Volume 44 - Article 20 | Pages 459–480
Knowledge, risk perceptions, and behaviors related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi
By Jethro Banda, Albert Dube, Sarah Brumfield, Abena Amoah, Amelia Crampin, Georges Reniers, Stephane Helleringer
References
Africa CDC (2020). Africa CDC ‒ COVID-19 daily updates [electronic resource].
Africa CDC (2020). Community use of face masks [electronic resource [electronic resource].
Amoah, A., Brumfield, S., Crampin, A.C., Dube, A.N., Helleringer, S., McLean, E., and Reniers, G. (2020). Collecting data on HIV-related mortality during household surveys: a randomized validation study in Malawi. medRxiv .
Anglewicz, P. and Kohler, H.-P. (2009). Overestimating HIV infection: The construction and accuracy of subjective probabilities of HIV infection in rural Malawi. Demographic Research 20(6): 65–96.
Atchison, C., Bowman, L., Eaton, J.W., Imai, N., Redd, R., Pristera, P., Vrinten, C., and Ward, H. (2020). Report 10: Public response to UK government recommendations on COVID-19: Population survey, 17‒18 March 2020. London: Imperial College London.
Atchison, C., Bowman, L., Vrinten, C., Redd, R., Pristera, P., Eaton, J.W., and Ward, H. (2020). Perceptions and behavioural responses of the general public during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey of UK adults. Public and Global Health.
Austrian, K., Pinchoff, J., Tidwell, J.B., White, C., Abuya, T., Kangwana, B., Ochako, R., Wanyungu, J., Muluve, E., Mbushi, F., Mwanga, D., Nzioki, M., and Ngo, T.D. (2020). COVID-19 related knowledge, attitudes, practices and needs of households in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Rochester: Social Science Research Network.
Baulch, B., Botha, R., and Pauw, K. (2020). Short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian economy: Initial results. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Cabore, J.W., Karamagi, H.C., Kipruto, H., Asamani, J.A., Droti, B., Seydi, A.B.W., Titi-Ofei, R., Impouma, B., Yao, M., Yoti, Z., Zawaira, F., Tumusiime, P., Talisuna, A., Kasolo, F.C., and Moeti, M.R. (2020). The potential effects of widespread community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the World Health Organization African Region: A predictive model. British Medical Journal Global Health 5(5): e002647.
Chibwana, M.G., Jere, K.C., Kamng’ona, R., Mandolo, J., Katunga-Phiri, V., Tembo, D., Mitole, N., Musasa, S., Sichone, S., Lakudzala, A., Sibale, L., Matambo, P., Kadwala, I., Byrne, R.L., Mbewe, A., Henrion, M.Y.R., Morton, B., Phiri, C., Mallewa, J., Mwandumba, H.C., Adams, E.R., Gordon, S.B., and Jambo, K.C. (2020). High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in health care workers but relatively low numbers of deaths in urban Malawi. Wellcome Open Research 5: 199.
Chikoti, L., Vundru, W.D., Fuje, H.N., Ilukor, J., Kanyanda, S., Kanyuka, M., Kilic, T., Tiope, M., Moylan, H., Mvula, B., Mwale, I., Mwalwanda, T., and Yoshida, N. (2020). Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Malawi: Findings from the First Round of the High-Frequency Phone Survey. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.
Corsi, D.J., Neuman, M., Finlay, J.E., and Subramanian, S.V. (2012). Demographic and health surveys: A profile. International Journal of Epidemiology 41(6): 1602–1613.
Crampin, A.C., Dube, A., Mboma, S., Price, A., Chihana, M., Jahn, A., Baschieri, A., Molesworth, A., Mwaiyeghele, E., Branson, K., Floyd, S., McGrath, N., Fine, P.E.M., French, N., Glynn, J.R., and Zaba, B. (2012). Profile: The Karonga health and demographic surveillance system. International Journal of Epidemiology 41(3): 676–685.
Delavande, A. and Kohler, H.-P. (2016). HIV/AIDS-related expectations and risky sexual behaviour in Malawi. The Review of Economic Studies 83(1): 118–164.
Dowd, J.B., Andriano, L., Brazel, D.M., Rotondi, V., Block, P., Ding, X., Liu, Y., and Mills, M.C. (2020). Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(18): 9696–9698.
