Perspectives of Community- and Faith-Based Organizations about Partnering with Local Health Departments for Disasters

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ID15468399
AutoresMichael Stajura (UCLA Health, autor correspondente), Deborah Glik (0000-0002-2532-3661, UCLA Health), David P Eisenman (0000-0003-4320-1331, UCLA Health), David Eisenman (UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Suite 26-081, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA), Michael Prelip (UCLA Health), Andrea Martel (UCLA Health), Jitka Sammartinova (UCLA Health)
Ano2012
Volume9
Fascículo7
Páginas2293-2311
Data de publicação2012-06-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph9072293
PMID22851942
PMCIDPMC3407903
OpenAlexW2152601542
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas26

Public health emergency planners can better perform their mission if they develop and maintain effective relationships with community- and faith-based organizations in their jurisdictions. This qualitative study presents six themes that emerged from 20 key informant interviews representing a wide range of American community- and faith-based organizations across different types of jurisdictions, organizational types, and missions. This research seeks to provide local health department public health emergency planners with tools to assess and improve their inter-organizational community relationships. The themes identified address the importance of community engagement, leadership, intergroup dynamics and communication, and resources. Community- and faith-based organizations perceive that they are underutilized or untapped resources with respect to public health emergencies and disasters. One key reason for this is that many public health departments limit their engagement with community- and faith-based organizations to a one-way "push" model for information dissemination, rather than engaging them in other ways or improving their capacity. Beyond a reprioritization of staff time, few other resources would be required. From the perspective of community- and faith-based organizations, the quality of relationships seems to matter more than discrete resources provided by such ties

Business · Disaster response · Emergency management · Faith · Faith-Based Organizations · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Public relations · Community Health and Development · Disaster Response and Management · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Law