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Through a Lens of Scarcity

Health Communication in a Low-Income Context

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  1. Hanna Luetke Lanfer

    1. Philosophische Fakultät, Universität Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

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Part of the book series: Gesundheit und Gesellschaft (GESUND)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Hanna Luetke Lanfer
    Pages 1-6

  3. Strategic Communication

    • Hanna Luetke Lanfer
    Pages 7-12

  4. Scarcity

    • Hanna Luetke Lanfer
    Pages 13-26

  6. Sierra Leone

    • Hanna Luetke Lanfer
    Pages 101-115

  9. Conclusion

    • Hanna Luetke Lanfer
    Pages 291-315

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 317-387
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About this book

The conditions for strategic health communication campaigns as a public health tool are examined for low-income contexts. The theoretical framework drafts a socioecological model with an extension of poverty influences to bring into focus the dynamics of a resource-poor environment and its impact on health-related behaviours and health campaigns. The research design includes two studies conducted in Sierra Leone. Study 1 triangulated three qualitative methods to explore past and current health communication practice in Sierra Leone. Study 2 is a mixed-methods field experiment on handwashing which explored the effects of different campaign strategies. Results show that a community-based participatory approach with the inclusion of local leaders as health messengers was associated with higher chances of behaviour change than a non-treated setting. Further pathways for context-sensitive approaches for deprived audiences are suggested. 




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Authors and Affiliations

  • Philosophische Fakultät, Universität Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

    Hanna Luetke Lanfer

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About the author

Hanna Luetke Lanfer holds an MA in Journalism (University of Groningen, Netherlands) and a Ph.D. in Health Communication from Erfurt University (Germany) with field studies conducted in Sierra Leone. 
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Through a Lens of Scarcity

  • Book Subtitle: Health Communication in a Low-Income Context

  • Authors: Hanna Luetke Lanfer

  • Series Title: Gesundheit und Gesellschaft

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34914-1

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-34913-4Published: 10 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-34914-1Published: 09 September 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2626-6172

  • Series E-ISSN: 2626-6180

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 387

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Media and Communication, Social Structure, Social Inequality

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