Government of Malawi (2017). Malawi Growth Development Strategy [electronic resource].
Greenleaf, A.R., Gadiaga, A., Guiella, G., Turke, S., Battle, N., Ahmed, S., and Moreau, C. (2020). Comparability of modern contraceptive use estimates between a face-to-face survey and a cellphone survey among women in Burkina Faso. PLoS One 15(5): e0231819.
Kanyuka, M., Ndawala, J., Mleme, T., Chisesa, L., Makwemba, M., Amouzou, A., Borghi, J., Daire, J., Ferrabee, R., Hazel, E., Heidkamp, R., Hill, K., Álvarez, M.M., Mgalula, L., Munthali, S., Nambiar, B., Nsona, H., Park, L., Walker, N., Daelmans, B., Bryce, J., and Colbourn, T. (2016). Malawi and Millennium Development Goal 4: A countdown to 2015 country case study. The Lancet Global Health 4(3): 201–214.
Kelly, C.A., Soler-Hampejsek, E., Mensch, B.S., and Hewett, P.C. (2013). Social desirability bias in sexual behavior reporting: Evidence from an interview mode experiment in rural Malawi. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 39(1): 14–21.
Lopez-Pena, P., Davis, C.A., Mobarak, A.M., and Raihan, S. (2020). Prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms, risk factors, and health behaviors in host and refugee communities in Cox’s Bazar: A representative panel study. Bulletin of the World Health Organization .
Ministry of Health and Population (2020). COVID-19 ‒ MOHP MALAWI [electronic resource].
National Planning Commission (2020). Medium and long-term impacts of a moderate lockdown (social restrictions) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi: A rapid cost-benefit analysis [electronic resource].
National Statistical Office (2019). Malawi Population and Housing Census [electronic resource]. Zomba, Malawi.
Nepomuceno, M.R., Acosta, E., Alburez-Gutierrez, D., Aburto, J.M., Gagnon, A., and Turra, C.M. (2020). Besides population age structure, health and other demographic factors can contribute to understanding the COVID-19 burden. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(25): 13881–13883.
Prata, N., Morris, L., Mazive, E., Vahidnia, F., and Stehr, M. (2006). Relationship between HIV risk perception and condom use: Evidence from a population-based survey in Mozambique. International Family Planning Perspectives 32(4): 192–200.
Reintjes, R., Das, E., Klemm, C., Richardus, J.H., Keßler, V., and Ahmad, A. (2016). Pandemic public health paradox’: Time series analysis of the 2009/10 influenza A / H1N1 epidemiology, media attention, risk perception and public reactions in 5 European countries. PLoS One 11(3): e0151258.
Roberton, T., Carter, E.D., Chou, V.B., Stegmuller, A., Jackson, B.D., Tam, Y., Sawadogo-Lewis, T., and Walker, N. (2020). Early estimates of the indirect effects of the coronavirus pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Rochester: Social Science Research Network.
Rosenstock, I.M., Strecher, V.J., and Becker, M.H. (1988). Social learning theory and the health belief model. Health Education Quarterly 15(2): 175–183.
Smith, K.P. and Watkins, S.C. (2005). Perceptions of risk and strategies for prevention: responses to HIV/AIDS in rural Malawi. Social Science and Medicine 60(3): 649–660.
UN-DESA (2020). UN/DESA Policy Brief #81: Impact of COVID-19 on SDG Progress: A Statistical Perspective. UN-DESA, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. New York: UN-DESA, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
United Nations (2019). World Population Prospects Volume 1. New York: United Nations.
Weiss, D.J., Bertozzi-Villa, A., Rumisha, S.F., Amratia, P., Arambepola, R., Battle, K.E., Cameron, E., Chestnutt, E., Gibson, H.S., Harris, J., Keddie, S., Millar, J.J., Rozier, J., Symons, T.L., Vargas-Ruiz, C., Hay, S.I., Smith, D.L., Alonso, P.L., Noor, A.M., Bhatt, S., and Gething, P.W. (2020). Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria intervention coverage, morbidity, and mortality in Africa: A geospatial modelling analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 21(1): 59‒69.
WHO (2020). Strategic preparedness and response plan for the novel coronavirus [electronic resource].
World Bank (2020). LSMS launches high-frequency phone surveys on COVID-19 | Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) [electronic resource].