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Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start - and Why They Don't Go Away
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Heidi Larson

New York: Oxford University Press (2020), xli, 157 pp.

"A clear-eyed, expert examination of the state of vaccine confidence globally -- and what it means for the future of life on earth. Considers the widening gulf between messages of medical authority and those on everyman platforms of our digital world, especially as it influences individual choice. C ... more

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Guidance for Effective Local Communication Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Communication for Development Network (2020), 17 pp.

"This guide aims to provide some support in planning and delivering effective communications on the local level. It is for us all – the small community organisations as well as the larger NGOs, faith-based leaders and groups as well as media actors, officials and a wide range of other people who i ... more

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COVID-19: Global Risk Communication and Community Engagement Strategy. Interim Guidance December 2020 — May 2021
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2020), 46 pp.

"There is an unprecedented need to elevate the role risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) plays in breaking the chains of transmission and mitigating the impact of the pandemic. A revised RCCE strategy was needed to reflect this and the learning from the response to-date. The new strate ... more

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Information Ecosystem Assessment: Migrants in Thailand During COVID-19

Pamela A. Mallinga et al.

Internews (2020), 29 pp.

"This Information Ecosystem Assessment includes the thoughts and opinions of 48 migrant community leaders and migrant workers in Thailand. The information was collected through a series of qualitative and quantitative techniques, using remote data collection methodologies to ensure the safety of par ... more

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COVID-19: Remote Outreach and Campaign Toolkit

Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF) (2020), 22 pp.

"Though this toolkit explores COVID-19 as a focus topic, the methodology of remote outreaches and campaigns should be used in all the themes you report on in your radio shows; themes such as climate change, sexual and reproductive health, education, migration, violence and community safety, and othe ... more

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Maintaining Human Rights During Health Emergencies: Brief on Standards Regarding the Right to Information

Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) (2020), iii, 24 pp.

"• General public health emergency legislation should not allocate broad discretion to public authorities to limit the right to information through subordinate legal rules but should, instead, subject this to a requirement that any restriction is either “necessity” or “strictly required by t ... more

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A Socio-Ecological Model of Communication for Social and Behavioral Change: A Brief Summary

D. Lawrence Kincaid, Maria Elena Figueroa, Doug Storey, Carol Underwood

Breakthrough Action;USAID (2020), 4 pp.

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Hablemos del suicidio: Pautas y reflexiones para abordar este problema en los medios

Gabriel González Ortiz

Pamplona: EUNSA, 2nd ed. (2019), 170 pp.

"Fallar en el tratamiento del suicidio (publicitar el método, el lugar, simplificar las causas) puede provocar un efecto contagio en personas vulnerables. Acertar, al contrario, puede ser un pilar muy importante en la prevención. Pero no es sencillo informar bien sobre el suicidio. Tantas décadas ... more

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Communicating During Humanitarian Medical Crises: The Consequences of Silence or "Témoignage"

Marouf Arif Hasian

Lanham; Boulder; New York: Lexington Books (2019), ix, 294 pp.

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The Effectiveness of Using Entertainment Education Narratives to Promote Safer Sexual Behaviors of Youth: A Meta-Analysis, 1985-2017

Victor Orozco-Olvera, Fuyuan Shen, Lucie Cluver

Plos One, volume 14, issue 2: e0209969 (2019), 14 pp.

"Risky sexual behaviors are associated with the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancies, both major health concerns for youth worldwide. This review studies the effectiveness of narrated mass media programs in promoting safer sexual practices among youth in de ... more

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Health Education Through Mass Media Announcements by Loudspeakers About Malaria Care: Prevention and Practice Among People Living in a Malaria Endemic Area of Northern Myanmar

Pyae Linn Aung, Tepanata Pumpaibool, Than Naing Soe, Jessica Burgess, Lynette J. Menezes, Myat Phone Kyaw, Liwang Cui Cui

Malaria Journal, volume 18, issue 362 (2019), 11 pp.

"Background: Interventions to raise community awareness about malaria prevention and treatment have used various approaches with little evidence on their efficacy. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of loudspeaker announcements regarding malaria care and prevention practices among peopl ... more

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Newspaper Suicide Reporting in a Muslim Country: Analysis of Violations and Compliance with International Guidelines

Shafiq Ahmad Kamboh, Muhammad Ittefaq

Journal of Media Ethics, volume 34, issue 1 (2019), pp. 2-14

"Suicide attempt rates are on the rise in predominantly Islamic Republic of Pakistan. However, there exists an indigenous academic apathy toward exploring media-suicide relationships. This study, using content analysis and interviews, examines the lack of compliance with international ethical guidel ... more

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We Need to Talk: Effective Ebola Risk Communication Requires Respect and Transparency and Remains as Vital as Ever. An Assessment of Changing Communication Needs and Preferences in Beni, North Kivu

C. Fricke

Translators Without Borders (2019), 43 pp.

