Learning From the Past: The Role of Social and Behavior Change Programming in Public Health Emergencies

Martha Silva; Paula Tallman; Jeni Stolow; Rachel Yavinsky; Julia Fleckman; Kamden Hoffmann

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00026

Learning From the Past: The Role of Social and Behavior Change Programming in Public Health Emergencies

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2022 Aug 30;10(4):e2200026. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00026. Print 2022 Aug 30.

Authors

Martha Silva¹, Paula Tallman², Jeni Stolow³, Rachel Yavinsky⁴, Julia Fleckman³, Kamden Hoffmann⁵

Affiliations

¹ Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. msilva3@tulane.edu.
² Loyola University Department of Anthropology, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
⁴ Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, IMA World Health, Washington, DC, USA.

Abstract

The contributions of social and behavior change research/programming in 6 recent epidemics highlight the importance of further integrating such expertise into outbreak response.

MeSH terms

Emergencies*
Humans
Public Health*