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To characterize scenario- and jurisdictional-specific determinants of emergency response willingness among local public health personnel using a threat-and-efficacy framework.

March 7, 2012BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Determinants of emergency response willingness in the local public health workforce by jurisdictional and scenario patterns: a cross-sectional survey

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DBDaniel J. BarnettJohns Hopkins University CTCarol B. ThompsonNorthwestern University NENicole A. ErrettUniversity of Washington

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Cross-sectional survey reveals varying willingness to respond among local health personnel, highlighting critical training gaps across high-risk scenarios and demographics.

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To characterize scenario- and jurisdictional-specific determinants of emergency response willingness among local public health personnel using a threat-and-efficacy framework.
Surveyed public health personnel across eight geographically diverse local health department clusters (four urban and four rural) in the United States between April 2009 and June 2010 (66% response rate).
Evaluated willingness to respond to four emergency scenarios: a severe weather event, pandemic influenza, a radiological dirty bomb, and an inhalational anthrax attack.
Analyzed dichotomized responses using generalized linear multilevel mixed models adjusting for within-cluster and within-department correlations.
Rural workers displayed higher response willingness than urban workers (ORs 1.5 to 2.4), personnel over 40 years had higher willingness than younger colleagues (ORs 1.27 to 1.58), and females were less willing than males (ORs 0.57 to 0.61).
Proportions of workers unwilling to respond regardless of scenario severity were 9%–27% for pandemic influenza, 14%–28% for weather events, 22%–48% for inhalational anthrax, and 30%–56% for a radiological dirty bomb.
Perceived efficacy was consistently identified across emergency scenarios as an important independent predictor of willingness to respond.

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Barnett et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa92376669f42ee3902c16f https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-164

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Cross-sectional survey reveals varying willingness to respond among local health personnel, highlighting critical training gaps across high-risk scenarios and demographics.

Determinants of emergency response willingness in the local public health workforce by jurisdictional and scenario patterns: a cross-sectional survey

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Determinants of emergency response willingness in the local public health workforce by jurisdictional and scenario patterns: a cross-sectional survey

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