Messages to the population
Instruction
Method: group work (World-Café)
Duration: about 60 minutes
Objective: to accept one’s role as an Ebola virus disease (EVD) expert for the public, to be able to answer the public’s questions
Group: 4 small groups at tables
Equipment: one large flip-chart poster for each group; several felt-tip pens
Contents and plan
To prepare, write one of the following “everyday situations” in the centre of each of the 4 large flip-chart posters:
- At school
- In the family
- When shopping
- The death of someone close
The participants are split into 4 groups. Each group sits at one of the 4 tables, where a prepared flip-chart poster has been placed.
The group must now discuss the following questions, and record them on the poster through drawings or text:
- What type of risk exists in this everyday situation?
- What messages do we therefore have to send out to the public in this everyday situation?
Participants draw or write down important messages to the population (RKI ©)
After 15 minutes, the groups rotate to the next table. They look at the previous group’s results, and add anything they consider necessary.
After a further 10 minutes, they rotate again, and the previous results are once again read and added to if necessary.
Each group then presents the poster they have just worked on.
Note
It is helpful to have a trainer at each group table, who can explain the previous results to the new group if there are any questions.
Background
The hospital staff play a key role in the event of an epidemic. They not only take charge of clinical care for patients, but also adopt an expert status to the public.
In this exercise, the course participants must work out the extent to which Ebola virus disease (EVD) plays a role in the local population’s everyday life, and the messages medical staff can send out to the public.
Date: 01.09.2015
