Establishment of a logical model of community resilience system in response to public health emergencies

Abstract

It is urgent to improve communities′ response and resilience against various disasters frequently posing serious threats to the safety of people′s lives and property. With literature researches and based on complex system analysis, the study summarizes constituent elements of a community resilience system for coping with public health emergencies; the study also analyzes general characteristics and main loop logic of the resilience system′s four subsystems: social capital, community′s basic characteristics, disaster management, and community′s development capability. Then, a logical model of community resilience system for public health emergencies was constructed to provide a policy simulation tool for the development of community resilience. Among a community resilience system′ four subsystems, the social capital subsystem involves residents′ participation, community norms, relationship networks, and trust; the community basic characteristics includes a community′s physical environment, economic and demographic characteristics; the disaster management covers emergency organization management, disaster prevention and mitigation activities, disaster risk assessment, and residents′ awareness and skills for disaster reduction; the community development capability involves community innovation potential, information communication and public services. The constructed logical model for community resilience system to cope with public health emergencies could provide a certain reference for theoretical research and practical cultivation of community resilience.

Keywords

• community resilience system
• logical model
• establishment
• public health emergency