Public health campaigns to prevent infection can be improved with more evidence-based practices that afford greater insight into the current state of public understanding of mosquito borne diseases and their consequences. The goal of this session is to identify innovative and effective methods for knowing what people do and do not know.
The problems have been fleshed out into a briefing designed to describe the root causes of the problem, current approaches in different countries, and lessons learned from other domains.
Read the Problem DescriptionConduct an assessment of social media penetration to understand who can be reached by digital listening activities and how
Resource Offset: Already low to no cost. Can leverage existing research and expertise at universities, UN, World Bank, IDB, and other institutions
Josh Tucker, New York University, Lee Rainie, Pew Research, We Are Social UK, We Are Social UK
Convene an interagency committee to assess and prioritize demand for digital listening insights across government
Resource Offset: Already low to no cost. Reduce time investment by getting expert advice ahead of time
Beth Simone Noveck, GovLab
Appoint a Chief Analytics Officer to drive implementation of data-driven policies and projects such as digital listening and predictive analytics platforms
Resource Offset: The salary for this role could be offset by assigning her data-driven efficiency projects that save money
Jeff Chen, Chief Data Scientist, Department of Commerce
Partner with research organizations, technology platform partners, and commercial analytics providers to develop the supply of desired digital listening insights
Resource Offset: This can be low to no cost. Can save money by using existing research funds to support academics conducting digital listening
Eugene Yi, MiT Media Lab, Molly Jackman, Public Policy Research Manager, Facebook, David Broniatowski, Assistant Professor, George Washington University
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