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David Chan

Combating a Crisis

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused, and will continue to cause, great disruptions to lives, livelihoods, ways of life, and quality of life. We will need to learn to live with the coronavirus for a long time, even as we combat the coronavirus crisis collectively and fight our own daily battles individually. This book examines Singapore's reaction and response to the coronavirus and draws lessons for crisis management, psychological preparedness, and adaptability.Consisting of 12 chapters, the book is organized into three parts. Part 1 elaborates on the context of the coronavirus crisis and discusses human reactions to the outbreak and the key adaptation challenges that people faced. Part 2 discusses Singapore's leadership and public responses, focusing on negative emotions, social responsibility, adoption of new technology for contact tracing, and the handling of the outbreak among migrant workers at the dormitories. Part 3 addresses issues of psychological preparedness amid the evolving COVID-19 situation, in terms of adapting to post-pandemic realities, enabling positive attitudes and experiences, building psychological capital, and learning to work together to emerge stronger and better from the coronavirus crisis.Contents: About the AuthorPrefaceThe Context of the Coronavirus Crisis:A VUCA CrisisInitial Reactions When the Outbreak StartedOngoing Reactions When Coping with Control MeasuresAdaptation ChallengesLeadership and Public Responses:Dealing with Negative EmotionsEncouraging Social ResponsibilityAdopting New Technology for Contact TracingAddressing the Paradox of the DormitoriesPsychological Preparedness:Post-Pandemic Realities and AdaptabilityPositive Attitudes and ExperiencesPsychological Capital and Principles to Guide BehavioursWorking Together to Emerge Stronger and BetterAnnex: Timeline of Key Events in Singapore's Response to COVID-19
Readership: Readers interested in understanding more about Singapore's response to COVID-19 and knowing more about the psychology of responding to global health crises.COVID-19;Coronavirus;Crisis Management;Psychology;Public Health;Singapore0Key Features:WHO has praised Singapore's response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. A book that documents the Singapore experience, particularly the psychological preparedness aspects of the response and how they relate to the overall strategy, will attract a lot of sustained attention not only in Singapore, but also worldwide. This is the first comprehensive book (consisting of 10 chapters) that examines the various psychological and related social-behavioural issues concerning how Singapore reacts to the coronavirus, including the lessons for crisis response and management, both locally and internationally. These issues have continuously received wide public and policy attention both inside and outside SingaporeThe book approaches the topic by providing an informative review of the outbreak developments, presenting a state-of-the-art analysis, identifying critical unresolved issues and proposing innovative solutions to the problems identifiedThe author is a multiple award-winning scientist-practitioner, well-known locally and internationally, including to academics, practitioners, policymakers, public intellectuals and the informed public. The author's wealth and diversity of experience, reputation and influence will provide a very wide reach and multiplier effect in the readership marketThe book will be written in an active style and contain the most updated information on the coronavirus outbreak, which will make it highly engaging and attractive for the reader
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2020
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2020
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