Beyond COVID: towards a transdisciplinary synthesis for understanding responses and developing pandemic preparedness in Alaska.

Autor: van Doren TP; Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA., Brown RA; Pardee RAND Graduate School, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA., Chi G; Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA., Cochran P; Alaska Native Science Commission, Anchorage, AK, USA., Cueva K; Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA., Eichelberger L; Research Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA., Fried R; Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA., Fritz S; Alaska Adaptable Housing/Cold Climate Housing Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, USA., Hahn MB; Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA., Heintz R; Sitka Sound Science Center, Sitka, AK, USA., Holen D; Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA., Johnson N; National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA., Lavoie J; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, USA., Maxwell E; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA., McNair L; Engineering Education, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA., Nicewonger T; Engineering Education, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA., Orttung RW; Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA., Petrov AN; ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA., Powell JE; Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK, USA.; International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of circumpolar health [Int J Circumpolar Health] 2024 Dec; Vol. 83 (1), pp. 2404273. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 16.
DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2404273
Abstrakt: Pandemics are regularly occurring events, and there are foundational principles of pandemic preparation upon which communities, regions, states, and nations may draw upon for elevated preparedness against an inevitable future infectious disease threat. Many disciplines within the social sciences can provide crucial insight and transdisciplinary thinking for the development of preparedness measures. In 2023, the National Science Foundation funded a conference of circumpolar researchers and Indigenous partners to reflect on COVID-19-related research. In this article, we synthesise our diverse social science perspectives to: (1) identify potential areas of future pandemic-related research in Alaska, and (2) pose new research questions that elevate the needs of Alaska and its people, pursuant of a specific body of pandemic knowledge that takes into account the ecological and sociocultural contexts of the region. In doing so, we highlight important domains of research in the social sciences from transdisciplinary perspectives, including the centering of Indigenous knowledges and needs, the contexts of risk perception and resilience, food and housing security, and more. We highlight the contributions of social sciences to pandemic knowledge and provide a foundation for future pandemic-related research in Alaska.
Databáze: MEDLINE