A5024371091- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Disaster Response and Management
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Global Security and Public Health
- Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2016-2020
Woolmark (Australia)
2014
Social mobilisation and risk communication were essential to the 2014–2015 West African Ebola response. By March 2015, >8500 cases 3370 deaths confirmed in Sierra Leone. Response efforts focused on ‘getting zero staying at zero’. A critical component of this plan was deepen sustain community engagement. Several national quantitative studies conducted during time revealed knowledge, personal prevention practices traditional burial procedures improved as outbreak waned, but healthcare...
In Sierra Leone, over 4000 individuals survived Ebola since the outbreak began in 2014. Because survivorship was largely unprecedented prior to this outbreak, little is known about survivor experiences during and post illness.To assess survivors' attitudes related Ebola, 28 in-depth interviews short quantitative surveys with survivors from all four geographic regions of Leone were conducted May 2015.Survivor experiences, emotions changed time as they moved disease onset treatment, discharge...
To evaluate changes in Ebola-related knowledge, attitudes and prevention practices during the Sierra Leone outbreak between 2014 2015.Four cluster surveys were conducted: two before peak (3499 participants) after (7104 participants). We assessed effect of temporal geographical factors on 16 attitude practice outcomes.Fourteen outcomes improved across all regions from to peak. The proportion respondents willing to: (i) welcome Ebola survivors back into community increased 60.0% 89.4%...