Community interventions for pandemic preparedness

A scoping review of pandemic preparedness lessons from HIV, Covid-19, and other public health emergencies of international concern

Bibliographic Data

ID19594850
AuthorsSali Hafez (0000-0003-1051-1819, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, corresponding author), Sharif A Ismail (0000-0001-7246-7337, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, corresponding author), Zandile Zibwowa (0000-0001-6560-5754, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, corresponding author), Nadin Alhamshary (0000-0001-8717-3438, University of Leeds, corresponding author), Reem Elsayed (0000-0001-6321-2092, University of the Western Cape, corresponding author), Mandeep Dhaliwal (United Nations Development Programme, corresponding author), Fiona Samuels (0000-0001-8709-1328, Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author), Ade Fakoya (University College London, corresponding author)
EditorsSachin Atre (0000-0003-2148-465X)
Year2024
Volume4
Issue5
Pagese0002758
Publication date2024-05-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375
PublisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1371/journal.pgph.0002758
PMID38709792
OpenAlexW4396667454
LanguageEN
References cited89

Community action is broadly recognised as central to comprehensive and effective system responses to pandemics. However, there is uncertainty about how and where communities can be best supported to bolster long-term resilience and preparedness. We applied a typology of community interventions (Community Informing, Consulting, Involving, Collaborating or Empowering–or CICICE) to cover the diverse range of interventions identified across the literature and used this to structure a scoping review addressing three linked topics: (i) how CICICE interventions have been understood and applied in the literature on epidemic and pandemic preparedness; (ii) the spectrum of interventions that have been implemented to strengthen CICICE and (iii) what evidence is available on their effectiveness in influencing preparedness for current and future emergencies. We drew on peer-reviewed and grey literature from the HIV (from 2000) and COVID-19 pandemics and recent public health emergencies of international concern (from 2008), identified through systematic searches in MEDLINE, Scopus, the Cochrane Collaboration database, supplemented by keyword-structured searches in GoogleScholar and websites of relevant global health organisations. Following screening and extraction, key themes were identified using a combined inductive/deductive approach. 130 papers met the criteria for inclusion. Interventions for preparedness were identified across the spectrum of CICICE. Most work on COVID-19 focused on informing and consulting rather than capacity building and empowerment. The literature on HIV was more likely to report interventions emphasising human rights perspectives and empowerment. There was little robust evidence on the role of CICICE interventions in building preparedness. Evidence of effect was most robust for multi-component interventions for HIV prevention and control. Much of the reporting focused on intermediate outcomes, including measures of health service utilisation. We put forward a series of recommendations to help address evidence shortfalls, including clarifying definitions, organising and stratifying interventions by several parameters and strengthening evaluation methods for CICICE

Community engagement · Community resilience · Disease · Empowerment · Grey literature · MEDLINE · Pandemic · Political science · Preparedness · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public relations · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Medicine · Nursing · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research