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Behaviour Change Communication
105
Behaviour Change Campaigns
33
Health Campaigns: Experiences
17
HIV / AIDS Communication
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Behaviour Change
9
Campaigning: Planning & Implementation
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Communication for Social Change
8
Child Health, Mother & Child Care Communication
8
Health Campaigns: Effects & Effectiveness
8
Campaigning: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
7
Development Communication: Effects & Effectiveness
7
Health Campaigns: Planning & Implementation
7
Behaviour Change Communication: Effects & Effectiveness
6
Edutainment Health Programmes
6
COVID-19 Communication
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Development Communication, Communication for Development (C4D)
5
Health Campaigns: Monitoring & Evaluation
5
WASH Communication (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene)
5
Development Communication Campaigns
4
Children's Rights
4
Media & Communication Projects: Children
4
Development Communication Projects: Case Studies
4
Entertainment Education, Edutainment
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Edutainment Radio Programmes
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Edutainment Television Programmes
4
Food / Nutrition Communication & Media Representation
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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Campaigning
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Campaigning: Message Design
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Child Marriage
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Social Marketing
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Development Communication: Design & Implementation
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Development Communication: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Development Communication: Project Design & Implementation
3
Edutainment Campaigns: Effects & Effectiveness
3
Edutainment Campaigns: Planning & Implementation
3
Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
3
Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Communication
3
Disaster Risk & Preparedness Communication, Disaster Prevention Communication
3
Environmental Communication
3
Impact Assessment & Outcome Evaluation
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Malaria Communication
3
Sexual Health Communication, Reproductive Health Education, Family Planning
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Social Behaviour
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Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Campaigning: Target Groups
2
Social Media Marketing & Digital Public Relations
2
Conflict-Sensitive Radio Journalism, Radio in Conflict Prevention & Transformation
2
Emergency Health Communication
2
Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Good Practice Examples
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Health Communication
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Health Campaigns: Concepts & Strategies
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Health Campaigns: Message Design
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Health Information Materials
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Health Radio Programmes
2
UNICEF
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Domestic Violence
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Advocacy
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Girls
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Youth
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Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
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People with Disabilities: Advocacy & Empowerment
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Target Groups
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Campaign Strategies
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Digital Media Campaigns
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Public Awareness Campaigns
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Child Abuse
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Child Abuse Reporting
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Child Labour
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Educational Comics & Comics for Development
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Communication Strategies
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Participatory Communication
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Oral Cultures & Traditions, Oral History, Oral Testimonies
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Storytelling
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Conflict-Sensitive / Peace Communication
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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Content Analysis (Research Method)
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Countering Misinformation & Rumours
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Messages, Message Design, Message Analysis
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Theatre for Development
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Writing & Writing Styles
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Development Projects: Planning & Implementation
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Communicating Development Projects, Media in Development Programmes
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Development Communication Education & Training
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Development Communication: Experiences
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Development Communication: Gender Focus
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Development Communication Research
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Development Communication Tools & Methods
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Edutainment Campaigns: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Social Change & Media / Communication
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Social Media
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ICTs and Development
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Infectious Diseases' Outbreak Communication
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Trust Building in Health & Emergency Communication
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Domestic Workers
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Labour, Labour Markets, Labour Laws, Working Conditions
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Curricula: School Education
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Easy-To-Understand Information, Easy-To-Read Materials, Easy Language
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Educational Broadcasting
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Environmental Education
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Educational Print Materials
1
Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
1
Humour, Parody, Satire
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Communication for Sustainable Development
1
Social Norms
1
Evaluation Approaches, Purposes & Frameworks
1
Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Tools
1
Organisational Development & Capacity Building: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Outcome Harvesting (Evaluation Methodology)
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Gender Relations
1
Addiction Reporting, Media Representation & Prevention
1
Cancer Prevention, Cancer Communication
1
Food, Food Security, Nutrition
1
Health Journalism
1
Polio Communication
1
Tobacco Counter-Marketing, Smoking Cessation Campaigning, Nicotine Addiction Reporting
1
United Nations (UN)
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Media Assistance
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Media Assistance: Radio
1
Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
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Design Thinking
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People with Disabilities: Reporting & Media Representation
1
Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Project Design, Project Planning
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Project Planning: Terms of Reference
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Stakeholders, Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Participation
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Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
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Youth Radio Programmes, Youth Radio Stations, School Radios
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Radio Scriptwriting
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Emotions in the Media, Emotional Functions & Messages of Media
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Persuasive Communication
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Fear, Anxiety
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Attitudes, Attitude Formation & Change
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Television Reception & Effects
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Indicators & Indices
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Qualitative Research Methods
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Quantitative Research Methods
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Violence Prevention Campaigns
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Corruption & Combating Corruption
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Participation
1
Theories of Change
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SMS
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Youth, Adolescents
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"The following report summarizes how UNICEF and its partners have utilized Communication for Development strategies in their work during the period of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2014-2017, with an emphasis on 2017. The report captures the impact of these accomplishments on children and the communitie ... more

