This essay analyses the official communications response to COVID-19 in Australia in relation to its effectiveness in engaging communities to encourage the behaviour changes required to address the outbreak. In particular, it outlines three key considerations regarding the way in which the use of community engagement in the humanitarian sector during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo can inform current and future information preparedness of Governments in Australia in response to health and social crises.

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社区参与澳大利亚 COVID-19 通信响应：从人道主义部门吸取教训

本文分析了澳大利亚对 COVID-19 的官方沟通响应，以及其在让社区参与以鼓励应对爆发所需的行为改变方面的有效性。特别是，它概述了三个关键考虑因素，即在西非和刚果民主共和国爆发埃博拉疫情期间，社区参与人道主义部门的方式可以为澳大利亚政府当前和未来的信息准备工作提供信息，以应对健康问题。和社会危机。