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Pandemic preparedness: why humanities and social sciences matter
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Whilst many lessons were learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing reflection is needed to develop and maintain preparedness for future outbreaks. Within the field of infectious disease and public health there remain silos and hierarchies in interdisciplinary work, with the risk that humanities and social sciences remain on the epistemological peripheries. However, these disciplines offer insights, expertise and tools that contribute to understanding responses to disease and uptake of interventions for prevention and treatment. In this Perspective, using examples from our own cross-disciplinary research and engagement programme on vaccine hesitancy in South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK), we propose closer integration of expertise, research and methods from humanities and social sciences into pandemic preparedness.
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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1394569
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- https://ror.org/029chgv08
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- 204826/Z/16/Z
- 203132/Z/16/Z
- Publisher:
- Frontiers Media
- Journal:
- Frontiers in Public Health More from this journal
- Volume:
- 12
- Article number:
- 1394569
- Publication date:
- 2024-08-16
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-08-02
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2296-2565
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2296-2565
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English
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2020213
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pubs:2020213
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2024-08-05
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- © 2024 Frampton, Orievulu, Matthews, Giubilini, Hordern, Burns, Elias, Friederich, Majozi, Martin, Stevenson, Vanderslott and Seeley. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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