Table 3.
COVID-19 response actions by type of work and by geographic level of response, and COVID-19 response actions by skills and areas of expertise applied.
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| What is your type of work for the COVID-19 response?* | ||
| (N = 681, no answer = 82, did not participate in COVID-19 response = 287) | ||
| Education (teaching, presentation, training) | 309 | 45.4 |
| Practice (clinical, public health, lab support, data analysis) | 264 | 38.8 |
| Writing (blog, commentary, article, other publication) | 187 | 27.5 |
| Health policy and consultation | 173 | 25.4 |
| Research (basic, clinical, operational) | 138 | 20.3 |
| Administration and support | 130 | 19.1 |
| Research (social science, fieldwork) | 127 | 18.6 |
| Research (COVID-19 diagnostics, treatments, or vaccines) | 90 | 13.2 |
| Other | 98 | 14.4 |
| At what level is your COVID-19 response and/or research activities?* | ||
| (N = 651, no answer = 89, did not participate in COVID-19 response =310) | ||
| Subnational—local, district, state | 364 | 55.9 |
| National—in one country | 301 | 46.2 |
| International—in multiple countries | 144 | 22.1 |
| Other | 0.0 | 0.0 |
|
What skills/areas of expertise have you applied to the COVID-19
response?* | ||
| (N = 698, no answer = 81, did not participate in COVID-19 response = 271) | ||
| Animal health | 328 | 47.0 |
| Disease surveillance | 255 | 36.5 |
| Information/knowledge management | 226 | 32.4 |
| Communications and media | 220 | 31.5 |
| Community engagement | 180 | 25.8 |
| Risk assessment and management | 172 | 24.6 |
| Risk communications | 162 | 23.2 |
| Infection and Prevention Control (IPC) | 160 | 22.9 |
| Outbreak or epidemiological research | 150 | 21.5 |
| Data management | 136 | 19.5 |
| Environmental health | 123 | 17.6 |
| Basic research on coronavirus | 114 | 16.3 |
| Laboratory support and diagnostics | 112 | 16 |
| Contact tracing | 111 | 15.9 |
| Social sciences | 88 | 12.6 |
| Logistics/supply chain | 68 | 9.7 |
| Case management | 64 | 9.2 |
| Testing and diagnostics development | 56 | 8.0 |
| Human clinical care | 52 | 7.4 |
| Operational research | 51 | 7.3 |
| Clinical research | 50 | 7.2 |
| Vaccine development | 19 | 2.7 |
| Other | 59 | 8.5 |
N, number of people that answered the question; n, number of responses.
*
Possible to select multiple options, including “other,” from a list. Sum of group percentages does not = 100%.