GCRF_NF138: Uptake of Public Health Practices for Prevention of COVID-19 among Refugees, Pastoralist Communities, Truck Drivers, Slum Dwellers: Uganda

如何才能改善乌干达“难以接触到”的社区，特别是难民、牧民社区、卡车司机和城市贫民窟居民对“新冠肺炎”健康指南的接受和接受程度？具体而言，该项目将考虑如何使准则更符合当地的文化习俗以及实际和经济限制，以及这是否确实改善了信息的传播和吸收。由于在许多社区，妇女是预防活动的核心，该项目特别注意分发、交流和采纳保健准则的性别问题。它还考虑如何通过让地方社区组织参与制定和执行卫生准则来提高对卫生组织的信任。主要目标是：1)确定目标社区特有的文化、信息、态度和做法如何影响新冠肺炎传播的风险。2)促进对文化问题有敏感认识的无线电和移动电话传播，以提高人们对新冠肺炎预防的认识；特别是社区参与和当地解决方案的相关性和重要性。3)研究信任在卫生组织中的作用，目的是建设当地社区应对流行病的能力，并收集可为卫生政策和人道主义应对提供参考的当地证据。

How can the uptake and acceptance of health guidelines regarding COVID-19 be improved among 'hard-to-reach' communities in Uganda, specifically among refugees, pastoralist communities, truck drivers and urban slum dwellers? Specifically, the project will consider how guidelines can be made more compatible with local cultural practices, and practical and economic constraints, and whether this indeed improves the distribution and uptake of information. Since in many communities women are central to preventive activities, the project pays specific attention to the gendered aspects of the distribution, communication and uptake of health guidelines. It further considers how trust in health organisations can be improved by means of including local community organisations in developing and implementing health guidelines. The main objectives are: 1) To establish how culture, information, attitudes and practices unique to targetedcommunities influence the risk of COVID-19 transmission.2) To promote culturally sensitive radio and mobile phone communication to enhanceawareness of the COVID-19 prevention; specifically, the relevance and the importance ofcommunity engagement and local solutions.3) To examine the role of trust in health organisation with the aim to build local community capacity to respond to pandemics, and to gather local evidence that can inform health policy and humanitarian response.