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Effectiveness of Emergent Ad Hoc Coordination Groups in Public Health Emergencies.
Kim, Yushim; Lee, Kangbae; Oh, Seong Soo; Park, Heejin.
  • Kim Y; School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
  • Lee K; Department of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
  • Oh SS; Department of Public Administration, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
  • Park H; Department of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Risk Anal ; 42(1): 5-20, 2022 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1961874
ABSTRACT
Whether emergent groups positively or negatively influence a disaster response remains inconclusive in the literature. We analyzed the effect of an emergent group on two interorganizational networks for information communication and resource coordination during a public health emergency response. Using the 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Coronavirus in Korea as a study case, we identified an ad hoc entity that appeared in both networks. This emergent group, which consists of government officials and public health specialists, directed and coordinated organizations at the center of the response networks. We found that the emergent group positively contributed to efficient information communication but had no effect on the resource network's efficiency. Our interpretation is that the ad hoc entity was filling relational gaps in the information network, but was redundant in the resource network.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Public Health / Disease Outbreaks / Coronavirus Infections / Emergencies / Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Risk Anal Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Risa.13751

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Public Health / Disease Outbreaks / Coronavirus Infections / Emergencies / Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Risk Anal Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Risa.13751