Public health communication: Attitudes, experiences, and lessons learned from users of a COVID-19 digital triage tool for children

ABSTRACT:

Background

The pandemic has made public health communication even more daunting because acceptance and implementation of official guidelines and recommendations hinge on this. The situation becomes even more precarious when children are involved. Our child-specific COVID-19 online forward triage tool (OFTT) revealed some of the public health communication challenges. We aimed to explore attitudes, experiences, and challenges faced by OFTT users and their families, in regard to public health recommendations.

Methods

We selected key informants (n = 20) from a population of parents, teachers, guardians, as well as doctors who had used the child-specific COVID-19 OFTT and had consented to a further study. Videos rather than face-face interviews were held. Convenience and quot

SUBMITTER: Michel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9376382 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature