Our interdisciplinary research examines the communication, social, cultural, and technological factors influencing health outcomes. We focus on evidence that can improve preventive healthcare and reduce inequalities across Africa and the broader Global South.
Exploring how communication, technology, culture, and social factors shape health access, preventive behavior, and equitable outcomes for underserved communities.
Research on how structural, cultural, and informational gaps create health inequalities, particularly across Africa and the Global South.
Studies using behavioral health frameworks to promote preventive health, equity, and stigma-free care-seeking.
Studies examining how antimicrobial resistance is understood and communicated, and how communication can encourage responsible antibiotic use.
Research on how AI tools reshape health information access, trust, equity, and preventive behavior in low-resource settings.
Explore CHET’s ongoing projects and publications across our key research areas.
Project · AMR and Antibiotic Use Behavior
Project · AI in Health Communication
Project · AI in Health Communication
Publication · AI in Health Communication
Publication · Health Communication
Publication · Health Disparities and Equity
Project · AMR and Antibiotic Use Behavior
This study investigates barriers to communicating antimicrobial resistance and identifies strategies for promoting responsible antibiotic-use behavior within local communities.
Project · AI in Health Communication
This project examines how the humanlike and socially responsive qualities of AI chatbots influence trust and perceived usefulness when delivering sexual and reproductive health information.
Project · AI in Health Communication
This project examines how young adults perceive and accept AI chatbots as sources of HIV information, with attention to trust, stigma, usefulness, and engagement.
Publication · AI in Health Communication
A scoping review examining how AI-driven social-media analysis is used to understand vaccine attitudes, confidence, and public trust across Africa.
Publication · Health Communication
A critical examination of the emerging uses, opportunities, and limitations of artificial intelligence in public-health communication across Africa.
Publication · Health Disparities and Equity
Research exploring how accessible, low-power technologies can support communication, Indigenous knowledge, and environmental justice among underserved communities.
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