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dc.contributor.authorLe, HT
dc.contributor.authorMai, HT
dc.contributor.authorPham, HQ
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, CT
dc.contributor.authorVu, GT
dc.contributor.authorPhung, DT
dc.contributor.authorNghiem, SH
dc.contributor.authorTran, BX
dc.contributor.authorLatkin, CA
dc.contributor.authorHo, CSH
dc.contributor.authorHo, RCM
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-14T23:06:23Z
dc.date.available2020-12-14T23:06:23Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn2296-2565
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpubh.2020.589437
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/400200
dc.description.abstractTo effectively control the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak in later stages in Vietnam requires addressing the existing gaps in the national health emergency framework, consolidate, and inform its structure, we conducted this study to evaluate the importance and collaborative mechanism between health and community service workers with intersectional organizations at grassroots levels in Vietnam. A cross-sectional, web-based survey was conducted from 12/2019 to 02/2020 on 581 participants (37 health workers, 473 medical students, and 71 community service workers). The snowball sampling technique was used to recruit participants. We used exploratory factor analysis to test the construct validity of the questionnaire measuring the perceived efficiency of involving community service workers in health care–related activities and Tobit models to examine its associated factors. The results showed the importance of local organizations in epidemic preparedness and response at grassroots levels, with scores ranging from 6.4 to 7.1, in which the Vietnam Youth Federation played the most important role (mean = 7.1, SD = 2.2). Of note, community service workers were viewed as performing well in health communication and education at agencies, schools, and other localities. Medical students perceived higher efficiency of involving community service workers in health care–related activities at grassroots levels as compared to health workers. We encourage the government to promote intersectoral collaboration in epidemic preparedness and response, giving attention to scale up throughout training as well as interdistrict and interprovincial governance mechanisms.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.publisherFrontiers Media SA
dc.relation.ispartofjournalFrontiers in Public Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.titleFeasibility of Intersectoral Collaboration in Epidemic Preparedness and Response at Grassroots Levels in the Threat of COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLe, HT; Mai, HT; Pham, HQ; Nguyen, CT; Vu, GT; Phung, DT; Nghiem, SH; Tran, BX; Latkin, CA; Ho, CSH; Ho, RCM, Feasibility of Intersectoral Collaboration in Epidemic Preparedness and Response at Grassroots Levels in the Threat of COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam, Frontiers in Public Health, 2020, 8
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2020-12-13T23:22:15Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2020 Le, Mai, Pham, Nguyen, Vu, Phung, Nghiem, Tran, Latkin, Ho and Ho. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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