Civic engagement and health communication in the context of COVID-19 crisis: A systematic review

Yiheng Wang; Mónica Campos Carrau

doi:10.31637/epsir-2024-796

Autores/as

Yiheng Wang Universidad de Cádiz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2021-7691
Mónica Campos Carrau Universidad de Cádiz https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5419-3790

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-796

Palabras clave:

COVID-19, compromiso civil, participación ciudadana, comunicación para la salud, cambio social, comunicación de crisis, respuesta a las crisis

Resumen

Introducción: La pandemia de COVID-19 marcó la primera crisis de salud pública actualizada en tiempo real, integrando la comunicación digital en la cotidianidad. Esto obliga a reflexionar sobre la Comunicación para la Salud desde una perspectiva sociocultural y mejorar la alfabetización sanitaria para manejar la pandemia de manera eficaz. Metodología: Se ha revisado literatura sobre Comunicación para la Salud durante la COVID-19 desde 2020 hasta 2023, utilizando las bases de datos Scopus y Web of Science. Se siguió el protocolo PRISMA para identificar evidencia y evitar sesgos. Resultados: La comunicación digital fue esencial para mantener prácticas comunicativas y abordar la crisis sanitaria. Discusión: La participación ciudadana demostró su potencial en la gestión de la crisis a través de la creatividad, apoyo emocional y difusión de mensajes educativos. Las inequidades comunicativas y sus impactos en las poblaciones vulnerables resaltan la necesidad de continuar investigando la comunicación para la Salud. Conclusiones: Integrar perspectivas de la Comunicación para el Desarrollo y el Cambio Social (CDCS) y posicionar la comunicación para la salud como un subcampo del desarrollo social es fundamental para profundizar la investigación y promover la participación ciudadana activa en el sector salud.

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Biografía del autor/a

Yiheng Wang, Universidad de Cádiz

PhD candidate of the Interuniversity Doctorate Program in Communication of which the UCA is a part and researcher of the Communication and Digital Citizenship Research Group. Master in Strategic Management and Innovation in Communication (University of Cádiz). She is a Researcher in Training scholarship associated with Projects convened by Resolution of the Rector of the University of Cádiz UCA/REC13VPCT/2020. She is currently completing her doctoral thesis in the field of Communication for Health, in the study of the coronavirus pandemic and disinformation.

Mónica Campos Carrau, Universidad de Cádiz

Social Worker (UMA) and PhD candidate in Social and Legal Sciences (UCA). She has completed master's degrees in Applied Sociology (UMA) and Equality and Gender (UMA); as well as experts in Qualitative Research (UNED) and Sexual Violence in Contexts of Peace and Armed Conflict (UNIA). She was a program analyst (internship) at UN Women Dominican Republic and assistant in the Area of Women's Rights and Economic Security (internship) at UN Women Paraguay. She has worked in Spanish NGOs and as a teaching assistant (UASD), teacher (UCA) and researcher (UMA and UCA). She has completed predoctoral research stays at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (2022), National University of Colombia (2023) and University of Chile (2023). She is part of the AplicaTS – SEJ561 Research Group.

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