Rocky Mountain West COVID-19 Modeling: A Descriptive Assessment of Public Health Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic to Endemic Transition in Summer 2022.
IF 3 4区 医学Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Talia M Quandelacy, Irina Kasarskis, Kaitlyn Whitney, Emma J Wu, Elizabeth J Carlton
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Abstract
Objectives: Although federal funding for COVID-19 pandemic response measures has ended, opportunities remain to understand the needs of public health departments and the potential use of infectious disease models in the postacute pandemic response. We conducted semistructured interviews with public health representatives representing state, local, and regional/tribal public health departments in the Rocky Mountain West in summer 2022 to understand their COVID-19 priorities, decision-making needs, and data resources.
Methods: We interviewed representatives from 6 organizations representing 3 state, local, and regional/tribal public health departments in the Rocky Mountain West.
Results: From interviews, priorities included having timely information on vaccines, being able to anticipate COVID-19 demands on hospitals, understanding the potential effects of emerging variants, and communicating immunity concepts to the public. Decisions focused on making public health recommendations as opposed to mandates. Multiple interviewees reported limited access to timely COVID-19 data, challenges tracking COVID-19 hospitalizations, and a desire for communication tools on vaccinations and immunity.
Conclusion: Although COVID-19 models can provide forecasts on hospital demand and project the effects of vaccines and variants in the endemic period, major gaps in data continue to challenge the public health response. Continued investments are needed in data and surveillance resources to respond to COVID-19 and to prepare for future pandemics.
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Public Health Reports is the official journal of the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service and has been published since 1878. It is published bimonthly, plus supplement issues, through an official agreement with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. The journal is peer-reviewed and publishes original research and commentaries in the areas of public health practice and methodology, original research, public health law, and public health schools and teaching. Issues contain regular commentaries by the U.S. Surgeon General and executives of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health.
The journal focuses upon such topics as tobacco control, teenage violence, occupational disease and injury, immunization, drug policy, lead screening, health disparities, and many other key and emerging public health issues. In addition to the six regular issues, PHR produces supplemental issues approximately 2-5 times per year which focus on specific topics that are of particular interest to our readership. The journal''s contributors are on the front line of public health and they present their work in a readable and accessible format.
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