Nurses’ Role in Mobilizing Community Engagement in Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Bangkok Metropolitan Community
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Nurses play a major role in mobilizing community engagement, particularly in Covid-19 pandemic, a public health emergency. Bangkok Metropolitan is the center of pandemic. Congested communities are greatly affected by enlarging clusters of outbreak, resulting in socioeconomic and health consequences, and a delay of sustainable development goals. Community engagement with an emphasis on capacity building and social networking is a key process of the pandemic response and resilience
towards new normal, comprising of 3 phases: (1) the first phase, aiming to decrease new detected cases and cluster outbreaks; (2) the middle phase, aiming to increase Covid-19 vaccine coverage, continuing care or referrals, and strengthen community; (3) the last phase, aiming to promote resilience and quality of life, achieving targets, outcomes, and social impacts that include social connectedness and sharing.
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