International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 10 1 2021 01 14 Social factors key determinants in disease outbreaks, a telling pointer to professionalize community interventions 65 68 EN Dutta Pryanka 1 Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh Dutta Urme 2 Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Sana Tanmoy 3 Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, The University of Newcastle, Australia Mondal Uzzwal Kumar 4 Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh Baba Ibrahim 1 Department of Public Administration, Mai Idris Alooma Polytechnic Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria Adamu Ibrahim Ghide 2 Department of Social Development, Mai Idris Alooma Polytechnic Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria Patimo Donald M. 1 Northwest Samar State University, Philippines Amor Ghilson B. 2 Northwest Samar State University, Philippines Casiracan Mia Cheryl E. 3 Northwest Samar State University, Philippines AYGAR Hatice 1 Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Izmir, Turkey TOZUN Mustafa 2 Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey UNSAL Alaettin 3 Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Izmir, Turkey ARSLANTAS Didem 4 Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Izmir, Turkey OKTAR Didem 5 Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Izmir, Turkey DAGTEKIN Gokce 6 Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Izmir, Turkey Nair Kesavan Sreekantan 1 Department of Health Administration, College of Public Health and Health, Informatics, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia T.P. Sherin Raj 2 The National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Munirka, New Delhi-110067, India Gupta Paridhi 1 Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, India Vora Kranti Suresh 2 Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, India Saiyed Shahin 3 Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, India Tailor Parth 4 Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, India Tambunan Tulus T.H. 1 Center for Industry, SME and Business Competition Studies, University of Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia Ade Nde Paul 1 Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon Sharma Lochan 1 Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India Chandran N.S. Ramesh 1 Department of Social Work, National College, Thiruvanathapuram, India > Short Review Paper 2020 5 5 2021 01 14 The epidemiology of a large number of endemics and diseases evidently shows that social factors are key determinants, which deserve to be viewed seriously. It is a telling pointer for social workers to augment and strengthen expertise in: dealing with public health issues most methodically, developing social protocols to assist health care professionals in outbreak management and morbidity surveillance, designing community intervention strategies by integrating the services of Government Agencies and Non Governmental Organizations, examining social determinants of communicable diseases to frame evidence based interventions, putting up a comprehensive blueprint to address health inequities and disseminating health literacy programmes A mechanism like the single-window system devised for consolidating, coordinating and standardizing service delivery of NGOs, docked with the support of a Surveillance Council constituted for developing relevant insights and intervention strategies would help the community curb disease outbreaks significantly. A road map developed on the basis of community profile would serve as a good tool to keep tabs on social determinants for checking health inequities to a large extent. Effective communication builds up a strong network of professional contacts with Community Members, Health Care Providers, Media, Local Administration and NGOs. Networking is an amazing technique to invoke the cooperation and compliance of community members in translating key instructions into virtual action, which does demand professionalism and training. Social Workers should be well versed in manning risk communication during disease outbreaks. The growth of evidence based interventions depends a lot on the development of communication tools and strategies, particularly during health emergencies. The more and more professionalism is incorporated in interventions the more and more the community benefits. Copyright@ International Science Community Association