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How to set up government-led national hygiene communication campaigns to combat COVID-19: a strategic blueprint

While large-scale changes in population behaviour are required to reduce the transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus, the emergency context is not conducive to the sort of careful communications planning that would normally be required to meet such a task. Rapid str...

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Autores principales: Curtis, Val, Dreibelbis, Robert, Sidibe, Myriam, Cardosi, Jason, Sara, Jennifer, Bonell, Chris, Mwambuli, Kaposo, Ghosh Moulik, Soma, White, Sian, Aunger, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7412616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32764128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002780
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Sumario:While large-scale changes in population behaviour are required to reduce the transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus, the emergency context is not conducive to the sort of careful communications planning that would normally be required to meet such a task. Rapid strategic communications planning in a pandemic by governments is, however, possible and necessary. Steps include setting up a dedicated communications task force, mobilising partners and resources, developing a creative brief and theory of change and overseeing the creation, testing, roll out and revision of content. In this short guide, we argue that a minimum of strategic planning can be undertaken rapidly, and that good use can be made of simple principles of behaviour change, even during pandemics. Our aim here is to provide a blueprint that governments and their partners, especially in low-income settings, can follow to design, coordinate and resource national communications efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic immediately and for the longer term.