The public's considerations about implementing non-pharmaceutical interventions to manage a novel COVID-19 epidemic.

Autor:	Kemper S; Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.; Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., de Vries M; Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands., de Weger E; Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Bongers M; Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands., Kupper F; Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Timen A; Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.; Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.; Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Heliyon [Heliyon] 2024 Apr 26; Vol. 10 (9), pp. e30390. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 26 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30390
Abstrakt:	In the future, new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus might emerge and cause outbreaks. If this occurs, the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) can be reconsidered. Consideration of the potential benefits and harms of implementing NPIs, and ultimately deciding about implementing NPIs, is currently mainly executed by experts and governments. However, general literature on public engagement suggests that integrating public perspectives into decision-making can enhance the quality of decisions and foster greater public understanding of them. In this study, a deliberative mini-public was conducted to integrate this public perspective. The aim was to elicit public considerations regarding non-pharmaceutical interventions by asking a diverse group of citizens to participate as decision-makers and convene, learn and deliberate about implementing non-pharmaceutical interventions during a hypothetical outbreak of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant. Participants emphasized the importance of early implementation during the outbreak, to prevent exceeding healthcare capacity, long-term mental health issues, educational deficits, and bankruptcies. Additionally, participants stressed taking public support into account, and shared ideas on maintaining support. Furthermore, participants wanted to give citizens personal responsibility and freedom in making their own assessment regarding adherence to interventions and how much risk of infection they would be willing to accept. Participants also expressed the need for the government to adopt a learning attitude towards improvements in pandemic response, and to generate more focus on long-term strategies. The deliberative mini-public, revealed public considerations that reflected public values and needs. These considerations might be helpful in better aligning epidemic management policies with public perspectives. Regarding the deliberative mini-public, uncertainties remain about the design and impact on a bigger scale. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (© 2024 The Authors.)
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