Partnering with broadcast and print media for risk communication: EVD control in Rivers State, Nigeria

Maduka, Omosivie; Ikpe, Angus; Tella, Adedayo; Onyekwere, Nnanna; Tobin-West, Charles; Ywoga, Disu

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“…This thus created a paradox in the COVID 19 risk communication in the State and further underscores the importance of periodic media engagement and capacity building in ethical reporting and accurate information dissemination since the media are critical partners in disease outbreak response. 14…”

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Awareness, Perception and Practice of COVID 19 Prevention among Residents of a State in the South-South Region of Nigeria: Implications for Public Health Control Efforts

Owhonda

Maduka

Nwadiuto

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Background This research explored awareness, perception, and practice of COVID 19 prevention among residents of communities in all the local government areas (districts) in Rivers State during the early stages of the pandemic response. Design This was a descriptive cross-sectional survey which employed an interviewer-administered four-page questionnaire built into the Open Data Kit application for android phones. Knowledge and practice scores were computed by scoring every correct response/action as 1 and wrong responses as 0. Knowledge was graded as excellent for scores of ≥80%, good for scores of 50-79% and poor for scores of <50%. Respondents who washed all critical parts of the hand were categorized as having correct handwashing practice. Setting Rivers State in the South-South region of Nigeria had recorded over 2000 cases of COVID 19 as of 18th August 2020, ranking 5th among the high burden states in Nigeria. As with any epidemic of an infectious nature, panic, fear, and misconceptions are rife. Risk communication utilizes multi-faceted activities geared towards facilitating correct and consistent knowledge and prevention practice. Participants Study involved 1,294 adult community residents in the 23 districts of the state. Results The respondents were aged between 18 and 80 years with average age of 39.6 years (SD = 11.9 years). A total of 710 (54.9%) were male, 476 (36.8%) were unemployed with 685 (52.9%) having secondary education. Almost all respondents 1,271 (98.2%) had heard about COVID 19. The three most common sources of information about COVID 19 were radio jingles 1102 (86.7%), television adverts 940 (74.0%) and announcements in Church 612 (48.2%). Overall, 608 (47.0%) of the respondents had poor knowledge of COVID 19. About 1167 (90.2%) of the respondents who were aware of COVID 19 acknowledged that COVID 19 is a problem in the state while 443 (34.9%) respondents believed they were unlikely contract the virus. Only 505 (39.0%) of the respondents washed all critical parts of the hand correctly. Conclusion Risk communication interventions during pandemics need to be based on an understanding of the gaps in knowledge, attitude, perceptions, and practice. Broadcast media has a pivotal role to play in risk communication for behaviour change for the control of current and future epidemics in this population.

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Awareness, Perception and Practice of COVID 19 Prevention among Residents of a State in the South-South Region of Nigeria: Implications for Public Health Control Efforts

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“…The technical complexity of man-made disaster which causes an asymmetric distribution of disaster information has made it hard for the general public to acquire first-hand information, causing the public to find various means to obtain disaster information, means such as the official channels, social media, or oral accounts from friends, etc. [13]. In addition, the stigmatization, responsibility distribution and other characteristics of man-made disaster [14] can lead to: complex interest distributions; the formation of different interest groups and antagonistic emotions, which has put much emphasize on the role of opinion leaders [15].…”

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The Impact of Social Media on Risk Communication of Disasters—A Comparative Study Based on Sina Weibo Blogs Related to Tianjin Explosion and Typhoon Pigeon

Liu

Zhang

2020

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Social media has brought opportunities and challenges to risk communication of disasters by undermining the monopoly of traditional news media. This paper took blogs about Tianjin Explosion and Typhoon Pigeon posted through Sina Weibo as empirical objects. Moreover, the paper used the analytical method of social network to conduct a comparative study on the network structures of information disseminated among different types of disasters, with the goal of uncovering the impact of social media on different types of risk communication of disasters. The result shows a different impact of the risk communication on the two types of disasters. While the role of social media for the risk communication of natural disasters is mainly to influence information dissemination, the roles of social media for the risk communication of man-made disasters are to transmit information as well as to communicate emotions. The differences seen within the structure of social media networks are causes differences in functions. Specifically, the structure for the social media communication network on man-made disasters takes on a “core - periphery structure” which is endowed with both information communication and emotional communication functions. Also, the role of the opinion leaders for the subnet is found to be significant while the communication within small groups is kept pretty active; additionally, the slow speed of information transmission of the network could result in easily distorted information. On top of that, the network is characterized with intense vulnerability to the attacks on core nodes. In contrast, the social media network for natural disaster risk communication is not seen with an obvious “peripheral-core” structure which is a relatively pure information transmission network with relatively equal principal status. In other words, the entire network is found with stronger connectivity and relatively faster information transmission speed. Furthermore, the nodes inside the network are found to have weaker control over information transmission. In sum, the research results are helpful in improving the risk communication theory based on social relations, optimizing the communication structure of disaster information so as to change the effect of risk communication.

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“…Thus, empirical evidence indicates that the mass media has a very vital role to play in crisis situations when infodemics becomes the order; hence, people crave for accurate, informative, educational, insightful and analytical pieces of information (Maduka, et al, 2015). Consequently, records have shown that the mass media in Africa had one time or the other responded to various public health emergencies in different ways.…”

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“…Consequently, records have shown that the mass media in Africa had one time or the other responded to various public health emergencies in different ways. For example, when the first case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) broke out in Nigeria on July 20, 2014, the Nigerian media landscape responded to the infection early by informing and educating Nigerians about the virus, symptoms, causes, precautions and safety measures (Akpobo, 2015;Maduka, et al, EURAS Journal of Social Sciences -Volume 2 Issue 1 -April -2022 2015; Smith & Smith, 2016), thereby facilitating the early containment of the virus. According to Smith and Smith (2016), early measures such as early closure of schools and late opening of schools contributed immensely to the fight against EVD in Nigeria.…”

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Partnering with broadcast and print media for risk communication: EVD control in Rivers State, Nigeria

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Awareness, Perception and Practice of COVID 19 Prevention among Residents of a State in the South-South Region of Nigeria: Implications for Public Health Control Efforts

Awareness, Perception and Practice of COVID 19 Prevention among Residents of a State in the South-South Region of Nigeria: Implications for Public Health Control Efforts

The Impact of Social Media on Risk Communication of Disasters—A Comparative Study Based on Sina Weibo Blogs Related to Tianjin Explosion and Typhoon Pigeon

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