Crystal Watson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6501589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Crystal Watson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Crystal |
| FAMILY NAME | Watson |
| SIGNATURE | WATSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6716-2467 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Improving risk analysis of environmentally driven zoonotic biological threats as a primary pandemic prevention approach
Kenya faces a heightened risk of emerging and/or reemerging infectious disease (EID) outbreaks of zoonotic origins due to climate-induced extreme weather events and other environmental drivers. We aimed to obtain the perspectives of stakeholders on the development of a newly conceptualized integrated risk analysis (IRA) framework to address environmentally driven EIDs. We addressed the study aim by learning from stakeholders’ experiences with the…
Impact, use, and implications of artificial intelligence in public health decision making by elected officials
Introduction: Artificial intelligence (AI) offers considerable promise for strengthening governmental public health decision making by supporting rapid, comprehensive analysis of complex data. Although AI applications have been widely examined in clinical and academic settings, their use in public health agencies and policymaking remains less well understood. Methods: This scoping review assessed how AI has been applied to support decision making…
Effectiveness of public health measures and strategies to reduce risk of spread of respiratory pathogens at sporting mass gatherings
Objectives: To determine the type and effectiveness of public health interventions implemented at sporting mass gatherings to mitigate respiratory infectious disease spread and understand how feasible and acceptable the interventions were to implement. Design: Systematic review. Data sources: Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science, Global Health, Epistemonikos, Global Index Medicus, WHO Library, WHO IRIS, IOC and FIFA were sear…
Improving risk analysis of the environmental drivers of the spillover, emergence/re-emergence and spread of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Marburg virus and Middle East respiratory syndrome c…
INTRODUCTION: Emerging and/or re-emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in the East Africa region are associated with climate change-induced environmental drivers. There is a need for a comprehensive understanding of these environmental drivers and to adopt an integrated risk analysis (IRA) framework for addressing a combination of the biological, environmental and socioeconomic factors that increase population vulnerabilities to EID risks to inform…
The Positive Influence of Individual-Level Disaster Preparedness on the Odds of Individual-Level Pandemic Preparedness—Insights from Fema’s 2021–2023 National Household Survey
The significant results suggest individuals who are prepared for a disaster have higher odds of being prepared for a pandemic. These findings support the continued increase in collaboration between emergency management and public health entities to jointly support the development of evidence-based resources to increase personal preparedness for both disasters and pandemics
Diplomacy disrupted
In 2022, Russia invoked Articles V and VI of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), requesting a formal meeting to discuss, and subsequent investigation of, alleged U.S.-funded biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine. Such allegations have been dismissed as false by scholars and diplomats alike, many of whom have argued that Russia’s actions represented an abuse of BTWC provisions and risked undermining the Convention. However, fe…
Early Childhood leisure experiences of African Nova Scotian children
Unstructured play is fundamental for healthy child development. Research indicates that racialized children participate less in outdoor play. Limited access to outdoor spaces restricts play for Black children. This study used Critical Race and BlackCrit Theories to understand how outdoor risky play is accessed and perceived by African Nova Scotian (ANS) parents and Early Childhood Educators (ECE). Caregivers (8 ECEs and 7 parents) of ANS children…
Amplifying the Encounters of Young Black Children with Anti-Black Racism
There is ongoing attention to equity and inclusion in early learning but a paucity of stories on diverse experiences. This study sought to understand the experiences of Black children in Nova Scotian early learning and child care environments through the perspectives of their parents and early childhood educators (ECEs) working in African Nova Scotian (ANS) communities or with Black children in Nova Scotia, Canada. Following in-depth interviews w…
Using prediction polling to harness collective intelligence for disease forecasting
Crowd forecasting efforts in public health may be a useful addition to traditional disease surveillance, modeling, and other approaches to evidence-based decision making for infectious disease outbreaks
Public Health Preparedness Funding
Objectives. To evaluate trends in funding over the past 16 years for key federal public health preparedness and response programs at the US Department of Health and Human Services, to improve understanding of federal funding history in this area, and to provide context for future resource allocation decisions for public health preparedness. Methods. In this 2017 analysis, we examined the funding history of key federal programs critical to public …
Public Health Preparedness Funding
