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. 2022 Nov 22;12(11):e062624.
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062624.

Identifying the sectors involved in the European public health emergency preparedness and response: a systematic review

L S Kengne Kamga  1   2 , A C G Voordouw  3 , M C de Vries  3 , E Belfroid  4 , M Koopmans  5 , A Timen  4   2
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Identifying the sectors involved in the European public health emergency preparedness and response: a systematic review

L S Kengne Kamga et al. BMJ Open. .

Abstract

Objectives: A systematic review was conducted with the aims of identifying sectors mentioned in the public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR) literature and mapping the involvement of those sectors in the seven PHEPR cycle domains.

Setting: A detailed search strategy was conducted in Embase and Scopus, covering the period between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2020.

Methods: Published articles focusing on preparedness for and/or response to public health emergencies of multiple origins on the European continent were included. The frequency with which predetermined sectors were mentioned when describing collaboration during the preparedness and response cycle was determined.

Results: The results show that description of the involvement of sectors in PHEPR in general and collaboration during PHEPR is predominantly confined to a limited number of sectors, namely 'Governmental institutions', 'Human health industry', 'Experts' and 'Civil Society'. Description is also limited to only three domains of the PHEPR cycle, namely 'Risk and crisis management', 'Pre-event preparations and governance' and 'Surveillance'.

Conclusions: Optimal preparedness and response require predefined collaboration with a broader scope of partners than currently seems to be the case based on this literature review. We recommend considering these outcomes when planning multisectoral collaboration during preparedness and response, as well as the need to further operationalise the term 'multisectoral collaboration' during PHEPRs.

Prospero registration number: PROSPERO with registration number 176 331.

Keywords: Health policy; Public health; Risk management.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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The screening process and results.
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The frequency with which sectors were mentioned when describing collaboration during public health emergency preparedness and response.
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The frequency with which sectors were mentioned when describing the domains of preparedness and response (the sectors that were not mentioned were omitted). The order of the domains and sectors is based on the frequency of mention. This is a heat map, where red shows the lowest values, yellow shows the values in the 50th percentile, and green shows the highest values.
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