Community resilience to climate change and non-communicable disease vulnerability in Yaoundé, Cameroon: insights from community-based systems dynamics
Participatory CBSD provided novel, systems-level insights into community resilience, revealing dynamic feedback between local action, governance, and health. Integrating community-led approaches into formal disaster risk management and urban health policy is essential for sustainable, equitable resilience.
Authors
- Meelan Thondoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9053-3123)
- Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5043-4980)
- Lídia Maria de Oliveira Morais (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9133-5708)
- Nina Abrahams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5799-5780)
- Gladys Odhiambo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4450-510X)
- Leandro García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-2617)
- Estelle Victoria Lambert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4315-9153)
- Lambed Tatah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8967-6917)
- Tolu Oni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4499-1910)
- Feyisayo A. Odunitan-Wayas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0966-3834)
- Julia Phillips (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0506-6725)
- Yves Wasnyo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3417-4124)
- Félix Assah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3301-6028)
- Edwin Ngwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3342-346X)
- Georgiana Gordon‐Strachan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5712-9575)
- Boris Elouna
- Blanche Nfondoh
- Tchouaffi Awah Kum
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- Université de Yaoundé I (CM)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- University of the West Indies (JM)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1718345
- Primary Topic
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00