Using creative methods for public health messaging: experiences from an informal settlement in Kenya during the pandemic

Cressida Bowyer; Erika Elizabeth Hughes; Louis Netter; Matt Smith; Sarah West; Cindy Gray; Sophia Collins; Melaneia Warwick; Miranda  Loh; Cynthia Kairu

doi:10.51414/sei2024.033

Using creative methods for public health messaging: experiences from an informal settlement in Kenya during the pandemic

Cressida Bowyer^*, Erika Elizabeth Hughes, Louis Netter, Matt Smith, Sarah West, Cindy Gray, Sophia Collins, Melaneia Warwick, Miranda Loh, Cynthia Kairu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This report provides an overview of Action Against Covid-19 Transmission in Nairobi (ACT Nairobi), a community-based, participatory public health project in an informal settlement of the city. The project sought to leverage citizen science and creative forms of expression to help combat misinformation about Covid-19, and encourage residents to take feasible steps to help reduce the spread of the virus.

Original language	English
Publisher	Stockholm Environment Institute
Commissioning body	Stockholm Environment Institute
Number of pages	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.51414/sei2024.033
Publication status	Published - 14 Aug 2024

Publication series

Name	SEI Report

Keywords

arts-based methods
Covid-19
participatory action research (PAR)
public health messaging
citizen science
informal settlements

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Community sensitisation using participatory arts-based methods for the research study 'Tupumue: Non-communicable lung disease in Kenya: from burden and early life determinants to participatory inter-disciplinary solutions.'
Bowyer, C., Netter, L., Meme, H., Devereux, G., Hahn, M. & Gray, C., 16 Jun 2023, p. 1-4. 4 p.
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From reflection diaries to practical guidance for transdisciplinary research: learnings from a Kenyan air pollution project
Price, H., Bowyer, C., Buker, P., Gray, C., Hahn, M., Lambe, F., Loh, M., Medcalfe, A., Njoora, T., Waelde, C., Wainwright, M. & West, S., 1 May 2023, In: Sustainability Science. 18, 3, p. 1429-1444 16 p.
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1 Finished

ACT: ACT (Action against COVID Transmission) Nairobi
Bowyer, C., Smith, M., Hughes, E., Netter, L., Salam, S. & Warwick, M.
1/06/20 → 30/09/20
Project: Research

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1 Participation in workshop, seminar, course

ACT: ACT (Action against COVID Transmission) Nairobi
Louis Netter (Organiser)
2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

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Using creative methods for public health messaging: experiences from an informal settlement in Kenya during the pandemic

Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Research output

Community sensitisation using participatory arts-based methods for the research study 'Tupumue: Non-communicable lung disease in Kenya: from burden and early life determinants to participatory inter-disciplinary solutions.'

From reflection diaries to practical guidance for transdisciplinary research: learnings from a Kenyan air pollution project

Projects

ACT: ACT (Action against COVID Transmission) Nairobi

Activities

ACT: ACT (Action against COVID Transmission) Nairobi

Cite this