Objectives. To evaluate trends in funding over the past 16 years for key federal public health preparedness and response programs at the US Department of Health and Human Services, to improve understanding of federal funding history in this area, and to provide context for future resource allocation decisions for public health preparedness. Methods. In this 2017 analysis, we examined the funding history of key federal programs critical to public …
Public Health Preparedness Funding
Objectives. To evaluate trends in funding over the past 16 years for key federal public health preparedness and response programs at the US Department of Health and Human Services, to improve understanding of federal funding history in this area, and to provide context for future resource allocation decisions for public health preparedness. Methods. In this 2017 analysis, we examined the funding history of key federal programs critical to public …
Using prediction polling to harness collective intelligence for disease forecasting
Crowd forecasting efforts in public health may be a useful addition to traditional disease surveillance, modeling, and other approaches to evidence-based decision making for infectious disease outbreaks
Amplifying the Encounters of Young Black Children with Anti-Black Racism
There is ongoing attention to equity and inclusion in early learning but a paucity of stories on diverse experiences. This study sought to understand the experiences of Black children in Nova Scotian early learning and child care environments through the perspectives of their parents and early childhood educators (ECEs) working in African Nova Scotian (ANS) communities or with Black children in Nova Scotia, Canada. Following in-depth interviews w…
Early Childhood leisure experiences of African Nova Scotian children
Unstructured play is fundamental for healthy child development. Research indicates that racialized children participate less in outdoor play. Limited access to outdoor spaces restricts play for Black children. This study used Critical Race and BlackCrit Theories to understand how outdoor risky play is accessed and perceived by African Nova Scotian (ANS) parents and Early Childhood Educators (ECE). Caregivers (8 ECEs and 7 parents) of ANS children…
Improving risk analysis of the environmental drivers of the spillover, emergence/re-emergence and spread of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Marburg virus and Middle East respiratory syndrome c…
INTRODUCTION: Emerging and/or re-emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in the East Africa region are associated with climate change-induced environmental drivers. There is a need for a comprehensive understanding of these environmental drivers and to adopt an integrated risk analysis (IRA) framework for addressing a combination of the biological, environmental and socioeconomic factors that increase population vulnerabilities to EID risks to inform…
The Positive Influence of Individual-Level Disaster Preparedness on the Odds of Individual-Level Pandemic Preparedness—Insights from Fema’s 2021–2023 National Household Survey
The significant results suggest individuals who are prepared for a disaster have higher odds of being prepared for a pandemic. These findings support the continued increase in collaboration between emergency management and public health entities to jointly support the development of evidence-based resources to increase personal preparedness for both disasters and pandemics
Diplomacy disrupted
In 2022, Russia invoked Articles V and VI of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), requesting a formal meeting to discuss, and subsequent investigation of, alleged U.S.-funded biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine. Such allegations have been dismissed as false by scholars and diplomats alike, many of whom have argued that Russia’s actions represented an abuse of BTWC provisions and risked undermining the Convention. However, fe…
Improving risk analysis of environmentally driven zoonotic biological threats as a primary pandemic prevention approach
Kenya faces a heightened risk of emerging and/or reemerging infectious disease (EID) outbreaks of zoonotic origins due to climate-induced extreme weather events and other environmental drivers. We aimed to obtain the perspectives of stakeholders on the development of a newly conceptualized integrated risk analysis (IRA) framework to address environmentally driven EIDs. We addressed the study aim by learning from stakeholders’ experiences with the…
Impact, use, and implications of artificial intelligence in public health decision making by elected officials
Introduction: Artificial intelligence (AI) offers considerable promise for strengthening governmental public health decision making by supporting rapid, comprehensive analysis of complex data. Although AI applications have been widely examined in clinical and academic settings, their use in public health agencies and policymaking remains less well understood. Methods: This scoping review assessed how AI has been applied to support decision making…
Effectiveness of public health measures and strategies to reduce risk of spread of respiratory pathogens at sporting mass gatherings
Objectives: To determine the type and effectiveness of public health interventions implemented at sporting mass gatherings to mitigate respiratory infectious disease spread and understand how feasible and acceptable the interventions were to implement. Design: Systematic review. Data sources: Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science, Global Health, Epistemonikos, Global Index Medicus, WHO Library, WHO IRIS, IOC and FIFA were sear…
Environmental health (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Disease (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Pandemic (3 works) · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (3 works) · Business (2 works)