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A comparative analysis of experienced uncertainties in relation to risk communication during COVID19: a four-country study
dc.contributor.authorCristea, Florin
dc.contributor.authorWeishaar, Heide
dc.contributor.authorGeurts, Brogan
dc.contributor.authorDelamou, Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorTan, Melisa Mei Jin
dc.contributor.authorLegido-Quigley, Helena
dc.contributor.authorAminu, Kafayat
dc.contributor.authorMari-Sáez, Almudena
dc.contributor.authorRocha, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorCamara, Bienvenu
dc.contributor.authorBarry, Lansana
dc.contributor.authorThea, Paul
dc.contributor.authorBoucsein, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorBahr, Thurid
dc.contributor.authorAl-Awlaqi, Sameh
dc.contributor.authorPozo-Martin, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorBoklage, Evgeniya
dc.contributor.authorJegede, Ayodele Samuel
dc.contributor.authorEl Bcheraoui, Charbel
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-19T10:25:59Z
dc.date.available2024-09-19T10:25:59Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-27none
dc.identifier.other10.1186/s12992-022-00857-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/12230
dc.description.abstractBackground During outbreaks, uncertainties experienced by affected communities can influence their compliance to government guidance on public health. Communicators and authorities are, hence, encouraged to acknowledge and address such uncertainties. However, in the midst of public health crises, it can become difficult to define and identify uncertainties that are most relevant to address. We analyzed data on COVID-19-related uncertainties from four socio-economic contexts to explore how uncertainties can influence people’s perception of, and response to Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) strategies. Results This qualitative study, which adopts an interpretative approach, is based on data from a documentary review, key informant interviews (KII), and focus group discussions (FGD) with members of the general public and people with barriers to information from Germany, Guinea, Nigeria, and Singapore. Transcripts from the KII and FGD were coded and analyzed thematically. We interviewed a total of 155 KIs and conducted 73 FGD. Our analysis uncovered a divergence between uncertainties deemed relevant by stakeholders involved in policy making and uncertainties that people reportedly had to navigate in their everyday lives and which they considered relevant during the pandemic. We identified four types of uncertainties that seemed to have influenced people’s assessment of the disease risk and their trust in the pandemic control strategies including RCCE efforts: epidemiological uncertainties (related to the nature and severity of the virus), information uncertainties (related to access to reliable information), social uncertainties (related to social behavior in times of heightened risk), and economic uncertainties (related to financial insecurities). Conclusion We suggest that in future outbreaks, communicators and policy makers could improve the way in which affected communities assess their risk, and increase the trust of these communities in response efforts by addressing non-epidemiological uncertainties in RCCE strategies.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectrisk communication and community engagementeng
dc.subjectunceirtaintyeng
dc.subjectrisk assessmenteng
dc.subjecttrusteng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleA comparative analysis of experienced uncertainties in relation to risk communication during COVID19: a four-country studynone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/12230-7
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleGlobalization and Healthnone
local.edoc.container-issn1744-8603none
local.edoc.pages13none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/none
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameSpringer Naturenone
local.edoc.container-volume18none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2022none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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