Development of a set of community-informed Ebola messages for Sierra Leone

This paper presents findings of interviews and focus group discussions conducted in 'hotspot' areas of rural Bombali District and urban Freetown

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
7 August 2017
Country:
Sierra Leone
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Health and Humanitarian Disasters and Emergencies
Authors:
Kinsman, J, de Bruijne K, Jalloh AM and Harris M

Abstract

The West African Ebola epidemic of 2013–2016 was by far the largest outbreak of the disease on record. Sierra Leone suffered nearly half of the 28,646 reported cases. This paper presents a set of culturally contextualized Ebola messages that are based on the findings of qualitative interviews and focus group discussions conducted in ‘hotspot’ areas of rural Bombali District and urban Freetown in Sierra Leone, between January and March 2015

This research was supported by the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programm

Citation

Kinsman J, de Bruijne K, Jalloh AM, Harris M, Abdullah H, Boye-Thompson T, et al. (2017) Development of a set of community-informed Ebola messages for Sierra Leone. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(8): e0005742. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005742

Development of a set of community-informed Ebola messages for Sierra Leone

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Published 7 August 2017
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