What does it mean to engage the public in the response to covid-19?

Naomi Scheinerman; Matthew McCoy

doi:10.1136/bmj.n1207

What does it mean to engage the public in the response to covid-19?

BMJ. 2021 May 26:373:n1207. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n1207.

Authors

Naomi Scheinerman¹, Matthew McCoy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA naomisch@upenn.edu.
² Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

Abstract

Naomi Scheinerman and Matthew McCoy explain how governments and other authorities should respond to calls for public engagement in covid-19 response and recovery

MeSH terms

Access to Information / ethics
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
Community Participation* / methods
Global Health
Government
Health Policy*
Humans
Stakeholder Participation*
United Kingdom / epidemiology
United States / epidemiology

Grants and funding

T32 HG009496/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/United States