Surveying the local public health response to COVID-19 in Canada: Study protocol.

<h4>Background</h4>Public health services and systems research is under-developed in Canada and this is particularly the case with respect to research on local public health unit operational functioning and capacity. The purpose of this paper is to report on a study that will collect ret...

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Autores principales:	Charles Plante, Thilina Bandara, Lori Baugh Littlejohns, Navdeep Sandhu, Anh Pham, Cory Neudorf
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:424466acfb7d4ba1bcbd6b6240eb3b612021-12-02T20:19:09ZSurveying the local public health response to COVID-19 in Canada: Study protocol.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0259590https://doaj.org/article/424466acfb7d4ba1bcbd6b6240eb3b612021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259590https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Public health services and systems research is under-developed in Canada and this is particularly the case with respect to research on local public health unit operational functioning and capacity. The purpose of this paper is to report on a study that will collect retrospective information on the local public health response to COVID-19 throughout Canada between 2020 and 2021.<h4>Methods/design</h4>The goal of the study is to develop and implement a study framework that will collect retrospective information on the local public health system response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. This study will involve administering a mixed-method survey to Medical Health Officers/Medical Officers of Health in every local and regional public health unit across the country, followed by a process of coding and grouping these responses in a consistent and comparable way. Coded responses will be assessed for patterns of divergent or convergent roles and approaches of local public health across the country with respect to interventions in their response to COVID-19. The Framework Method of thematic analysis will be applied to assess the qualitative answers to the open-ended questions that speak to public health policy features.<h4>Discussion</h4>The strengths of the study protocol include the engagement of Medical Health Officers/Medical Officers of Health as research partners and a robust integrated knowledge translation approach to further public health services and systems research in Canada.Charles PlanteThilina BandaraLori Baugh LittlejohnsNavdeep SandhuAnh PhamCory NeudorfPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259590 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Charles Plante Thilina Bandara Lori Baugh Littlejohns Navdeep Sandhu Anh Pham Cory Neudorf Surveying the local public health response to COVID-19 in Canada: Study protocol.
description	<h4>Background</h4>Public health services and systems research is under-developed in Canada and this is particularly the case with respect to research on local public health unit operational functioning and capacity. The purpose of this paper is to report on a study that will collect retrospective information on the local public health response to COVID-19 throughout Canada between 2020 and 2021.<h4>Methods/design</h4>The goal of the study is to develop and implement a study framework that will collect retrospective information on the local public health system response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. This study will involve administering a mixed-method survey to Medical Health Officers/Medical Officers of Health in every local and regional public health unit across the country, followed by a process of coding and grouping these responses in a consistent and comparable way. Coded responses will be assessed for patterns of divergent or convergent roles and approaches of local public health across the country with respect to interventions in their response to COVID-19. The Framework Method of thematic analysis will be applied to assess the qualitative answers to the open-ended questions that speak to public health policy features.<h4>Discussion</h4>The strengths of the study protocol include the engagement of Medical Health Officers/Medical Officers of Health as research partners and a robust integrated knowledge translation approach to further public health services and systems research in Canada.
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title	Surveying the local public health response to COVID-19 in Canada: Study protocol.
title_short	Surveying the local public health response to COVID-19 in Canada: Study protocol.
title_full	Surveying the local public health response to COVID-19 in Canada: Study protocol.
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Surveying the local public health response to COVID-19 in Canada: Study protocol.

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