Focus This toolkit is focused on research conducted by Breakthrough ACTION in countries in Africa that are implementing risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) programing under the Global Health Security Agenda. Highlighted are key preventative behaviors and risk behaviors that cross-cut common priority zoonotic diseases and could prompt a zoonotic event or propagate person-to-person transmission. Insights on individual and sociocultural determinants influencing the behaviors are offered as well.

Research In the research tools section, we provide quantitative survey questions and qualitative interview guides, by priority zoonotic disease, to explore determinants in local settings. This toolkit arose from the recognition of the challenges in mapping priority zoonotic diseases to specific behaviors, accessing sociocultural research on zoonotic diseases, and conducting research studies on these topics.