Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35954750›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Environmental Health Responses to COVID 19 in Western Australia: Lessons for the Future.

Jacques Oosthuizen, Melissa Stoneham, Toni Hannelly, Edmore Masaka, Giverny Dodds, Victor Andrich

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jacques OosthuizenSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1589-5957
Melissa StonehamPublic Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8745-2664
Toni HannellyPublic Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1982-7054
Edmore MasakaSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.
Giverny DoddsUniversity of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia.
Victor AndrichEnvironmental Health Australia (WA), Midland, WA 6936, Australia.
Curtin University · AUEdith Cowan University · AUGovernment of Western Australia Department of Health · AUThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic tested the health system of Western Australia (WA) and the relatively new overarching legislative framework that guided the state-wide public health response to the pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the experiences and roles of environmental health officers (EHOs) in WA during the management of COVID-19 and to identify any policy changes that are needed to facilitate the rapid deployment of EHOs during a future public health crisis. An online survey with 78 respondents was administered and analysis was both qualitative and quantitative. It was found that participants believed there was inadequate resourcing, workforce shortages, increased workloads, and a lack of recognition and integration of the profession within the COVID-19 response. Notably, more than 65% of the respondents believed they could have been better utilised during the pandemic. This research has demonstrated that the COVID-19 pandemic in WA had clear gaps in its processes for managing responses and resilience to pandemics. Policy recommendations outlining a more efficient and integrated delivery of environmental health services throughout the state during emergencies are discussed.

Indexed as

COVID-19Environmental HealthHumansPandemicsPublic HealthWestern AustraliaCOVID-19environmental health responseprofessional recognitionpublic health policy

Identifiers

PMID35954750
PMCPMC9368288
OpenAlexW4289133342

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.