Analysis of the Structure and Characteristics of Information

Collaboration in Complex Networks Based on Public Health

Emergencies

Yunan Yang

, Shangqi Jia

, Nan Wang

, Wenqi Song

, Minhao Qiu

4,*

and Mengxue Yang

5,*

The University of Hong Kong, China

Capital Medical University, China

Kunming Medical University, China

Gannan Normal University, China

Kobe University, Japan

The University of Sydney, Australia

Keywords: Public Health Emergencies, Social Networks, Multiple Subjects, Information Collaboration.

Abstract: This study aims to provide a reference for emergency management departments to respond to public health

emergencies and to explain the information coordination process of various subjects in public health emer-

gencies through the correlation analysis of information coordination elements in public health emergencies.

From the meaning of information coordination, the study defines and discusses the elements and traits of

information coordination among numerous actors in public health situations. The article first describes the

context and importance of the investigation, makes the topic and goal of the study clear, and then specifies

the terminology and theoretical substance of the paper and offers the theoretical underpinnings for the argu-

ment. Through statistical analysis of the current state of the government's emergency information service

using electronic questionnaires, it has been determined that the government's emergency management is lack-

ing in three areas: organization and management, information technology, and operation and maintenance.

1 INTRODUCTION

At this point, emergency management presents the

government with never-before-seen difficulties. The

departmental responsibility-oriented emergency

management model is unable to adapt to the difficult,

wide-ranging, and ever-evolving challenges of man-

aging major crises, particularly the grave conse-

quences brought on by simultaneous and chain-trans-

mission disasters, which cannot be addressed by the

earlier small-scale emergency response programs.

The traditional government service paradigm is

becoming inadequate to quickly gather first-hand in-

formation in emergency disaster situations in light of

the contemporary information environment. Alt-

hough "disaster type" data monitoring can gather

comprehensive data on the nature, timing, intensity,

and outcomes of a crisis, there is fragmentation be-

tween data collection departments and significant

blockage and closure between information transmis-

sion and sharing, which cannot be resolved effec-

tively and promptly by internal horizontal transmis-

sion or vertical reporting.

2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Collaborative Technology

Perspective on Government

Information Resources Building

Leveraging collaborative technologies to build gov-

ernment information resources. To more effectively

access each local government's information reporting

and feedback, Zhu Ruxun (2014) proposed integrat-

ing government information resources into a cloud

computing environment, creating a new virtual data

platform, offering cross-platform and cross-network

data interaction and sharing services, and improving

global planning and adjustment from top-level de-

sign. Blockchain technology was introduced by Gao

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Guowei et al. (2018) into the reform of the govern-

ment's basic information path, transforming each de-

partment into a point in the overall structure and cre-

ating a link between departments in the form of points

to realize data exchange, realizing decentralization

and de-marginalization; concurrently, the data is

backed up and can be used multiple times in retrieval,

boosting the efficiency and breadth of information us-

age. To clarify the future direction of optimizing the

collaboration and development of key departments in

China's smart government, Hu Mo and Ma Jie et al.

(2020) depict the influence of government depart-

ments on the overall government and score the node

linkages.

2.2 Government Information

Resources Collaborative Sharing

Perspective

Gan Yu and Liu Kunxiong (2015) propose four strat-

egies to build a composite level of collaborative or-

ganizational relationship, improve the adhesion of in-

formation resources and services, insist on user-ori-

ented full services, and form an interactive and circu-

lar system. They use the construction of innovative

inter-regional information collaboration in Hunan

Province as their starting point. In the form of actual

study, Liu Huancheng and Li Yujie (2018) examined

the current state of information resource sharing in

China's collaborative government and proposed a so-

lution to address the existing information resource oc-

clusion issue from the standpoint of multi-body build-

ing. In order to solve specific types of problems in the

middle ground, Feng Weichen and Liu Xinping

(2018) brought incentive theory into government col-

laboration and information sharing and employed

shared interests as the driving force behind collabora-

tion.

