scholarly journals Growing Ignorance of COVID-19 Preventive Measures in Ethiopia: Experts’ Perspective on the Need of Effective Health Communication Strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zewdneh Shewamene ◽  
Fisseha Shiferie ◽  
Engida Girma ◽  
Befikadu L. Wubishet ◽  
Mizan Kiros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Communication ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The Media ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Communication Approach ◽  
And Control

Despite the recent surge of COVID-19 infections in Ethiopia, we are observing a profound ignorance of preventive measures by the general public and leaders at different levels. This is presenting considerable challenges in the effort to contain and control the pandemic. We believe that the current health communication approach implemented by the health authorities and media outletsneed to be redesigned to bring a sustainable COVID-19 preventive behavior. The purpose of this perspective paper, therefore, is to stimulate discussions on effective health communication strategy to help the public persistently practice COVID-19 preventive measures over the long term. We undertook a series of discussions amongst the authors in order to synthesize individual viewpoints into ‘experts’ perspective’ driven by our daily observations and our expertise in the health service research. In light of this, we suggested that an effective health communication strategy need to address context specific situations to avoid temptation to ignore the ramifications of this very serious pandemic. This strategy includes trying to make sense of daily reported COVID-19 cases, being highly selective regarding sources of information, and being sensitive and responsive to religious and cultural factors. The media, health professionals, and leaders need to teach us how to live with the pandemic informed by robust scientific sources.

scholarly journals Mass Media and Health Communication During the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-57
Author(s):  
Ms. Asfiya Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
The Media ◽  
Healthy Behaviour

Importance of specialized health communication has been demonstrated fully during the recent COVID 19 pandemic. New variants of the virus continue to emerge, the larger portion of the country’s population remains unvaccinated, and booster doses are becoming essential. Therefore, the need for sustained interest in health communication through mass media is far from over. Health communication helps public understand the threat and make informed choices about the preventive measures and treatment. Done effectively, it can produce behaviour change, prevent panic and ensure the participation of populations in governments’ public health measures. Healthcare sector possesses the necessary knowledge to impart this information to the media industry which is largely unstructured and learning from experiences. Therefore, the healthcare sector needs to communicate effectively with the mass media representatives in order to influence the population in adopting and continuing healthy behaviour to fight the pandemic.

scholarly journals Place-Specific Corona Dashboards for Health Policy: Design and Application of a ‘Dutchboard’

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 836
Author(s):  
Peter Nijkamp ◽  
Karima Kourtit
Keyword(s):  
Policy Design ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
And Control ◽  
Specific Health

Since the outbreak of the corona virus in the end of 2019, many worldwide attempts have been made to monitor and control the COVID-19 pandemic. A wealth of empirical data has been collected and used by national health authorities to understand and mitigate the spread and impacts of the corona virus. In various countries this serious health concern has led to the development of corona dashboards monitoring the COVID-19 evolution. The present study aims to design and test an extended corona dashboard, in which—beside up-to-date daily core data on infections, hospital and intensive care admissions, and numbers of deceased people—also the evolution of vaccinations in a country is mapped out. This dashboard system is next extended with time-dependent contextual information on lockdown and policy stringency measures, while disaggregate information on the geographic spread of the COVID-19 disease is provided by means of big data on contact intensity and mobility motives based on detailed Google Mobility data. Finally, this context-specific corona dashboard, named ‘Dutchboard’, is further extended towards the regional and local level so as to allow also for space-specific ‘health checks’ and assessments.

The Politics of Duplicity: Controlling Reproduction in Ceausescu’s Romania. By Gail Kligman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 358p. $44.95.

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 501-502
Author(s):  
Sharon L. Wolchik
Keyword(s):  
Medical Personnel ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Women In The Workplace ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Control

Gail Kligman analyzes the reproductive policies of the Ceausescu regime and the responses of experts and the population to those policies. Drawing on extensive interviews with ordinary men and women as well as experts and on archival research, the author provides a wealth of informa- tion about demographic trends and reproductive policies in Romania from the outset of the communist era to the violent overthrow of the Ceausescu regime in late 1989. Kligman traces the way in which communist leaders used legislation, measures to "protect" women in the workplace, propaganda, and control of the media and other sources of information to propagate their desired model of women and influence reproductive choices. She analyzes the role of key profession- als, such as demographic experts and, particularly, physicians and other medical personnel, in the making and implement- ing of reproductive policies. She also considers the role of international actors, including the United States, in perpet- uating the Ceausescu regime.

