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Background report

Social science in epidemics: Influenza and SARS lessons learned

The third in a series of reviews of outbreaks seeking to identify social science ‘entry points’ for emergency interventions and preparedness activities. In French and Chinese as well as English.

SSHAP

2019

Background report

Evidence review

Social science in epidemics: Ebola virus disease lessons learned

Summary and background reports offering recommendations on local customs, health care systems and other topics.

SSHAP

2019

Briefing

Behavioural Data Compilation #1

A rapid compilation of data analyses for November 2018 in the context of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.

SSHAP

2018

Briefing

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, North Kivu, DRC

Key considerations including recommendations to strengthen the mental health and psychosocial response.

SSHAP

2018

Briefing

WhatsApp and Local Media (Grand Nord)

An overview of key messages circulating on WhatsApp and the local media (radio, print and video) in North Kivu in September 2018.

SSHAP

2018

Briefing

Changing Behaviours & Care-Seeking Practices in the Grand Nord, North Kivu, DRC

Key considerations and immediate recommendations related to community engagement.

SSHAP

2018

Briefing

Burial, Funeral and Mourning Practices in North Kivu Province, DRC

Key socio-cultural considerations of events related to death, burial, funerals (rites or ceremonies), and mourning.

SSHAP

2018

Briefing

The Context of North Kivu Province, DRC

Key considerations about the context of North Kivu province including insecurity and local actors.

SSHAP

2018

Briefing

Engaging Twa Communities in Équateur Province

Key socio-anthropological considerations regarding ‘indigenous communities’.

SSHAP

2018

Briefing

Key Considerations: Health-Seeking Behaviours in Équateur Province, DRC

Key socio-cultural considerations concerning health beliefs and health-seeking behaviour.

SSHAP

2018

Briefing

The Context of Équateur Province, DRC

Key considerations about the context of Équateur Province, including climate, infrastructure and politics.

SSHAP

Evidence review

Burial, Funeral and Mourning Practices in Équateur Province, DRC

Key socio-cultural considerations concerning events related to death, burial, funerals (rites or ceremonies), and mourning.

SSHAP

2018

Research paper

Knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus diseases in Uganda using quantitative and participatory epidemiology techniques

This paper describes knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus outbreaks in two affected communities in Uganda to inform future outbreak responses and help in the design of health education and communication messages.

Central and East Africa Hub

PLOS

2017

Evidence review

Socio-Cultural Considerations for Vaccine Introduction and Community Engagement

Key considerations and immediate recommendations, particularly for community engagement, in May 2018 for the Ebola outbreak in DRC.

SSHAP

2018

Background report

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Rift Valley Fever among Agro Pastoral Communities in Kongwa and Kilombero Districts, Tanzania

“Rift valley fever (RVF) is a re-emerging viral vector-borne disease with rapid global socio-economic impact. A large RVF outbreak occurred in Tanzania in 2007 and affected more than half of the regions with high (47 %) case fatality rate. Little…

2015

Comment

Social science intelligence in the global Ebola response

Correspondence on continued poor integration of social sciences during global health crises.

The Lancet

2015

Evidence review

Understanding Social Resistance to Ebola Response in Guinea

This paper seeks to understand the fear many Guineans feel towards Ebola response initiatives and why the educators, doctors and burial teams have sometimes encountered resistance, occasionally violent.

Ebola Response Anthropology Platform

2015

Tools

Group dialogue and critical reflection of HIV prevention: an evaluation of the C-Change Community Conversation Toolkit

Communication for Change (C-Change) set out to develop support tools that would foster interactive communication among low-literacy adults and prompt engagement on HIV prevention issues, including encouraging individual and group-oriented problem solving. The Community Conversation Toolkit (CCT) was developed using…

C-Change

2012

Tools

Assessing mental health and psychosocial needs and resources: toolkit for humanitarian settings

This document provides an approach and a toolkit to help those designing and conducting an assessment of mental health and psychosocial needs and resources in major humanitarian crises. These could include major natural and human-made disasters and complex emergencies (for…

WHO

2012

Tools

A toolkit for integrated vector management in sub-Saharan Africa

This toolkit for integrated vector management (IVM) is designed to help national and regional programme managers coordinate across sectors to design and run large IVM programmes. It is an extension of earlier guidance and teaching material published by the World…

