Emergency Response Plan Community Engagement and Mobilisation Strategy

This study highlights the approaches and advantages of community engagement and mobilization in health emergency preparedness, specifically focusing on the COVID-19 outbreak. It discusses the bottom-up and top-down approaches, as well as the importance of consultation, participation, capacity building, and community engagement in effectively responding to the pandemic. The study emphasizes the need for strategic preparedness and response plans, as well as the role of risk communication and empowerment in protecting communities.

Emergency Response Plan Community Engagement and
Mobilisation Strategy

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Community engagement is considered to be highly significant in engaging the essential
emergency risk. Social mobilization is a prominent procedure which motivates and also engage
the wide set of allies and partners for raising high degree of awareness related with the COVID-
19 health related outbreak (Parsons and et.al. (2016)). This study will highlight on the better
understanding associated with the relevant approaches related with the health emergency
preparedness. This study is also relevant in examining the advantages related with the bottom up
and top down approach related with the health emergency preparedness. This study will also
apply relevant set of models and theories related with the health emergency and community
problem related with the COVID-19.
MAIN BODY
COVID-19 is one of the key infectious disease which has been caused by the coronavirus.
The key symptoms associated with the COVID-19 are mild fever, cold and cough. The
coronavirus is transmitted through the key droplets which has been generated from the sneeze
and cough of the infected person (Beaunoyer, Dupéré & Guitton, (2020)). The person can be
infected by breathing the virus and also has the close proximity with the person who already has
COVID-19. The touching of the contaminated surface and then touching the mouth, nose and
eyes results in wide degree of health problems. The large number of infected patients has been
hospitalized because of this major COVID-19 outbreak.
The key advantage of the bottom- up approach is that the participation of the
employees results in influencing the implementation of the community engagement plan within a
positive manner. It is useful in motivating employees and effectively encouraging the creativity
at the greater levels. The bottom- up approach is useful in processing the key relevant
information related to the system. It is significant in boosting up the morale of the employees
(Advantages & Disadvantages of the Bottom-Up Approach, 2019). It is useful in solving the
various problems in effectively complying with the management decision. On the other hand, the
disadvantage associated with the bottom- up approach results in lack of experience and lack of
coercion. A bottom up approach to effectively tackle the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bottom- up approach is useful because it mainly reflects on the key concerns related with the
effectiveness of the relevant health policy response. The community engagement must however
focus on complying with the guiding principles at the time of COVID-19 pandemic. The bottom
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up approach effectively uses the stakeholder interviews and community surveys to assess the key
resilience.
The top- down approach is useful in effectively taking the key relevant decision. It
helps in filtering down the task to effectively improve the health care results and outcomes
(Gilmore and et.al. (2020)). The health care communities will process on examining the key
relevant measures which is significant in filtering down all the task and attain the best possible
results to take necessary action plan associated with the COVID-19 outbreak (Coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020). This helps in enhancing the effectiveness of the public
health intervention. The top down approach effectively uses secondary data.
Consultation
The healthcare workers must effectively carry out the physical examination of the
patients who tends to have COVID-19 symptoms. The inventions of the PPE, hand sanitizer,
medicines and other facilities which in turn is considered to be highly prominent in improving
the healthcare results and outcomes. The emergency plan associated with the COVID-19 is very
crucial because it is the major health outbreak (La and et.al. (2020)). Within the administrative
area it is considered to be very crucial to not be in contact with the patients of the COVID-19 but
tends to work on the maintaining of the records and other logistics. Proper hand sanitizer and
hand washing facility has been effectively complied. The public health specialist must
significantly effectively engage in order to give relevant set of advice associated with the
medical care facility. The key role is to effectively track and monitor the patients for the
specified period of time.
Participation
The complete assessment of the health care practitioners like technicians, nurses and
doctors associated with their skills sets and knowledge by providing the requisite degree of
training in order to fill the gaps associated with any knowledge deficit in order to carry out
functions related with the COVID-19. The microbiologists is useful for effectively supervising
the collection of the sample to the specific designated laboratory for the testing and include
appropriate maintenance of the cold chain for the specific purpose.
