Author(s)

ShiYu Xie, YanRunYu Liang*

Affiliation(s)

School of Elderly Care Services and Management, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China.

Corresponding Author

YanRunYu Liang

ABSTRACT

This paper constructs an explanatory path for the response logic to public health emergencies based on existing implementation mechanism theories, and deeply explores and analyzes the mainstream media reporting texts from the early stage of China's COVID-19 outbreak. The study finds that the response process to public health emergencies in China follows a top-down decision-making and implementation model, where the implementation mechanism system is categorized into three types: command and control, mobilization and guidance, and communication and negotiation. The analysis of theme prominence indicates that as the epidemic prevention progresses, the shift in framework goal priorities reflects a dynamic relationship of mutual reinforcement and counterbalance. This paper enriches the research boundaries of implementation mechanism theory in empirical cases, broadens the perspectives of implementation mechanism studies, and provides insights for diversified public framework research.

KEYWORDS

Public health; Public emergencies; Implementation mechanisms; Text mining

CITE THIS PAPER

ShiYu Xie, YanRunYu Liang. Governance strategies for public health emergencies: a structural-process explanation of implementation mechanisms. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research. 2024, 6(4): 37-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/jpmr3023.

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