WP3 aims to develop a better understanding of the public adaptive capacity for infectious disease control by investigating how members of the public (a) interact with the outdoor environment and (b) perceive and engage with disease mitigation efforts. It has the following key objectives:

• Analyse social and community interactions with built infrastructure, particularly sanitation and transportation systems; and how perceptions of disease risk affect population mobility.
• Analyse social and community interactions with green infrastructure including community gardens, parks, and other “natural” green areas; and examine perceptions towards “useful” and “harmful” insects in green areas.
• Understand the development and execution of dengue prevention and mitigation policies in Singapore and the range of policy instruments used for dengue control.
• Examine community members’ experience of dengue; how and why they prevent mosquito breeding and mitigate dengue risk; and how they respond to the deployment of alternative dengue control policies.

WP3 employs mixed methods including document analysis and process tracing, household surveys, ethnographic observation of in-home dengue prevention measures, semi-structured interviews with key informants and members of the public, and community focus group discussions.