Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-27-2022
Publication Title
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Abstract
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, navigating the implementation of public health measures in a politically charged environment for a large state entity was challenging. However, Louisiana State University (LSU) leadership developed and deployed an effective, multi-layered mitigation plan and successfully opened in-person learning while managing cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) during the fourth surge. We describe the plan to provide a framework for other institutions during this and future responses. The goals were 3-fold: maintain a quality learning environment, mitigate risk to the campus community, and ensure that LSU operations did not contribute to health-care stress. As of September 2022, LSU has achieved high compliance with interventions and relatively low virus activity on campus compared with peer institutions. This university model can serve as a template for similar implementation plans in the context of complex socio-political and economic considerations.
PubMed ID
35883270
Volume
17
Issue
11
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Arbuthnot, Keena N.; Christofferson, Rebecca C.; Trapido, Edward J.; Pardue, John H.; Perret, John N.; and Tate, William F., "Implementation of Multi-level Interventions to Mitigate Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant at a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY in Southern United States" (2022). School of Public Health Faculty Publications. 74.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/soph_facpubs/74
10.1017/dmp.2022.179