WHO

2016

Evidence review

The Opposite of Denial: Social Learning at the Onset of the Ebola Emergency in Liberia

This working paper reports on a study to identify the pace of Ebola-related social learning in urban and peri-urban areas around Monrovia, Liberia during August 2014, at the onset of the emergency phase of the epidemic. The research demonstrates how…

Ebola Response Anthropology Platform

2014

Evidence review

Community-Centered Responses to Ebola in Urban Liberia: The View from Below

This working paper reports on a study to identify epidemic control priorities among 15 communities in Monrovia and Montserrado County, Liberia. Data were collected in September 2014 on the following topics: prevention, surveillance, care-giving, community-based treatment and support, networking/hotlines/calling response…

Ebola Response Anthropology Platform

2014

Evidence review

Stigma and Ebola: An Anthropological Approach to Understanding and Addressing Stigma Operationally in the Ebola Response

‘Stigma’ is an umbrella term for the direct and indirect consequences of a number of processes that brand someone as different in ways that result in discrimination, loss of status and social exclusion. It can be short-term or evolve into…

Ebola Response Anthropology Platform

2014

Evidence review

Communication with Rebellious Communities during an Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea: An Anthropological Approach

This paper by Anoko J. N., reports on the success of a communication programme among 26 rebellious villages in Forest Guinea during fieldwork in June-July 2014.

Ebola Response Anthropology Platform

2014

Evidence review

Village Responses to Ebola Virus Disease and its Prevention

The present document is the eighth and final report in a series presenting descriptive results of a survey of responses to Ebola and Ebola control in 26 villages in all three provinces of rural Sierra Leone, fieldwork for which was…

Ebola Response Anthropology Platform

2015

Evidence review

Community Perceptions of Ebola Response Efforts in Liberia: Montserrado and Nimba Counties

This study aimed to support Oxfam’s Public Health Promotion (PHP) strategy through a rapid qualitative assessment of the remaining social barriers to compliance with Ebola prevention and treatment messages. At the time of the study, most Liberians had a high…

Ebola Response Anthropology Platform

2015

Briefing

Contextualising Ebola Rumours from a Political, Historical and Social Perspective to Understand People’s Perceptions of Ebola and the Responses to it

This briefing explores how rumours about Ebola in Sierra Leone influences people’s perception and response to Ebola, from the political, historical and social perspectives. Despite the efforts of the World Health Organisation to control the Ebola outbreak, achieving zero cases…

Ebola Response Anthropology Platform

2015

Briefing

Diaspora Communications and Health Seeking Behaviour in the Time of Ebola: Findings from the Sierra Leonean Community in London

The Sierra Leonean diaspora was active in responding to the Ebola outbreak that hit Sierra Leone in March 2014, both by providing financial and material support, and through direct communication with relatives, friends and colleagues back home. This paper looks…

Ebola Response Anthropology Platform

2015

Evidence review

The First Mile: Community Experience of Outbreak Control during an Ebola Outbreak in Luwero District, Uganda

A major challenge to outbreak control lies in early detection of viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) in local community contexts during the critical initial stages of an epidemic, when risk of spreading is its highest (“the first mile”). This paper documents…

BMC Public Health

2016

Background report

Childhood vaccination and society in The Gambia: public engagement with science and delivery

This paper examines public engagement with routine vaccination delivery, and vaccine trials and related medical research, in The Gambia. Its approach is rooted in social and medical anthropology and ethnographic methods, but combines insights from the sociology of scientific knowledge,…

IDS

2004

Evidence review

Helpdesk Research Report: Mobile Telephony for Improved Health Service and Data Management

This report provides some recent examples of the use of mobile telephony to improve health serviceoutcomes. There is significant potential for the use of mobile telephony to improve health serviceoutcomes and data management. Opportunities include: serving as a less costly…

IDS

2012

Briefing

Community-led Ebola Action (CLEA) and the Social Mobilisation Action Consortium (SMAC)

The Community Led Ebola Action (CLEA) has empowered communities to do their own analysis and take their own action to become Ebola-free in Sierra Leone. CLEA has focused on triggering collective action by inspiring communities to understand the urgency and…

2015