Mapping pandemic responses and preparedness – where from here?

3 May 2023

Professor James Ward from UQ's Poche Centre for Indigenous Health was in a Croakey article, along side a team of UQ researchers, discussing their ongoing study on pandemic preparedness in urban Indigenous communities in Brisbane, Australia.

In a collection of articles they outlined how they 1) used a systems thinking methodology to produce a visual map that conceptualised issues relating to pandemic responses; 2) documented six themes that state, federal, and community-based stakeholder participants identified as impacting COVID-19 risks; and 3) focused on how conspiracies and misinformation were increasing risks associated with COVID-19.

In the article the research team reflect on some of their findings in the context of plans to develop an Emergency Public Health Framework for First Nations’ peoples in Australia.

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