2.3 The Lack of Detailing in

Government Information

Classification Research

Government information sharing and collaboration

are examined by domestic scholars only from a macro

perspective because they lack a thorough understand-

ing of the information held by the various depart-

ments that make up the government as a whole. This

causes a discrepancy between theory and reality in

practical application. As a result, rigors categoriza-

tion of government information study is required. It is

necessary to better develop government information

collaboration practice and research. The majority of

domestic scholars' theoretical research on collabora-

tive government information service is abstract; it

lacks field research and case studies on practical ap-

plication; and it is unable to experience the working

mode and working environment of information ser-

vice in government work, leading to generalization

and hollowing out of theoretical research.

2.4 Information Synergy Theory

Information synergy theory is a development of syn-

ergy theory, which dates back to 1976 and the gener-

alization of the traditional theory from synergistic ef-

fects by German theoretical physicist Hermann

Hacken. The synergy theory states that synergy is a

type of subjective and dynamic integrative behavior

that causes the organizational components to develop

a close, linked, and effective relationship with one an-

other, leading to an amplified effect at work. The

number of elements and subsystems cannot only be

multiplied by or subtracted from one another. Syn-

ergy was initially used to explain the inherent laws of

order and disorder of systems at the spatial scale, but

as humanities and social sciences gradually became

aware of it, its range of application and intrinsic sig-

nificance were continuously expanded, giving rise to

information synergy theory. Information synergy, ac-

cording to Huang et al., is the spreading and sharing

of information among several people and the new ad-

ditive effect that results. The first thing, according to

Zhang, is synergy, and the crucial element of infor-

mation synergy is the occurrence of synergy-led ac-

tion, which results in the multi-level processing of in-

formation and the combination of information into

various synergistic roles, having a significant impact

on the internal information system. Information syn-

ergy theory is currently understood in academic cir-

cles in a broad and ambiguous manner, demonstrating

a gradual development of study from "connotation" to

"extension". As opposed to the theoretical disparity,

the field of practice is the primary source of study.

Here, the framework for information generation in

various scenarios is applied, and the naturally occur-

ring group information synergy behavior is used as

the detailed analysis object. In order to conduct study

on information synergy, the primary scholars, led by

Chen Rui, limit the occurrence of information syn-

ergy to the smart city and categorize the information

synergy process into three stages of "initiation-flow-

arrival."

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3 METHODOLOGY

3.1 Questionnaire Design

In this paper, the collaborative service for sharing

emergency information serves as both the study topic

and the application subject. Four sections and 28

questions made up the questionnaire, which included

both subjective fill-in-the-blank questions and objec-

tive multiple-choice ones. In order to describe and

categorize the sample group, the first section of the

questionnaire asks respondents about their gender,

occupation, education, and other basic details; the

second section is about the respondents' initial under-

standing of emergency management, and it is used to

find out how well they understand it. The third section

is about the issues with government emergency man-

agement, and it looks into them from the perspectives

of efficiency, information sharing, and emergency

measures. The final section is about subjective ques-

tions, and it is used to find out how well the respond-

ents understand emergency management. The third

section examines the issues with government emer-

gency management from three angles: efficiency, in-

formation sharing, and emergency actions.

Number of question-

naires collected

Valid responses to the

questionnaire

Invalid questionnaire Effective feedback rate

210 199 11 94.76%

Figure 1: Questionnaire feedback rate statistics table.

The following table contains specific information

about the 200 valid questionnaires that were gathered

using the Questionnaire Star platform. The infor-

mation was divided into five categories based on the

sample's basic characteristics: gender, age distribu-

tion, education, occupation, and type of unit to which

they belonged.

Statistical question

items

Statistical description

Gender

Male

109

(54.76%)

Female

(45.24%)

Age

25 or below

(36.67%)

26-35

(40%)

36-45

(13.81%)

45 or above

(9.52%)

Academic level

High school

(6.05%)

Vocational

(10.06%)

Bachelor

(28.1%)

Master

(43.21%)

Doctorate

(11.58%)

Occupation

Public servant

(35.67%)

Student

(32.66%)

Teacher

(8.04%)

Others

(23.62%)

Workplace

Governmental unit

(39.7%)

Academia

(43.72%)

Others

(16.58%)

Figure 2: Sample Basic Statistics.

