Project overview
Award - £298k, 3 years.
We seek to identify if community-led dialogue interventions can sustainably support improved stakeholder intelligence, and population knowledge and practice, around climate change and health. Our health topics of focus here are Yellow Fever and skin Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs, a WHO-defined group of diseases that include leprosy, yaws, onchcerciasis, and scabies).
Study sites are hard-to-reach ‘Last Mile’ rural populations in Northern and Savannah regions, Ghana. Our research includes community surveys, focus groups, a dialogue-based intervention, literature reviews, and continuous conversations with stakeholders.
The community surveys will replicate innovative methodology from our previous research, with electronic data collection by local residents. Surveys will be carried out pre- and post-intervention. The dialogue-based intervention will involve ‘Community Champions’ i.e. local respected leaders and elders. The intervention will be delivered (for example) as part of sermons or class teaching, and include verbal and printed content.
The aim is to keep sustained and informed conversation ongoing around NTDs, yellow fever, seasonal factors, and the evolving impacts of climate change. Our findings will be disseminated to our extensive networks of policymakers at district, regional and national levels (across the Ghana Health Service and Ministries), for their consideration and implementation into their decision-making.
We seek to identify if community-led dialogue interventions can sustainably support improved stakeholder intelligence, and population knowledge and practice, around climate change and health. Our health topics of focus here are Yellow Fever and skin Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs, a WHO-defined group of diseases that include leprosy, yaws, onchcerciasis, and scabies).
Study sites are hard-to-reach ‘Last Mile’ rural populations in Northern and Savannah regions, Ghana. Our research includes community surveys, focus groups, a dialogue-based intervention, literature reviews, and continuous conversations with stakeholders.
The community surveys will replicate innovative methodology from our previous research, with electronic data collection by local residents. Surveys will be carried out pre- and post-intervention. The dialogue-based intervention will involve ‘Community Champions’ i.e. local respected leaders and elders. The intervention will be delivered (for example) as part of sermons or class teaching, and include verbal and printed content.
The aim is to keep sustained and informed conversation ongoing around NTDs, yellow fever, seasonal factors, and the evolving impacts of climate change. Our findings will be disseminated to our extensive networks of policymakers at district, regional and national levels (across the Ghana Health Service and Ministries), for their consideration and implementation into their decision-making.
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