Table 3.

Ratings of likelihood of follow-up action among pediatricians and public health practitioners who participated in a pediatric virtual tabletop exercise and the degree to which respondents perceived that follow-up actions were taken, at 1 month and 6 months after exercise participation, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2017^a

Action	No. of Respondents Reporting Intention to Take Actionb in Survey Immediately After Exercise (n = 18)	No. of Respondents Reporting Progress in Follow-up Surveysc
		1-Month Follow-up (n = 14)	6-Month Follow-up (n = 14)	P Valued
Initiate new partnerships	18	9	11	.07
Increase awareness for potential preparedness partners	18	4	7	.02
Make changes to disaster preparedness or response planning	17	6	6	.99
Conduct a similar pediatric exercise in their state	17	4	7	.01
Propose new policies to agencies involved in disaster response	13	6	4	.07
Propose new policies to state legislature	5	4	5	.36

^a A virtual tabletop exercise is an activity that simulates a real-life disaster scenario to promote discussion for agencies and professionals involved in emergency preparedness. Participants from 4 states (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska) met virtually using videoconference technology.

^b Intention to take action determined from participants’ response to the question, “Indicate how likely you are to follow up and take any of the specific actions now that you have participated in the exercise” for a given postexercise action on a 4-point Likert scale (where 1 = very unlikely and 4 = very likely). Responses of likely or very likely indicated intention to take a given follow-up action.

^c Completion of follow-up action at 1 month or 6 months postexercise determined from participants’ response to the question, “Please indicate whether you believe your state has made progress since the virtual tabletop exercise” for a given follow-up action.

^d Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were used to compare reported progress from 1 month to 6 months postexercise. P < .05 was considered significant.