Development and initial validation of the career resilience instrument for CDC emergency responders in China within the context of public health emergencies: based on a survey conducted in Shanghai

An-Qi Wang; Wen-Di Cheng; Yu-Yan Fu; Ya-Shuang Luo; Juan Li; Hai-Yin Wang; Chun-Lin Jin

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1327738

Development and initial validation of the career resilience instrument for CDC emergency responders in China within the context of public health emergencies: based on a survey conducted in Shanghai

Front Public Health. 2024 Mar 7:12:1327738. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1327738. eCollection 2024.

Authors

An-Qi Wang¹, Wen-Di Cheng², Yu-Yan Fu², Ya-Shuang Luo², Juan Li³, Hai-Yin Wang^#², Chun-Lin Jin^#²

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China.
² Department of Health Technology Assessment, Shanghai Health Development Research Center (Shanghai Medical Information Center), Shanghai, China.
³ School of Public Health, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Background: China faces various public health emergencies, and emergency responders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC emergency responders) are a mainstay in responding to public health emergencies. Career resilience can help CDC emergency responders to effectively respond to and recover from public health emergencies, but there is no specific measurement instrument available. In this study, we aimed to develop and conduct an initial validation of the career resilience instrument for CDC emergency responders in China within the context of public health emergencies from a process perspective.

Methods: Based on a survey conducted in Shanghai, interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA), which is a qualitative research approach to describing and analyzing individual experiences, was used to analyze the interview texts to develop the initial career resilience instrument for CDC emergency responders. The initial career resilience instrument was revised through two rounds of expert consultation. Cronbach's α coefficient and exploratory factor analysis were used to test the reliability and validity of the revised career resilience instrument.

Results: The initial career resilience instrument for CDC emergency responders contained three first-level measurement dimensions, 9 second-level measurement dimensions, and 52 measurement items. After expert consultation, the first-level and second-level measurement dimensions were not revised, 13 measurement items were deleted or revised, and six measurement items were added, resulting in 48 measurement items. The revised career resilience instrument was tested for good reliability and validity.

Conclusion: Career resilience for CDC emergency responders can be regarded as a set of protective factors and dynamic processes that can be cultivated and intervened in cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions to improve their ability to respond to and recover from public health emergencies.

Keywords: career resilience; center for disease control and prevention; emergency responders; measurement instrument; public health emergency.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
China
Emergencies
Emergency Responders*
Humans
Public Health
Reproducibility of Results
Resilience, Psychological*
United States

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study was funded by Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai 2021 “Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan” (grant number: 21ZR1458800) and the Graduate Student Research Grant from Weifang Medical University.