scholarly journals COVID-19: information access, trust and adherence to health advice among migrants in Norway

2022 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed A. Madar ◽  
Pierina Benavente ◽  
Elżbieta Czapka ◽  
Raquel Herrero-Arias ◽  
Jasmin Haj-Younes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Access Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level

Abstract Background Migrants in Norway bear a higher burden of COVID-19 infections and hospitalization as compared to non-migrants. The aim of our study was to understand how migrants perceive their own health risk, how they access information regarding the preventive measures, the degree of trust in this information, in the Norwegian authorities and the news media, and migrants’ adherence to authorities’ recommendations regarding the pandemic. Methods An online survey was performed between May and July 2020 among 529 Polish, Arabic, Somali, Tamil, and Spanish-speaking migrants in Norway. For each outcome presented in the aims, unweighted and weighted descriptive analyses were performed for all migrants together and for each language group. Results Sixty-one percent of migrants perceived their health as excellent or very good, with the lowest value (42%) in the Tamil group and the highest among Somalians (85%). The majority of respondents (82%) felt they had received sufficient information. Press conferences from the government, health authorities’ websites, and Norwegian news media were the preferred channels of information for all groups. Most migrants reported a high level of adherence to preventive measures (88%) and trust in Norwegian authorities (79%). However, there were variations among groups regarding the importance of sources of information and level of trust, which was lowest for the Polish group. Conclusion Migrants in Norway reported receiving sufficient information about COVID-19 and high adherence to preventive measures. However, the levels of trust in the information sources, the services and the authorities varied among the groups. Understanding how migrants are dealing with this pandemic is crucial to improve the dissemination of information and trust in the health authorities for the different groups.

scholarly journals Communicate Hope to Motivate Action Against Highly Infectious SARS-CoV-2 Variants

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bang Petersen ◽  
Lasse Engbo Christiansen ◽  
Alexander Bor ◽  
Marie Fly Lindholt ◽  
Frederik Juhl Jørgensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Communication ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Vaccination Programs ◽  
Public Action ◽  
Communication Aid ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Trade Offs

The world is facing a race between controlling new and more infectious variants of coronavirus and implementing vaccinations: How can health authorities and governments most effectively communicate the need to engage more strongly in protective behavior to avoid a collapse of the healthcare system until vaccination programs are effective? In the first wave of the pandemic, citizens became engaged in `flattening the curve' via powerful visualizations. Here, we use epidemiological modelling to develop a new visual communication aid, `buying time with hope', which reflects the pandemic trade-offs currently facing governments, authorities and citizens. Using a population-based experiment conducted in United States (N = 3,022), we demonstrate that this hope-oriented visual communication aid, depicting the competing effects on the epidemic curve of (1) more infectious variants and (2) vaccinations, motivates public action and communicates more effectively than fear-oriented visual communication, focusing exclusively on the threat of the new variants. Finally, using cross-national representative surveys from eight countries (N = 3,995), we document the urgent need to motivate public action to halt the spread of the new, more infectious variants. These findings not only provide public health authorities globally with a validated blueprint for health communication in a critical period of the pandemic but also provide general psychological insights into the importance of hope as a health communication strategy.

Media and media freedom

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier García-Marín
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Media Freedom ◽  
Satellite Television ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Systems ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
And Control

The objective of this chapter is to explore the Arab region’s media systems in order to assess the sources of information available to civil society. The chapter is divided into four parts, which provide: first, an account of the political and regulatory environment in which the media have to operate; second, a description of traditional media; third, an overview of satellite television, which is paramount in the region; and fourth, an analysis of internet access in the region. The data analysed in this chapter clearly illustrates that one of the results of the Arab Spring has been the attempt to further control information flows. With the exception of a few countries, especially Tunisia and Algeria, almost all the governments in the region have adopted rules in the hope of controlling information in a more effective way. Of course, this does not mean that citizens are unable to obtain political information through other channels than those accepted by governments. Satellite TV is a first fracture in the closed ecosystem, but events in recent years suggest that it is not entirely free from attempts at regularisation and control. Nonetheless, there are other tools to serve the public that can be treated as sources of information and, therefore, as media: namely the Internet and all its facets.