"Interviews with health communicators and residents in September 2019 found that language barriers impede understanding of critical information on Ebola. Information in French and Swahili does not reach everyone. People misunderstand seemingly simple medical words in French. Swahili is best understo ... more

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The Opportunity for Digital Sexuality Education in East Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok: UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (2019), 55 pp.

"A growing body of evidence shows that young people are regularly using the digital world as a key source of information about sexuality. This review seeks to understand the opportunity for digital sexuality education by exploring what young people search for online, the range of digital sexuality e ... more

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Dissemination of Rural Health Research: A Toolkit

Center for Rural Health (2019), 51 pp.

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Creating Fair and Balanced Stories: Tips for Journalists Covering Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Issues

Chapel Hill: IPAS (2019), 15 pp.

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SRHR Media Training Manual

Nairobi: African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) (2019), viii, 36 pp.

"This manual, which has been developed by African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) has recognized SRHR as an advocacy issue with media being a key partner in driving this agenda. In many African societies, gender relations are characterized by unequal power relations that are ... more

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Systematic Literature Review on the Spread of Health-Related Misinformation on Social Media

Yuxi Wanga, Martin McKee, Aleksandra Torbica, David Stuckler

Social Science & Medicine, volume 240, issue 112552 (2019), 12 pp.

"While examples of the rapid spread of misinformation date back to the earliest days of scientific medicine, the internet, by allowing instantaneous communication and powerful amplification has brought about a quantum change. In democracies where ideas compete in the marketplace for attention, accur ... more

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A Realist Evaluation of a Community-Centered Radio Initiative for Health and Development in Mindanao, Philippines

Ross W. James, Eila Romo-Murphy, Mae-Mosette Oczon-Quirant

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, volume 31, issue 6 (2019), pp. 559-571

"A small, local-level communication initiative aimed to bring about social change and development in communities affected by sustained conflict in Mindanao, Philippines. A realist evaluation involved a secondary analysis of existing data sets that revealed previously undetected mechanisms and 13 out ... more

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Creating Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Description of the Integrated Approach to Addressing the Issue of Youth Depression in Malawi and Tanzania

Stanley Kutcher, Kevin Perkins, Heather Gilberds, Michael Udedi, Omary Ubuguyu, Tasiana Njau, Rex Chapota, Mina Hashish

Frontiers in Psychiatry, volume 10, issue 542 (2019), 8 pp.

"Addressing depression in young people is a health-care policy need in sub-Saharan Africa. There exists poor mental health literacy, high levels of stigma, and weak capacity at the community level to address this health-care need. These challenges are significant barriers to accessing mental health ... care for depression, soon to be the largest single contributor to the global burden of disease. We here describe an innovative approach that addresses these issues simultaneously while concurrently strengthening key mental health components in existing education and health-care systems as successfully applied in Malawi and replicated in Tanzania. Improving the pathway to care for young people with depression requires the following: improving mental health literacy (MHL) of communities, youth, and teachers; enhancing case identification and linking schools to community health clinics; improving the capacity of community health-care providers to identify, diagnose, and effectively treat depression in youth. Funded by Grand Challenges Canada, we developed and applied a program called “An Integrated Approach to Addressing the Challenge of Depression Among the Youth in Malawi and Tanzania” (IACD). This was an example of, a horizontally integrated pathway to care model designed to be applied in low-resource settings. The model is designed to 1) improve awareness/knowledge of mental health and mental disorders (especially depression) in communities; 2) enhance mental health literacy among youth and teachers within schools; 3) enhance capacity for teachers to identify students with possible depression; 4) create linkages between schools and community health clinics for improved access to mental health care for youth identified with possible depression; and 5) enhance the capacity of community-based health-care providers to identify, diagnose, and effectively treat youth with depression. With the use of interactive, youth-informed weekly radio programs, mental health curriculum training for teachers and peer educators in secondary schools, and a clinical competency training program for community-based health workers, the innovation created a “hub and spoke” model for improving mental health care for young people. Positive results obtained in Malawi and replicated in Tanzania suggest that this approach may provide an effective and potentially sustainable framework for enhancing youth mental health care, thus providing a policy ready framework that can be considered for application in sub-Saharan Africa." (Abstract) more

Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start - and Why They Don't Go Away Quick Overview

COVID-19: Global Risk Communication and Community Engagement Strategy. Interim Guidance December 2020 — May 2021 Top Insights

Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start - and Why They Don't Go Away
Quick Overview

COVID-19: Global Risk Communication and Community Engagement Strategy. Interim Guidance December 2020 — May 2021
Top Insights