Collaborative Leadership, Collective Action, and Community Governance against Public Health Crises under Uncertainty: A Case Study of the Quanjingwan Community in China

Shu, Qaunfeng; Wang, Yahua

doi:10.3390/ijerph18020598

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Collaborative Leadership, Collective Action, and Community Governance against Public Health Crises under Uncertainty: A Case Study of the Quanjingwan Community in China

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Qaunfeng Shu

^1,2

and

Yahua Wang

^1,2,*

¹

School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

²

China Institute for Rural Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(2), 598; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020598

Submission received: 11 December 2020 / Revised: 8 January 2021 / Accepted: 10 January 2021 / Published: 12 January 2021

(This article belongs to the Section Global Health)

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In the face of a public health crisis full of uncertainty, how should the community respond in order to effectively reduce the negative impact of the epidemic on public health? This article takes a Chinese rural community located near Wuhan City as an example to explore the mechanism of how collaborative leadership enhanced collective action in community governance against the COVID-19 pandemic. Early blockading to prevent transmission into the community, strict maintenance of social distance to prevent internal diffusion, timely elimination of public panic, and efficient guarantees of household supplies have proven effective in preventing the spread of the epidemic. Our research shows that collaborative leadership can achieve these goals mainly by effectively integrated local knowledge, modern information technology, and social self-organization, and then promoting the realization of collective action of community epidemic prevention and control. The lessons and implications for public health are discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19; uncertainty; collaborative leadership; public governance; collective action

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Shu, Q.; Wang, Y. Collaborative Leadership, Collective Action, and Community Governance against Public Health Crises under Uncertainty: A Case Study of the Quanjingwan Community in China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 598. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020598

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Shu Q, Wang Y. Collaborative Leadership, Collective Action, and Community Governance against Public Health Crises under Uncertainty: A Case Study of the Quanjingwan Community in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(2):598. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020598

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Shu, Qaunfeng, and Yahua Wang. 2021. "Collaborative Leadership, Collective Action, and Community Governance against Public Health Crises under Uncertainty: A Case Study of the Quanjingwan Community in China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 2: 598. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020598

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Shu, Q., & Wang, Y. (2021). Collaborative Leadership, Collective Action, and Community Governance against Public Health Crises under Uncertainty: A Case Study of the Quanjingwan Community in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2), 598. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020598

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