| Literature DB >> 35482281 |
Isabelle Laurin1,2, Félicia Brochu3, Gabriel Bordeleau-Gervais3.
Abstract
SETTING: From April 2020, in sight of child care reopening, the Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal (DRSPM) conducted a situational analysis with its child care (CC) partners in order to learn about the challenges they envisioned in their role in preventing and managing COVID-19. The CC partners requested access to preferred public health support. INTERVENTION: The DRSPM established a service consisting of three components: (1) telephone support available 6 to 7 days/week for CC managers facing a COVID-19 situation; (2) a regional committee combining four Montreal representatives of CC associations and one from the Ministère de la Famille; (3) prevention brigades formed by front-line health workers from the Centres intégrés universitaires de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS). OUTCOMES: This health promotion intervention (1) enabled CC services to handle the pandemic with better capability and confidence through facilitating access to accurate and positive information; (2) supported the commitment and collaboration of CC services by acting as a mediator between them and decision-makers; and (3) responded to the psychosocial needs of community members. IMPLICATIONS: This service helped to adjust public policy and promote community resilience by raising awareness of the importance of balancing COVID-19 prevention and the collateral impacts of the pandemic.Entities:
Keywords: COVID-19; Child care; Community resilience; Health promotion; Ottawa Charter
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35482281 PMCID: PMC9048616 DOI: 10.17269/s41997-022-00638-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can J Public Health ISSN: 0008-4263
Fig. 1Mise en place d’un service de soutien à 3 pôles pour les services de garde montréalais
Fig. 2Nos constats concernant la situation épidémiologique dans les SDG montréalais de mai 2020 à octobre 2021