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'It is a disease which comes and kills directly': What refugees know about COVID-19 and key influences of compliance with preventive measures.

Adelaide M LusambiliMichela MartiniFaiza AbdirahamanAsante AbenaJoseph N GuniSharon OchiengStanley Luchters
Published in: PloS one (2021)
These findings indicated that Kenya's Ministry of Health needs to institute a concerted and continuous education program to bring refugee communities up to speed about COVID-19 and its prevention. In addition to disseminating information about the need to wear masks and repeatedly wash hands, supplies-masks, soap and access to water-need to be made available to poor refugee communities. Future research could explore which measures for disseminating factual information work best in refugee populations with different cultural norms and how best to target interventions to these groups.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
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  • health information
  • healthcare
  • quality improvement
  • public health
  • physical activity
  • current status
  • social media
  • risk assessment
  • health promotion