The other pandemic: social media engagement around non-communicable disease preventive behaviours during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns
Cities & Health 2022
Mogo ERI, Lawanson T, Unuigboje R, Chetty Y, Onifade V, Odekunle D, Ogunro T, Blanche N, Alani R, Foley L, Mapa-Tassou C, Assah F, Popoola O, Peter C, Oni T
DOI : 10.1080/23748834.2022.2073540
URL : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23748834.2022.2073540
Abstract
Given the complexity of global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is typical for crisis-focused interventions to have a multiplicity of impacts. Some of these impacts may yield positive or negative externalities for health priorities that do not have the same perceived urgency. The interplay between COVID-19 prevention (a high priority, high perceived urgency issue) and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention (a high priority, low perceived urgency issue) provides a good case in point. By analysing tweets during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns, we identified avenues for social media to help adapt crisis responses to a wider range of wellbeing concerns.
Lay Summary
See Social media can be a force for good in a crisis: lessons from Lagos on The Conversation.