COVID-19
COVID-19 has been declared a global health emergency. Trusted, clear and effective communication and engagement approaches are critical to ensure that fear, panic and rumours do not undermine response efforts and lead to COVID-19 to spread even more quickly.
You can use the tools and resources in this section to incorporate community engagement and accountability into your COVID-19 operations.
Please regularly check the WHO site for the latest information on COVID-19: https://www.epi-win.com/
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2 April 2020
How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement
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IFRCThis guide provides advice on how to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement during COVID-19 operations.
2 April 2020
COVID-19: Rapid assessment tool
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IFRCThis tool could be used in combination with the focus group discussions (FGD) one and be adapted for key informant interviews (KII). Participant observation (PO) will as well contribute to the collection of data, and then triangulated with other sources.
2 April 2020
Guide to run focus group discussions with community volunteers
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IFRCThis guide helps you to run a focus group discussion (FGD) with community volunteers to understand the questions, rumours, suggestions and concerns they are hearing about the new coronavirus from people during their work in communities.
2 April 2020
The new coronavirus radio show guide and running order
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IFRCThis risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) guide can help you run an interactive radio chat show programme to provide communities with timely, accurate information about the new coronavirus.
2 April 2020
How to do polling on social media?
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IFRCPolling can be a fast way to ask your community about targeted information that you may need for programmatic decisions. Here are some ideas on how you can conduct polls through social media channels.
2 April 2020
Psychological coping during disease outbreak for elderly people with chronic conditions
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Hong Kong Red CrossTips for elderly people with chronic conditions and caregivers on how to reduce the negative psychological impacts that often occur in the face of a public health crisis.
2 April 2020
Psychological coping during disease outbreak
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Hong Kong Red CrossThis poster provides tips on psychological coping during disease outbreak for healthcare professionals and first responders.
2 April 2020
Briefing note on addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of COVID-19 outbreak
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IASCThis briefing note summarises key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The brief was last updated February 2020.
2 April 2020
COVID-19: Psychological coping during disease outbreak
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Hong Kong Red CrossTips on how to maintain a healthy mind and cope with stress related to the public health crises such as the COVID-19 outbreak.
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