School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
China Institute for Rural Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 12;18(2):598. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020598.
In the face of a public health crisis full of uncertainty, how should the community respond in order to effectively reduce the negative impact of the epidemic on public health? This article takes a Chinese rural community located near Wuhan City as an example to explore the mechanism of how collaborative leadership enhanced collective action in community governance against the COVID-19 pandemic. Early blockading to prevent transmission into the community, strict maintenance of social distance to prevent internal diffusion, timely elimination of public panic, and efficient guarantees of household supplies have proven effective in preventing the spread of the epidemic. Our research shows that collaborative leadership can achieve these goals mainly by effectively integrated local knowledge, modern information technology, and social self-organization, and then promoting the realization of collective action of community epidemic prevention and control. The lessons and implications for public health are discussed.
面对充满不确定性的公共卫生危机，社区应如何做出响应，才能有效降低疫情对公众健康的负面影响？本文以武汉市附近的一个中国农村社区为例，探讨了协同领导如何增强社区治理应对 COVID-19 大流行的集体行动的机制。早期封锁以防止疫情传入社区，严格保持社交距离以防止内部扩散，及时消除公众恐慌，以及高效保障家庭供应，这些措施已被证明可有效阻止疫情传播。我们的研究表明，协同领导主要通过有效整合地方知识、现代信息技术和社会自组织，从而促进社区疫情防控的集体行动的实现，来实现这些目标。本文讨论了这一研究对公共卫生的启示和教训。
