• Use language/dialects preferred by communities | |
• Use simple and clear messages | |
• Provide regular updates | |
• Present message visually, or by audio-link | |
• Identify message as being from an official source | |
• Harness social media | |
• Use locations familiar to refugee communities to deliver face-to-face education (e.g., places of worship, non-government organisation hubs) | |
• Deliver messages through trusted and familiar people | |
• Be mindful of issues such as self-confidence and stress/trauma | |
• Collaborate with influential members and service providers | |
• Recognise diversity and avoid generalisation | |
• Nurture community relationships with mutual respect | |
• Enable mutual learning and community empowerment by continuing grass-roots research |