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Capacity building
The laboratory investigation for the suspects of the COVID-19 has been carried out
significantly (Pather and et.al. (2020)). After the confirmation of the test complete bio- safe
precautions has to be carried out by performing proper hygiene and using PPE kit.
The ambulance workers who in turn has been working significantly with the
transportation of the suspected COVID-19 patients related to the relevant healthcare facility. The
department of the driver must be effectively separated from the key compartments. Complete
disinfection treatment and cleaning must be done between and after the transportation of the
suspected COVID-19 patients the specific healthcare facility.
Community engagement
The community engagement helps in effectively understanding the risk perception and
the behaviours (Mehta, Sarvaiya & Chandani, (2020)). It is very crucial to effectively evaluate
and understand the relevant understanding to gain relevant information. The community
engagement specific to evaluate the knowledge gaps and effective relevant needs. Another key
significant information is to effectively tailor the specific information associated with the
specific groups.
Establishing the COVID-19 hotline and also conducting the virtual community meetings
is of key relevance importance. Engaging the media in order to effectively organize the relevant
set of call in programs and effectively establish the relevant networks associated with the key
information.
The strategic preparedness and the response plan is necessary for the widespread degree
of economic and the social disruption. It is considered to be relevant to effectively coordinate
with the wide set of national authorities, international parties in order to effectively implement
with the communities (Beaunoyer, Dupéré & Guitton, (2020)). Promoting and complying with
the global guidance of the COVID-19 is of key relevant importance in order to effectively
protect the health workers and the communities. Capturing the operational learning and practice
helps in effectively evolving the response of the COVID-19. These engagement communities
helps in giving adequate set of training the health care practitioners and also helps in supporting
other health sectors and clusters. It is very crucial to increase the public awareness linked with
the COVID-19 mitigation and risk measures. It is very important to effectively comply with the
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world health organization guideline which helps in mitigating the best action plan to this
outbreak of the COVID-19.
Action and possibly empowerment
The risk communication and the community engagement is one of the key relevant
phenomenon for the preparedness of the better set of health emergency action plan. This way it is
prominent in taking appropriate set of action and decision (Wand and et.al. (2020)). This is an
appropriate muli- directional communication and proper engagement with the specific affected
population. This helps in taking necessary action plan to protect people from this major COVID-
19 pandemic. This helps in providing the people with the major life saving information by
ensuring the two way communication between the health care practitioners, communities and
relevant health authorities. No misleading information must be given to the healthcare
practitioners. It is useful in ensuring complete engagement and complying with the key relevant
communities to effectively address the barriers of the implications.
It is very crucial to carry out regular monitoring. This way it helps in reducing the risk
associated with the COVID-19 outbreak and limiting the exposure. Necessary monitoring related
with the media monitoring, social media monitoring, telephone surveys, monitoring related with
the care seeking behaviour is highly significant.
The social mobilization and the community engagement helps in empowering the families,
individuals and communities in order to carry out informed set of decision. COVID-19 is a high
outrage response and high hazard where the crisis communication is considered to be critical.
Social distancing is one of the effective measure to improve the care results and outcomes
associated with the COVID-19.
The COVID-19 outbreak in Queensland, Australia is considered to be as a major outbreak
which needs emergency management of the health. The people of Queensland are living under
major restrictions.
CONCLUSION
From the conducted study it has been summarized that, COVID-19 is transmitted by
touching the mouth, nose and eyes results in wide degree of health problems. The bottom- up
approach is useful in processing the key relevant information related to the system. The top-
down approach helps in filtering down the task to effectively improve the health care results and
outcomes. The healthcare workers must effectively carry out the physical examination of the
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patients who tends to have COVID-19 symptoms. The complete assessment of the health care
practitioners like technicians, nurses and doctors associated with their skills sets and knowledge
must be carried out. The strategic preparedness and the response plan is necessary for the
widespread degree of economic and the social disruption. The social mobilization and the
community engagement helps in empowering the families, individuals and communities to take
informed set of decision.
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Books and Journals
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