scholarly journals COVID-19: Access to Information, Level of Trust and Adherence to Health Advice Among Migrants in Norway

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed A Madar ◽  
Pierina Benavente ◽  
Elżbieta Czapka ◽  
Raquel Herrero-Arias ◽  
Jasmin Haj-Younes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
High Level ◽  
Perception Of Health

Abstract Background: Migrants in Norway bear a higher burden of COVID-19 infections and hospitalization as compared to non-migrants. The aim of our study was to understand migrants’: i) perception of health risk, ii) access to information, iii) degree of trust in and iv) adherence to recommendations.Methods: An online survey was performed between May and July 2020 among 529 Polish, Arabic, Somali, Tamil, and Spanish-speaking migrants. Unweighted and weighted descriptive analysis and chi-squared tests were performed for all migrants together and for each language group.Results: There were statistically significant differences among groups in their perception of risk of infection. Although the vast majority reported having received sufficient information, high level of adherence to preventive measures and trust in Norwegian authorities, there were statistically significant differences among groups regarding the importance of sources of information and level of trust, which was lowest for the Polish group. Over all, migrants reported very high adherence to preventive measures.Conclusion: Understanding how migrants are dealing with this pandemic is crucial to improve the dissemination of information and trust in the health authorities for the different groups.

Covid-19 – rumours and facts in media

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 171-174
Author(s):  
Tarare Toshida ◽  
Chaple Jagruti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The People ◽  
The World

The covid-19 resulted in broad range of spread throughout the world in which India has also became a prey of it and in this situation the means of media is extensively inϑluencing the mentality of the people. Media always played a role of loop between society and sources of information. In this epidemic also media is playing a vital role in shaping the reaction in ϑirst place for both good and ill by providing important facts regarding symptoms of Corona virus, preventive measures against the virus and also how to deal with any suspect of disease to overcome covid-19. On the other hand, there are endless people who spread endless rumours overs social media and are adversely affecting life of people but we always count on media because they provide us with valuable answers to our questions, facts and everything in need. Media always remains on top of the line when it comes to stop the out spread of rumours which are surely dangerous kind of information for society. So on our side we should react fairly and maturely to handle the situation to keep it in the favour of humanity and help government not only to ϑight this pandemic but also the info emic.

scholarly journals An Integrated Framework to Measure the Performance of Inter-Organizational Programme on Health Technology Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3873
Author(s):  
Milena Vainieri ◽  
Francesca Ferrè ◽  
Stefania Manetti
Keyword(s):  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Integrated Framework ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Context Specific

Combining insights from collaborative governance, performance management, and health technology assessment (HTA) literature, this study develops an integrated framework to systematically measure and monitor the performance of HTA network programmes. This framework is validated throughout an action research carried out in the Italian HTA network programme for medical devices. We found that when building up collaborative performance management systems, some elements such as the participation in the design and the use of context specific performance assessment framework, facilitate their acceptance by managers and policy makers especially in high professionalized and sector-specific organizations because it reflects their distinctive language and culture. The hybrid framework may help health authorities and policymakers to understand the HTA network, monitor its performance, and ensure network sustainability over time.

scholarly journals Poult Enteritis and Mortality Syndrome in Turkey Poults: Causes, Diagnosis and Preventive Measures

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2063
Author(s):  
Awad A. Shehata ◽  
Shereen Basiouni ◽  
Reinhard Sting ◽  
Valerij Akimkin ◽  
Marc Hoferer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Turkey Poults ◽  
Causative Agents ◽  
Enteric Disorders ◽  
And Control ◽  
Enteropathogenic Viruses ◽  
Poult Enteritis

Poult enteritis and mortality syndrome (PEMS) is one of the most significant problem affecting turkeys and continues to cause severe economic losses worldwide. Although the specific causes of PEMS remains unknown, this syndrome might involve an interaction between several causative agents such as enteropathogenic viruses (coronaviruses, rotavirus, astroviruses and adenoviruses) and bacteria and protozoa. Non-infectious causes such as feed and management are also interconnected factors. However, it is difficult to determine the specific cause of enteric disorders under field conditions. Additionally, similarities of clinical signs and lesions hamper the accurate diagnosis. The purpose of the present review is to discuss in detail the main viral possible causative agents of PEMS and challenges in diagnosis and control.

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