A Study of COVID-19 Adaptation Strategies for Residents of Multi-tenanted Housing in Lagos, Nigeria

尼日利亚拉各斯多租户住房居民的 COVID-19 适应策略研究

• 批准号: AH/V006428/1
• 负责人: Timothy Nubi
• 金额: $ 18.33万
• 依托单位: University of Lagos
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FV006428%2F1
• 关键词: Study; COVID; 19; Adaptation; Strategies

The index case in Nigeria was announced on 27 February 2020 in Lagos. As at April 27 2020, the pandemic has reached over 32 of 36 states in the country, with 1,337 confirmed cases, 40 deaths, 225 recovered cases and allegations of vast under-reporting from various interest groups. Lagos is still the epicenter of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Nigeria with 54% of confirmed cases. While the mortality is low to compared to other countries, the potential for community spread and the recognition of the difficulty in managing it is now acute. In the campaign to keep safe against the spread of the pandemic, the major interventions are practicing regular hand washing, social distancing and keeping safe at home as well as self-isolation (implied to be done at home). Our research is motivated by concern about the capacity of residents of multi-tenanted houses to adhere to these instructions in an environment of lack of basic amenities and overcrowding, especially as there has been remarkable silence on coping strategies for these people in both state and federal government as well from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) directives on COVID-19 protection.The purpose of this research is thus to provide support for the prevention of community spread of COVID-19 amongst residents of multi-tenanted housing in Lagos, Nigeria. The research support is anchored on the adoption of history, literature and music in understanding the coping mechanisms, promoting adherence to public health measures and advocating for community prevention strategies for people who live in multi-tenanted housing. The research is particularly focused on residents of multi-tenanted houses in Lagos, because their overcrowded living conditions make them particularly vulnerable to community spread of the Pandemic. The study adopts remote working methods (telephone interviews, radio call-in programs, social media and engagement) with archival research on history and literature engagement to ascertain the coping mechanisms that has worked in the past and will work now in the prevention of pandemic spread in poorer communities. The study will provide strategies on how to maintain social distance even in limited spaces and educate residents on the best ways to practicably share common and scarce facilities while maintaining healthy habits by providing tangible results that are of practical use to them. It will produce contextual studies about how residents of multi-tenanted housing cope with and respond to institutional health advocacy Improved knowledge on how local strategies differ from those adopted/recommended by the global movement. With these, the research will also be providing evidence of the role of arts activities in improving the lives of the poor and vulnerable residents of low-income localities. Envisaged research outcomes include advocacy jingles and spoken words to be aired in local language languages using very popular and local media such as radio, short animations to be shared widely on social media, and colourful posters to be disseminated in streets. In addition, policy briefs would be shared with government agencies, academic papers will be submitted to peer-reviewed International Journals. Other outcomes include on-line conference meetings. The research therefore brings researchers from History, Creative Arts, Literature and Housing, Pro-poor development with community leaders, media practitioners and government to ensure proactive actions are taken to further contain the spread of the pandemic in Lagos, Nigeria's pandemic epicenter. As there are comparable conditions of dense, sub-standard housing in most developing world cities now facing the pandemic, the research will also be capable of being replicated in other African cities facing similar challenges.

尼日利亚的指示病例于 2020 年 2 月 27 日在拉各斯宣布。截至 2020 年 4 月 27 日，疫情已蔓延至该国 36 个州中的 32 多个州，确诊病例 1,337 例，死亡 40 例，康复病例 225 例，并指控各利益集团大量漏报。拉各斯仍然是尼日利亚 Covid-19 大流行的中心，确诊病例占 54%。虽然死亡率与其他国家相比较低，但社区传播的可能性以及对管理难度的认识现在非常严重。在防止大流行传播的安全运动中，主要干预措施是定期洗手、保持社交距离、在家中保持安全以及自我隔离（意味着在家中进行）。我们的研究动机是担心多租户房屋的居民在缺乏基本设施和过度拥挤的环境中遵守这些指示的能力，特别是州和联邦政府对这些人的应对策略以及尼日利亚疾病控制中心 (NCDC) 关于 COVID-19 保护的指令都保持沉默。因此，本研究的目的是为预防 COVID-19 的社区传播提供支持 尼日利亚拉各斯多租户住房的居民。研究支持的基础是利用历史、文学和音乐来理解应对机制，促进遵守公共卫生措施，并为居住在多租户住房中的人们倡导社区预防策略。该研究特别关注拉各斯多租户房屋的居民，因为他们过度拥挤的居住条件使他们特别容易受到流行病社区传播的影响。该研究采用远程工作方法（电话采访、广播呼入节目、社交媒体和参与），结合历史档案研究和文学参与，以确定过去有效和现在将有效的应对机制，以预防贫困社区的流行病传播。该研究将提供如何在有限空间内保持社交距离的策略，并通过提供对居民有实际用途的切实结果，教育居民如何切实共享公共和稀缺设施，同时保持健康习惯。它将开展有关多租户住房的居民如何应对和响应机构健康倡导的背景研究。提高对当地策略与全球运动所采用/推荐的策略有何不同的了解。有了这些，研究还将提供艺术活动在改善低收入地区贫困和弱势居民的生活方面的作用的证据。设想的研究成果包括使用广播等非常流行的当地媒体以当地语言播放宣传歌曲和口语、在社交媒体上广泛分享的动画短片以及在街头传播的彩色海报。此外，政策简报将与政府机构共享，学术论文将提交给同行评审的国际期刊。其他成果包括在线会议。因此，这项研究汇集了历史、创意艺术、文学和住房、扶贫发展领域的研究人员以及社区领袖、媒体从业者和政府，以确保采取积极行动，进一步遏制尼日利亚疫情中心拉各斯的疫情蔓延。由于目前面临大流行的大多数发展中国家城市都存在类似的密集、不合标准的住房条件，因此这项研究也将能够在面临类似挑战的其他非洲城市进行复制。