Sentiment and opinion analysis of public space physical activity in Lagos during lockdown - June 2020

Research has started on a Cambridge Africa Alborada COVID emergency call award: Sentiment and opinion analysis of public space physical activity in Lagos during lockdown: a data-driven approach to developing context-aware public health messaging to reduce disease vulnerability and improve COVID-19 control. This project is led by Tolu Oni from our Global Public Health Research programme, and is a collaboration with Associate Professor Taibat Lawanson at the University of Lagos Centre for housing and sustainable development and Associate Professor Camaren Peter at the Graduate School of Business and Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change at the University of Cape Town. This project aims to conduct opinion analyses of public space leisure physical activity to explore perceptions of government lockdown restrictions (and enforcement), and the impact of these lockdown measures on the perceptions, nature and frequency of appropriation of public space for activity in Lagos. Findings will inform development of context-aware public health messaging that safely encourages physical activity in the short term and health foresight interventions to reduce co-morbidity-associated vulnerability to future health emergencies long-term.