Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Date Submitted: Dec 23, 2021
Date Accepted: Apr 26, 2022
Date Submitted to PubMed: Apr 29, 2022
Social network analysis of Korea's response to COVID-19 according to set time-frames: Focusing on the network between the government and responding agencies
ABSTRACT
Background:
A respiratory infection called COVID-19 was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Since then, interest in responding to infectious diseases has increased worldwide as COVID-19 has spread across China and around the world. The central government, local governments, and NGOs play a central role in the crisis management system.
Objective:
This study aims to identify the characteristics of government department network responses to infectious diseases by checking their influence on network structure.
Methods:
Using the social network analysis (SNA) method, the study examines the connectivity of departments in charge of COVID-19 infectious disease response, related infectious disease disaster response departments, and related domestic and foreign organizations.
Results:
Although the analysis was conducted only on infectious disease cases, it was found that there were many networks formed by related agencies other than those in charge.
Conclusions:
This indicated that varied agencies are working together and the appropriate response to a large disaster.
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