Community Engagement - Module 2

Welcome to Module 2 Community Engagement of the AMCA Best Practices for Integrated Mosquito Management Virtual Training Program. This training program will provide you with the knowledge needed to understand and conduct Integrated Mosquito Management (IMM); including topics such as mosquito biology and the five main components of IMM: community engagement, collecting and using data, reducing potential larval habitat, using all control methods available and reasonable, and regularly evaluating the efficacy of the program.

Note, that this module is part of a larger program, and if you are interested in completing the AMCA Best Practices for Integrated Mosquito Management Virtual Training Program Certificate, you MUST do this module within the overall program. Please subscribe to the program prior to beginning this module, please click here to begin. 

Specifically, this module will cover:

• What is and types of community engagement
• Know your audience and build trust
• Steps to effective community engagement
• Messaging and channels to reach community
• Reasons and ways to evaluate and adjust your community engagement program

Recommended reading for this module:

• Pages 20-37  in "Best Practices for Integrated Mosquito Management" found at  https://www.mosquito.org/assets/pdf/hr_november_2021_amca_bmp_ma/

Additional Resources

1. Costa, G.B., Smithyman, R., O'Neill, S.L. and Moreira, L.A. 2020. How to engage communities on a large scale? Lessons from World Mosquito Program in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gates Open Research, 4.
2. Wellcome Trust (London, England). 2011. Community Engagement-Under the Microscope: 12-15 June 2011. Wellcome Trust.
3. Olson, R. 2018. Don't be such a scientist: Talking substance in an age of style. Island Press.