Qualitative Exploration: The End User Context of BCC Materials on COVID-19 Guidelines and Handwashing

19, December 2020 | Bangladesh

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Abstract

As a partner of the “Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition (HBCC),” BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) initiated a rapid formative research to identify gaps in people’s existing hygiene knowledge and practice, as well as opportunities for intervention. In doing so, the study aimed to help BRAC design and develop new Behavioral Change and Communication (BCC) materials that can effectively address people’s particular hygiene behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two specific objectives of this study included investigating how users perceive the awareness messages and translate them into their everyday behavior, and finding out the facilitating factors and the barriers they face in following Coronavirus-related public health and social guidelines.