Supporting Climate-Friendly Behaviour Change

Monash University (2018), 6 pp.
"Campaigns are likely to be more successful when they include messages about legal penalties for non-compliant behaviour and fresh information, and when they reach a large proportion of the intended audience. Digital campaigns must therefore work alongside laws and policies. Legislation can be a key ... more
"UNICEF and the Government of Montenegro implemented a communication strategy "It's about ability" to challenge the existing, exclusionary practices and promote new, inclusive social norms for children with disability. Drawing on communication for development principles and social norms theory, a 20 ... more

Malaria Social and Behavior Change Communication Evidence Literature Review

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs;Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (2017), 36 pp.
"There is a strong evidence base showing that SBCC programs can help improve malaria prevention and treatment behaviors. However, more work needs to be done to ensure that best practices are documented and used consistently. The review provides recommendations for strengthening peer-reviewed researc ... more
"Through a careful review of the evidence, this briefing offers a spirited case for why donors, practitioners and developing country governments need to pay more attention to the role of communication in tackling global health. The briefing finds that: Communication has been central to public health ... more

Behaviour Change Communication Guidelines

Thimphu, Bhutan: SNV Bhutan (2016), 26 pp.
"Mass distribution campaigns of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention are usually accompanied by intensive behaviour change communication (BCC) to encourage hanging and use of nets. However, data on the effectiveness of these communication efforts are scarce. In preparation for the next ro ... more

The International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit: Summary Report 2016

Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit (2016), 50 pp.
"The first International SBCC Summit 2016 brought together the global community of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) organizations, practitioners and researchers from February 8 - 10, 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The three-day event offered talks from SBCC field practitioners, a mar ... more

Social and Behavior Change Communication for Emergency Preparedness: Implementation Kit

Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (2016), 164 pp.
"This paper on behavior change constitutes one of two methodology papers (the other being on service delivery) that establish a new lens through which to understand the World Bank’s portfolio in IEG (Independent Evaluation Group) evaluations. The paper outlines the economic and psychosocial theori ... more
"Project locations experienced general improvement with regards to social cohesion and conflict resolution. This was particularly the case in Wau, where results were encouraging. In contrast, Bor continued to feature more negative results than other project locations, although the county saw importa ... more

Designing a Social and Behavior Change Communication Strategy

Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs;USAID (2015)
"The planning steps included in this implementation kit provide guidance on how to develop a communication strategy for social and behavior change communication (SBCC). The steps and tools are designed to help program managers, communication specialists and relevant stakeholders prepare and plan for ... more

Writing and Producing Radio Dramas

New Delhi et al.: Sage, 2nd ed. (2015), xix, 293 pp.
"In many—if not most—countries of the modern world, radio is thought of as a provider of music, news, weather reports and traffic situations, but very little else. Yet in parts of the developing world, radio is still extremely important and valuable as a medium for encouraging and teaching life ... more

Communication for Humanitarian Action Toolkit (CHAT)

Adelaide; New York: University of Adelaide, Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit (ACCRU);UNICEF, working version (2015), 67 pp.
"Welcome to the Communication for Humanitarian Action Toolkit, CHAT. It has been designed with practitioners in mind and is a resource that you can work with and adapt as you strive towards your communication for humanitarian action goals. The toolkit provides guidance to humanitarian and developmen ... more
"This study is a descriptive literature review. The purpose of this literature review is to describe factors which associate behavior and behavior change in the communities and to describe communication and communication methods which have been used in behavior change communication programs in devel ... more
"Entertainment-education for Health Behaviour Change: Issues and Perspectives in Africa is a collection of essays from some of the leading scholars in entertainment-education, including writers from South Africa, Nigeria, and the United States. Chapters cover a wide range of application and strategi ... more

Social and Behavior Change Communication

In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Karin Gwinn Wilkins; Thomas Tufte; Rafael Obregón (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 278-297
"This chapter documents the experience of the Communication for Change (C-Change) project in developing and rolling out a holistic and comprehensive socioecological approach to social and behavior change communication (SBCC) within the context of a donor-funded program with short term goals. C-Chang ... more