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COVID-19 response survey study on health personnel in Jeju Special Self-governing Province

제주특별자치도 코로나19 대응 보건인력 대상 설문조사 연구

  • Nam-Hun Kang (Jeju Center for Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention) ;
  • Jong-Myon Bae (Jeju Center for Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention)
  • Received : 2023.10.13
  • Accepted : 2024.01.03
  • Published : 2024.01.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the issues of supplementation and improvement to prepare for the outbreak of new infectious diseases such as new variants of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to guide work for a strategic new response to infectious disease. Public officials of Jeju Special Self-governing Province and health personnel responding to COVID-19, working at six public health centers in Jeju-do region were administered a survey about additional preparations to be made in the future, based on the period when COVID-19 was treated legally as a first-class infectious disease. Frequency analysis was conducted on the collected data. The Likert 5-point scale and Kruskal-Wallis test were used to compare the scores for effective response to emerging infectious diseases according to demographics. Among the important factors identified for effective response to new infectious diseases, 'facilitation of cooperation with public institutions' and 'facilitation of cooperation with private institutions' had the highest scores. In the future, when a patient presents with a new infectious disease, the step that needs to be supplemented in each phase of the public health center's response is 'immediate response team operation'. Further, public health centers responded that 'expansion of dedicated personnel related to infectious diseases' needs to be improved to respond to new infectious diseases. Along with the results of this study, considering the difficulties experienced by health personnel responding to new infectious diseases in preparation for future outbreaks of new infectious diseases, and to respond effectively, detailed and clear guidelines for responding to quarantine of patients of new infectious diseases will be needed.

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코로나19 방역 대책 설문조사를 위해 정보를 제공해주신 제주감염병관리지원단 김경미 선생님과 박주영 선생님 그리고 설문조사 참여와 자료 취합에 도움을 주신 제주특별자치도 보건건강위생과 강경림 주무관님에게 감사를 표합니다.

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