Community engagement actors and their involvement in epidemic prevention and control activities
| Community engagement actors | Design and planning | Community entry/trust building | Social and behavioural change communication | Risk communication | Surveillance, tracing | Logistics, provision, administration |
| Leaders (traditional, religious and governing) | Charania and Tsuji37 2012; Juarbe-Rey et al46 2018; Miller et al48 2015; Kinsman et al 201778 | Mbaye et al38 2017; Le Marcis et al39 2019*; HC3,40 2017a*; Munodawafa et al50 2018; Skrip et al54 2020 | Gillespie et al15 2016; Barker et al9 2020; Mbaye et al38 2017; HC3,40 2017a; HC3,40 2017b; HC3,40 2017c; HC3,40 2017d; Aceng et al41 2020; Ho et al45 2017; Skrip et al54 2020; Gray et al56 2018; Jiang et al79 2016; Li et al80 2016 | Gillespie et al15 2016; Barker et al9 2020; Mbaye et al38 2017; Le Marcis et al39 2019a; Le Marcis et al39 2019c; HC3,40 2017a; Aceng et al41 2020; Ho et al45 2017; Juarbe-Rey et al46 2018; Sepers et al49 2019; Skrip et al54 2020; Jiang et al79 2016; Li et al80 2016 | Barker et al9 2020; Mbaye et al38 2017; Le Marcis et al39 2019a; HC3,40 2017a; HC3,40 2017b; Aceng et al41 2020; Nakiire et al42 2020; Sepers et al49 2019; Gray et al56 2018; Li et al. 2017 | Barket et al9 2020; Gray et al56 2018; Le Marcis et al39 2019c |
| H1N1 (n=2), Zika (n=1), Ebola (n=1) | Ebola (n=5) | Ebola (n=12), Zika (n=1) | Ebola (n= 12), Zika (n=2) | Ebola (n=10) | Ebola (n=3) | |
| Community-based organisations and faith organisations | Mbaye et al38 2017 | Mbaye et al38 2017; Santibañez et al51 2017 | Mbaye et al38 2017; Kirk-Sell et al. 2020; Adongo et al81 2016 | Mbaye et al38 2017 | Santibañez et al51 2017 | |
| Ebola (n=1) | Ebola (n=1), Zika (n=1) | Ebola (n=2), Zika (n=1) | Ebola (n=1) | Zika (n=1) | ||
| Community groups | Skrip et al54 2020 | HC3,40 2017c; Basso et al44 2017; Ho et al45 2017; Skrip et al54 2020; Gray et al56 2018; Abramowitz et al52 2017 | Le Marcis et al39 2019a; Ho et al45 2017; Skrip et al54 2020 | Le Marcis et al39 2019; Gray et al56 2018 | Gray et al56 2018 | |
| Ebola (n=1) | Ebola (n=4), Zika (n=2) | Ebola (n= 2), Zika (n=1) | Ebola (n=2) | Ebola (n=1) | ||
| Health management committees/community health committees | McMahon et al55 2017; Meredith,53 2015 | McMahon et al55 2017; Meredith,53 2015 | McMahon et al55 2017; Meredith,53 2015 | McMahon et al55 2017; Meredith,53 2015 | ||
| Ebola (n= 2) | Ebola (n= 2) | Ebola (n= 2) | Ebola (n= 2) | |||
| Individuals (volunteers) | HC3,40 2017c | Dada et al76 2019 | Barker et al9 2020; Aceng et al41 2020; Skrip et al54 2020; Jiang et al79 2016; Maduka et al82 2017 | Barker et al9 2020; Aceng et al41 2020; Skrip et al54 2020; Jiang et al79 2016; | Barker et al9 2020; Aceng et al41 2020; Nakiire et al42 2020; Ratnayake et al83 2016; Stone et al. 201684 | Barker et al9 2020 |
| Ebola (n= 1) | Ebola (n= 1) | Ebola (n= 5) | Ebola (n= 4) | Ebola (n= 5) | Ebola (n= 1) | |
| Key stakeholders | Massey et al35 2009; Rudge and Massey,36 2010; Charania and Tsuji,37 2012; Le Marcis et al39 2019b; Juarbe-Rey et al46 2018; Miller et al48 2015; Kinsman et al78 2017 | Massey et al35 2009 | Masumbuko et al43 2020; Ho et al45 2017; Gray et al56 2018 | Masumbuko et al43 2020; Ho et al45 2017; Juarbe-Rey et al46 2018; Li et al80 2016 | Li et al80 2016 | |
| H1N1 (n=4), Zika (n=1), Ebola (n= 2) | H1N1 (n=1) | Ebola (n= 3), Zika (n=1) | Ebola (n= 2), Zika (n=2) | Ebola (n= 1) | ||
| Totals | 12 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 20 | 8 |
*HC3 and Le Marcis have four and three examples of community engagement, respectively. For the purpose of this table, to demonstrate frequency of approaches, each example is cited as either a,b,c or d. However, as these come from the same included article, references do not appear this way within the reference list.