181f54110
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Hall, Brad
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作者：
Dearinger, Angela T.;Howard, Alex;Hall, Brad
目的：本研究的目的是通过评估肯塔基州在最初的H1N1流感爆发期间卫生部门、社区医生和药剂师之间沟通的有效性来检查公共卫生对H1N1流感出现的反应。研究方法：本研究采用横断面调查设计，从卫生部门、医生和药剂师收集有关H1N1爆发早期（2009年4月至7月）信息传播和接收的信息。研究参与者包括公共卫生，初级保健，药学和他们的合作伙伴的实践为基础的研究网络的成员。结果如下：95%的参与当地卫生部门（LHD）报告说，医疗保健专业通知是在其当地管辖范围内发起的风险缓解策略，81%的响应LHD将其向医疗保健提供者传播信息的能力评为非常好或优秀。然而，只有52%的受访医生和16%的受访药剂师报告从LHD获得任何有关H1N1的信息。74%的药剂师不知道他们的LHD在流感爆发时的应急计划。结论：这些研究结果表明，在流感爆发期间，从LHD到卫生保健专业人员的信息传播工作的推广和有效性存在不足。需要进行研究，确定公共卫生和医疗保健系统成员相互沟通和共享信息的改进方法。侧重于改善传染病爆发的沟通并审查这种干预措施的影响的干预措施将是有益和富有成效的。
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the public health response to the emergence of influenza H1N1 by evaluating the effectiveness of communication between health departments, community physicians, and pharmacists in Kentucky during the initial H1N1 outbreak. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional survey design to gather information from health departments, physicians, and pharmacists regarding information dissemination and receipt during the early H1N1 outbreak (April to July 2009). Study participants included members of practice-based research networks in public health, primary care, pharmacy, and their partners. Results: Ninety-five percent of participating local health departments (LHDs) reported that health care professional notification was a risk mitigation strategy initiated in their local jurisdiction, and 81% of responding LHDs rated their capacity to disseminate information to health care providers as very good or excellent. However, only 52% of surveyed physicians and 16% of surveyed pharmacists reported receiving any information about H1N1 from an LHD. Seventy-four percent of pharmacists were not aware of their LHD's emergency plan in the event of an influenza outbreak. Conclusion: These findings suggest that deficiencies exist in the outreach and effectiveness of information dissemination efforts from LHDs to health care professionals during an influenza outbreak. Research that identifies improved methods for members of public health and health care systems to communicate and share information with one another is needed. An intervention focused on improving communication about infectious disease outbreaks and examining the impact of such an intervention would be useful and productive.