Open AccessHarnessing Social and Behavioural Change Strategies for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19: A Perspective from Tanzania
Author(s) -
Vivian Mushi,
Lilian Mushi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the malaysian journal of medical sciences/the malaysian journal of medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2180-4303
pISSN - 1394-195X
DOI - 10.21315/mjms2021.28.4.16
Subject(s) - tanzania , perspective (graphical) , covid-19 , pandemic , psychological intervention , control (management) , behaviour change , psychology , public relations , medicine , sociology , political science , socioeconomics , computer science , virology , psychiatry , disease , pathology , artificial intelligence , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Social and behavioural change strategies are crucial to facilitating the adoption of preventive behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the success of such social and behavioural changes, the community should be aware of the interventions and willing to adhere to health advice. This letter details the strategies employed in Tanzania to accelerate the adoption of preventive behaviour and contain the spread of COVID-19.