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Communicating Health: Strategies for Health Promotion
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Nova Corcoran (ed.)

Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2013), x, 229 pp.

"This textbook bridges the gap between health communication theory and health promotion and public health practice. It provides students and practitioners with the knowledge and skills they need to design, plan, implement and evaluate programmes and campaigns." (Publisher description)

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Upstairs Downstairs: Communication Contradictions Around Two African Refugee Camps

Ullamaija Kivikuru

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2013), pp. 35-51

"This article describes and analyses the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) communication policy in the current world environment where a variety of well-doers attempt to pursue attention. The analysis is reflected against the results of focus group interviews with Congolese women ... more

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"SMART" Photovoice Agricultural Consultation: Increasing Rwandan Women Farmers' Active Participation in Development

Myriam Gervais, Lysanne Rivard

Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 4 (2013), pp. 496-510

"Through two case studies, this paper evaluates the value of the feminist visual methodology Photovoice as an interactive consultation tool with rural Rwandan women working in agriculture. This exploratory study suggests that it is possible, through an adapted Photovoice process, to engage and empow ... more

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'The Things That We Have to Do: Ethics and Instrumentality in Humanitarian Communication

David Nolan, Akina Mikami

Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 1 (2013), pp. 53-70

"This study critically reflects on a schism evident in debates surrounding ‘humanitarian communication’. On one hand, it is approached as embodying an ideal of ethical practice. On the other, ideal humanitarianism is deployed as the grounds for a critique, whereby ‘humanitarian practice’ is ... more

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Need a Hand? No Thanks! Media Representations and Peace Building Indicators. The Case of UK Foreign Aid Programmes in Colombia

Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Gregory Kent, Ancízar Narváez

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, volume 7, issue 4 (2013), pp. 514-529

"This article considers research approaches often associated with media and journalism studies as complementary assessment strategies to inform decisions associated with evaluating foreign aid. In order to do so, the case of British foreign aid towards Colombia in the context of the War on Drugs is ... more

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Listeners' Clubs: New Partnerships

Dimitra Newsletter, issue 23 (2013), pp. 3-7

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Field Communications Toolkit

Michelle Davis (ed.)

London: Malaria Consortium (2013), 30 pp.

"The Field Communications Toolkit provides practical guidance and support to Malaria Consortium staff and partners who are looking to increase their communications capacity. It has been developed as a resource for project staff who work at field-level, to support you to communicate responsibly, crea ... more

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How the people of Pakistan live with climate change and what communication can do

Khadija Zaheer, Anna Colom

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 88 pp.

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Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community

Joe Lambert

New York; London: Routledge, 4th ed. (2013), xiii, 206 pp.

"Listen deeply. Tell stories. This is the mantra of the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) in Berkeley, California, which since 1993 has worked with nearly 1,000 organizations around the world and trained more than 15,000 people in the art of digital storytelling. In this revised and updated edit ... more

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Neue Medien

Nah Dran (GIZ), issue 1 (2013), pp. 12-27

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Seeing is Believing: A Guide to Visual Storytelling Best Practices
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resourcemedia (2013), 20 pp.

"This guide starts with "the three principles of visual communication": Humans are visual first, verbal second; our decisions and actions are based more on emotional reactions than rational thought; visuals are the most effective communications vehicles for evoking emotion and getting people to take ... more

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How the people of Bangladesh live with climate change and what communication can do

Md. Arif Al Mamun, Naomi Stoll, Sonia Whitehead

London: BBC Media Action (2013), 70 pp.

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Role of Farm-Radio Agricultural Programmes in Disseminating Agricultural Technology to Rural Famers for Agricultural Development in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

A. K. Ango, A. I. Illo, A. N. Abdullahi, M. A. Maikasuwa, A. Amina

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & Sociology, volume 2, issue 1 (2013), pp. 54-68

"The finding of the research reveals that majorities (90%) of the farmers were males, within their active productive ages (31-42 years) and 50% of them had attained Islamic education. Most of the farmers obtained agricultural information through radio agricultural programmes (97.8%) out of which maj ... more

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What We Learned Testing the Humanitarian Data Toolkit

Tara Susman-Peña

Washington, DC; Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2013), 56 pp.

"In early 2013, the Internews Center for Innovation and Learning (ICIL) set out to pilot a new system that allows humanitarian communications professionals and responders to quickly gather, analyze, and act upon data to understand information needs of an affected population during a crisis. The syst ... more

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Communication for Development Interventions in Fragile States: A Systematic Review

Andrew Skuse, Dianne Rodger, Gerry Power, Domenic Friguglietti, Tait Brimacombe

JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports (2013), 190 pp.

"This review identifies that while different initiatives can be pursued in different conflict situations, their direction and content needs to be driven by a close understanding of context, which in turn is driven by a range of influencing factors (contextual and programmatic), which in turn reflect ... more

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World Disaster Report 2013: Focus on Technology and the Future of Humanitarian Action

Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2013), 283 pp.

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Using Visual Storytelling for Women's Empowerment

Tamara Plush

Media Development, volume 60, issue 3 (2013), pp. 25-29

"Communicators who work with photography and video in the development context know the power visuals can have in bearing witness to the reality people living in poverty face. When contextualized, visuals can transcend distance and create a global dialog around topics in need of deeper understanding ... more

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Social Networking, Social Media and Complex Emergencies: An Annotated Bibliography

Andrew Skuse, Tait Brimacombe

Adelaide: University of Adelaide, Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit (ACCRU);Australian Civil-Military Centre (ACMC) (2013), 70 pp.

"This annotated bibliography compiles both peer-reviewed literature, typically sourced from academic journals, as well as a range of opinion and technical resources drawn from agencies that have a humanitarian mandate. It is important to note that this annotated bibliography does not seek to present ... more

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Communication Toolbox: Practical Guidance for Program Managers to Improve Communication with Participants and Community Members. For Emergency Programs and Development Programs
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Emily Rogers et al.

Baltimore, Md.: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (2013), 58 pp.

"The Communication Toolbox offers practical guidance for program managers who want to communicate more effectively with program participants and community members. The tools are designed for emergency programs and development programs. The toolbox focuses on communicating about programs as a way to ... more

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Improving Communication Between Humanitarian Aid Agencies and Crisis-Affected People: Lessons from the Infoasaid Project

Carole Chapelier, Anita Shah

London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) (2013), 26 pp.

Communicating Health: Strategies for Health Promotion Key Guidance

Seeing is Believing: A Guide to Visual Storytelling Best Practices Key Guidance

Communication Toolbox: Practical Guidance for Program Managers to Improve Communication with Participants and Community Members. For Emergency Programs and Development Programs Key Guidance

Communicating Health: Strategies for Health Promotion
Key Guidance

Seeing is Believing: A Guide to Visual Storytelling Best Practices
Key Guidance

Communication Toolbox: Practical Guidance for Program Managers to Improve Communication with Participants and Community Members. For Emergency Programs and Development Programs
Key Guidance