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Assessment of Social Norms and External Factors Affecting Or Influencing the Adoption of Ebola Risk Reduction Behaviors

This report provides a summary of research findings on social norms and external factors that affect or influence the adoption of Ebola prevention behaviors in Kenema District, Sierra Leone. Some of the factors studied included local knowledge of Ebola infection, Ebola prevention measures, and cultural norms, social norms, and practices that influence risk.

Thumbnail of report, with a group of men sitting in a sheltered outdoor space on simple wooden furniture set on a dirt floor. Most of them are looking at the camera, holding notebooks, and dressed casually.