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ArticleBiosecurity and bioterrorism : biodefense strategy, practice, and science

Willingness of the local health department workforce to respond to infectious disease events: empirical, ethical, and legal considerations.

Holly A Taylor, Lainie Rutkow, Daniel J Barnett

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Article in Biosecurity and bioterrorism : biodefense strategy, practice, and science. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Healthcare Ethics During a Pandemic.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2020
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  5. Must I Respond if My Health is at Risk?The Journal of emergency medicine · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Holly A Taylor
Lainie Rutkow
Daniel J Barnett
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Ethical Standards to Improve Local Response Capacity to Infectious Disease EventsR01GM105956 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BARNETT, DANIEL JEREMY, TAYLOR, HOLLY A · 2013 to 2016
$1.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM105956NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM105956
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

According to the Institute of Medicine, the local health department workforce is at the hub of the public health emergency preparedness system. A growing body of research has pointed to troubling attitudinal gaps among local health department workers, a vital response cohort, regarding willingness to respond to emergent infectious disease threats, ranging from naturally occurring pandemics to bioterrorism events. A summary of relevant literature on the empirical evidence, ethical norms, and legal standards applicable to the willingness of public health professionals to respond to an infectious disease emergency is presented. Recommendations are proposed for future work to be done to bring the relevant empirical, ethical, and legal considerations together to develop practical guidance for the local response to infectious disease emergencies.

Indexed as

Attitude of Health PersonnelDisease OutbreaksCommunicable DiseasesDelivery of Health CareHumansPublic Health AdministrationUnited States

Identifiers

PMID24963648
PMCPMC4106374
OpenAlexW2315928030

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