Mitigation Planning and Policies Informed by COVID-19 Modeling: A Framework and Case Study of the State of Hawaii
| Autor: | Thomas H. Lee, Bobby Do, Levi Dantzinger, Joshua Holmes, Monique Chyba, Steven Hankins, Edward Mersereau, Kenneth Hara, Victoria Y. Fan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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COVID-19
pandemic modeling epidemiology isolation and quarantine media and communication public health planning governance hospital pandemic preparedness Health Policy Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Humans Policy Making Pandemics Hawaii United States |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 10; Pages: 6119 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19106119 |
| Popis: | In the face of great uncertainty and a global crisis from COVID-19, mathematical and epidemiologic COVID-19 models proliferated during the pandemic. Yet, many models were not created with the explicit audience of policymakers, the intention of informing specific scenarios, or explicit communication of assumptions, limitations, and complexities. This study presents a case study of the roles, uses, and approaches to COVID-19 modeling and forecasting in one state jurisdiction in the United States. Based on an account of the historical real-world events through lived experiences, we first examine the specific modeling considerations used to inform policy decisions. Then, we review the real-world policy use cases and key decisions that were informed by modeling during the pandemic including the role of modeling in informing planning for hospital capacity, isolation and quarantine facilities, and broad public communication. Key lessons are examined through the real-world application of modeling, noting the importance of locally tailored models, the role of a scientific and technical advisory group, and the challenges of communicating technical considerations to a public audience. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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