Community health education for health crisis management: the case of COVID-19 in Cameroon

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Mbah, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-4199-0819, Bang, H., Ndi, H. and Ndzo, J., 2021. Community health education for health crisis management: the case of COVID-19 in Cameroon. International Quarterly of Community Health Education. ISSN 0272-684X

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0272684X211031106

Abstract

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led Cameroon’s government to implement public health measures aimed at preventing its spread. This paper investigates how community health education on the virus was being carried out, what gaps exist and what further action could be taken. A survey instrument was used to gather data among a total of 179 Cameroonians recruited via opportunistic and snowball sampling methods. According to our findings, gaps exist. These include the need for adequate community health education on COVID-19, maximising multilingualism and indigenous cultural assets and disbanding misconceptions on the pandemic, as well as stigmatisation. The paper culminates by underlining the significance of an integrated approach to confront the pandemic. This approach captures the need to frame but also firm up community health education architecture on COVID-19 that captures inputs from different stakeholders, including indigenous knowledge holders, for collective wellbeing.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Creators:

Mbah, M., Bang, H., Ndi, H. and Ndzo, J.

Publisher:

SAGE Publications

Date:

15 July 2021

ISSN:

0272-684X