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Addressing the role of medical students using community mobilization and social media in the Ebola response

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Publisher: BUKOLA

Authors: Bukola Salami

Publish Year: 2013

Pages: 9

ISBN10: 2278-0211

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Health professions education in the 21st century
should incorporate both community mobilization and social
media strategies. First, community mobilization facilitates
change by educating community members with evidencebased, high-quality and up-to-date health information and
empowering their active participation in target health initiatives. Second, advancements in technology and globalization foster the development of innovative communication
technologies used as a key tool in the ‘roll out’ of community health initiatives during epidemics such as Ebola virus
disease. In August 2014, medical students of Sierra Leone
and Guinea used these dual health promotional strategies in
the Kick Ebola Out campaign to educate community members about transmission of the Ebola virus and preventive
measures, as well as to reduce perceptions related to stigma
or fear of disease transmission. In this report, we describe
how medical students, who are trained in basic and clinical
sciences, evidence-based practices, and social determinants
of health, can serve as human resources for health and facilitate dynamic communication strategies to educate and
1 Department of Environmental and Global Health, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
2 International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
3 Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo College of
Health Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Sagamu,
Nigeria
4 Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine and Allied
Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra
Leone
empower both medical students and community members
for local or national health initiatives.

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