Since the bulk of the sample in this study consists

of individuals who have either direct or indirect inter-

action with emergency management, they are content

with it. As a result, only 5% of respondents are dissat-

isfied with the current government emergency man-

agement, and 34.12% are. This shows that there are

still unfinished emergency management components

inside our government, necessitating further investiga-

tion and gap filling in order to correct the errors. Fur-

thermore, the statistical information gathered by the

surveyor regarding the emergency management objec-

tives of the government can aid in our comprehension

of the disparity between the government's emergency

management capabilities and the actual needs, as well

as provide direction and guidance for the govern-

ment's future development and reform priorities

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Title Options Select number Percentage of samples

Building objectives of

government emergency

management work

Improve emergency com-

mand and control capa-

ilit

93 46.73%

Improving emergency

id res

onse ca

abilit

104 52.26%

Improving emergency re-

sponse capability

112 56.78%

Improving emergency co-

ordination service capa-

ilit

113 56.78%

Figure 3: Building objectives of government emergency management work.

3 DISCUSSION

The governmental body has established a comprehen-

sive information gathering and dissemination system

as the information subject with the tightest division of

labor in the information coordination structure. When

a public health emergency arises, individuals or units

will first report it to local CDCs and medical facili-

ties, which will then relay it to higher-level health ad-

ministrative departments. Finally, health administra-

tive departments will report the emergency to their

provincial governments, which will then decide

whether to activate the emergency plan. The original

information sources of public health emergencies will

be disseminated throughout various agencies and lev-

els of government in this organizational framework.

The market, the community, the public, and other

players will accept the government's unified deploy-

ment and make modifications in accordance with the

realities of the situation when the government makes

and issues a decision.

Market participants must also participate in addi-

tion to government actors. The government can dis-

tribute resources in a useful way across the country,

but it cannot do so precisely. In order to achieve pre-

cise allocation and make up for the lack of govern-

ment material allocation, market participants can ad-

just the input and output of necessary materials in ac-

cordance with changes in the market's supply and de-

mand. They can also feed back the information after

allocation to the market itself, which will be gathered

and compiled by the government.

In the coordinated structure of public health emer-

gency communication, social actors can have a sig-

nificant impact. Some groups are unable to get sup-

plies in accordance with their actual needs due to the

market's profit-driven nature, and a shortage of hu-

man resources can make it difficult to prevent and

treat public health issues. These challenges can be ef-

ficiently addressed by the public interest and philan-

thropic groups that make up the social actors, and the

data produced by their actions is given back to the

public and gathered by the government.

Figure 4: The relationship between publicity, society, market, and the government.

Recovery from public health emergencies is the

primary goal of information collaboration during this

time. The public, the market, and the government are

the key participants in information coordination

throughout this time. After a public health crisis, the

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government will set up a damage assessment and in-

formation feedback mechanism to track the damage

and the population's state of recovery. At this point,

the information coordination model will demonstrate

that the primary information coordination model sub-

jects are the government, market, and public, while

the supplementary information coordination model

subjects are the medical and social. The three parties

work together to restore social order in this paradigm,

with the public serving as the primary participant, the

market serving as the executor, and the government

serving as the coordinator. The relevant ministries

will carry out a thorough analysis of the incident's

process and outcomes and update the health incident

management database. The government's emergency

management centre will analyse the harm caused by

the incident, create a report, and submit it to the gov-

ernment. In order to ensure a fair allocation of re-

sources, the market will also revalue commodities

based on the current supply and demand situation as

well as governmental directives. Through the Inter-

net, the phone, and complaint letters, the public will

be able to voice their opinions on the success of the

emergency measures.

4 CONCLUSION

China now has a very poor system in place for han-

dling public health emergencies, and it is necessary to

reinforce the handling procedures in addition to im-

proving the norms and regulations that apply. At the

same time, younger individuals made up the majority

of respondents to this case study questionnaire, and

the vulnerable older population's sample size was

less. Finally, since the questionnaires for this study

were gathered in a concentrated period of time, the

analysis of cross-sectional data did not fully capture

the characteristics of the behavior of the general pub-

lic in terms of information coordination during public

health emergencies, i.e., the impact of changes in the

information epidemic on information coordination at

various stages of public health emergencies.

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