Essential Service Products as Channels for COVID-19 Awareness and Behavior Change: A Narrative Review

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dc.contributor.authorPathak, Vineet Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorP., Karpaga Priyaen_US
dc.contributor.authorPanigrahi, Sunil Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorRaj, Utsaven_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Mohanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-21T11:28:15Z
dc.date.available2023-07-21T11:28:15Z
dc.date.issued2023-04
dc.description.abstractCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is here to stay. Nonpharmacological interventions such as hand hygiene, social distancing, and respiratory hygiene have remained the mainstay to curb the spread of the virus, and these are sustainable. To understand the information, education, and communication (IEC) efforts undertaken during previous pandemics and successful behavior change strategies that may be applicable to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted a narrative review of articles using PubMed search on September 11, 2022. The results highlighted that reinforced IEC is the need of the hour in efforts against COVID-19 pandemic. The communication strategy during a pandemic should be of three stages aligned to the objectives of building a basic understanding and knowledge in the target population: building an awareness of the threat; personal actions to minimize the impact; and reinforcing the need for appropriate actions to minimize disease transmission, in that order. An innovative strategy of displaying IEC on the daily essential products can result in a sustainable solution that might result in a “felt need” in the community to follow COVID-19 appropriate behavior. A broad base of stakeholders' engagement with civil bodies, nongovernmental organizations, private sectors with well-defined responsibilities and accountability would offer an enabling environment for these efforts in ultimately curbing the COVID-19 pandemic.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, KMCH Institute of Health Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationPathak, Vineet Kumaren_US
dc.identifier.citationP., Karpaga Priyaen_US
dc.identifier.citationPanigrahi, Sunil Kumaren_US
dc.identifier.citationRaj, Utsaven_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar, Mohan. Essential Service Products as Channels for COVID-19 Awareness and Behavior Change: A Narrative Review. Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2023 Apr; 59(2): 77-82en_US
dc.identifier.issn0379-038X
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/220208
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltden_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume59en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1768137en_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectessential service productsen_US
dc.subjectbehavior changeen_US
dc.subjectnarrative reviewen_US
dc.titleEssential Service Products as Channels for COVID-19 Awareness and Behavior Change: A Narrative Reviewen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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