Table 2 Public health agency workforce communications
A. Public health agency communicates with its stakeholders using: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Email only | email + fax | email + social media | email + fax + social media | email + social media + SMS |
Rural (n = 6) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Urban (n = 2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
B. In an emergency, public health agency communicates with its workforce using: | |||||
|  | Call/phone only | email + call/phone | email + SMS | email + SMS + phone | |
Rural (n = 6) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Urban (n = 2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
C. SMS is used in the workplace to communicate with: | |||||
|  | colleagues | patients | stakeholders | colleagues + patients | colleagues + stakeholders |
Rural (n = 6) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Urban (n = 2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |