New Mixed Methods Approach for Monitoring Community Perceptions of Ebola and Response Efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Efforts to contain the spread of Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the 2018-2020 epidemic faced challenges in gaining community trust and participation. This affected implementation of community alerts, early isolation, contact tracing, vaccination, and safe and dignified burials. To quickly understand community perspectives and improve community engagement, collaborators from the DRC Red Cross, the International Federation of the Red Cross, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explored a new method of collecting, coding, and quickly analyzing community feedback.

Methods

Over 800 DRC Red Cross local volunteers recorded unstructured, free-text questions and comments from community members during community Ebola aw

SUBMITTER: Earle-Richardson G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8324202 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature