Question

Assignment title or task:

• If you were the head of health communication unit at Saudi MOH, how will you improve the health communication strategies used now during COVID-19
• Give suggestions and/or recommendations

Briefly discuss the importance of citizen engagement in health communication

Assignment title or task:

• If you were the head of health communication unit at Saudi MOH, how will you improve the health communication strategies used now during COVID-19
• Give suggestions and/or recommendations

Briefly discuss the importance of citizen engagement in health communication

Answer 1

During this covid 19 to improve health communication by arranging a multidisciplinary team for this purpose and instruct them about the seriousness of the present situation. Controlling a communicable disease in a area is very difficult so the health team should be well planned for the prevention and safety measures of health care.

▪Suggestions or Recommendations

* In a pandemic situation maintaining a health communication is very important, So explain the situation very clearly and simply to the team and public , do not try to confuse the public .

* Provide accurate information to the public , about the risk of population, age groups , symptoms of the pandemic

* Create awareness for the public about the health problem situation and make them to face the problem. Give advises using social media, news like that.

* Health team should give information about the risk of virus in the public .

* Provide some guidelines to improve the health care system , for example : Social distancing , wearing face mask, hand washing ..

These are the suggestion to improve the health communication in a pandemic situation like covid 19, This will help to improve the awareness of viruses.

CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION

Improving and developing a health communication is by the participation of the citizens. In case of pandemics citizen should engage in obeying health professional rules and regulation to make the public healthy.

And they are responsible to involve in the policy making regarding the public protections .

Every citizen are engaged in provide balanced and objective information to understand the problem and solutions.

And also obtain the citizens feedback is very important to maintain the communication more strong, participation and parterning with citizens is helpful . So the citizens should engage in the health problems and communication to make sure that they are responsible for solving that problems.