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Health Communication in the Changing Media Landscape: Perspectives from Developing Countries
Deep Insights
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xxv, 238 pp.
"This book advances new understandings of how technologies have been harnessed to improve the health of populations; whether the technologies really empower those who use information by providing them with a choice of information; how they shape health policy discourses; how the health information r
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Zika Virus Infection: Step-By-Step Guide to Risk Communication and Community Engagement
Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2016), 33 pp.
"Videos have been used to successfully raise awareness on disability inclusion in many contexts. They can play a powerful role in helping transform negative attitudes that prevent the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities. Producing a video - even a short one - has many component
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Let’s Talk About Hesitancy: Enhancing Confidence in Vaccination and Uptake. Practical Guide for Public Health Programme Managers and Communicators
Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2016), iv, 22 pp.
"This guide provides practical evidence-based and peer-reviewed advice for public health programme managers (PHPMs) and communicators involved with immunisation services. It identifies ways to enhance people’s confidence in vaccination and addresses common issues which underlie vaccination hesitan
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Using Media and Communication to Respond to Public Health Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Ebola
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 30 pp.
"This practice briefing sets out what BBC Media Action learned in delivering and supporting health communication in response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014–15. It has a particular focus on Sierra Leone as this was the hub of the organisation’s response. The paper aims to contribute t
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The Impact of Behaviour Change Communication on the Use of Insecticide Treated Nets: A Secondary Analysis of Ten Post-Campaign Surveys from Nigeria
Malaria Journal, volume 15, issue 422 (2016), 16 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
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Exploring the Role of Communication in Community Health
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 48 pp.
"This report draws on two studies: first, a nationally representative quantitative survey, and, second, a qualitative study across three locations in Sierra Leone [...] Ninety-five per cent of research participants reported accessing health information in the previous three months – 93% receiving
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Polio Communication Global Guide: A How-To Manual for the Art and Science of Maximising Immunisation Rates Through Communication
Polio Global Eradication Initiative; UNICEF (2016), 33 pp.
"The Polio Communication Global Guide is a how-to manual for planning and building effective mass media and interpersonal communication strategies with the ultimate goal of eradicating polio. This document outlines UNICEF’s global approach to polio communication informed by data and on-the-ground
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Public Health Media Advocacy Action Guide: Elements of a Media Advocacy Campaign
Global Health Advocacy Incubator (2016), 56 pp.
"Changing public health policy is one of the most effective ways to improve public health on a population-wide scale. As part of the advocacy campaign to move a public health issue onto the policy agenda and through the policy making process, a strategic and well executed media advocacy campaign is
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Best Laid Plans: Cultural Entropy and the Unraveling of AIDS Media Campaigns
Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press (2016), 257 pp.;
"Organizations strive to persuade the public to change beliefs or behavior through expensive media campaigns. Designers painstakingly craft resonant and culturally sensitive messaging that will motivate people to buy a product or take active steps to improve their health. But once these campaigns le
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Polio Communications Global Guide: Enduring Outbreak
Geneva: Global Polio Eradication Initiative (2016), 42 pp.
"The first step of addressing an Enduring Outbreak is conducting a systematic analysis of the root causes of the failure to interrupt polio transmission. Social, epidemiological, and campaign data and information should be aggregated and organised for analysis." (Page 2)
Social Media and Suicide Prevention: A Systematic Review
Early Intervention in Psychiatry, volume 10, issue 2 (2016), pp. 103-121
"Social media platforms are commonly used for the expression of suicidal thoughts and feelings, particularly by young people. Despite this, little is known about the ways in which social media can be used for suicide prevention. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review to identify cu
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Labeling Albinism: Language and Discourse Surrounding People with Albinism in Tanzania
Disability & Society, volume 30, issue 8 (2015), pp. 1143-1157
"This article is based on a qualitative study that set out to analyze the labels and terms attached to 28 people affected by albinism in villages in Kilolo district, Tanzania. Even though national and international attention to killings of people with albinism has attempted to improve general knowle
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Behaviour Change and Communication: A Descriptive Literature Review of Behavior Change and Communication in Sub-Saharan Countries
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Master Thesis (2015), 77 pp.
"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
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Talk radio as the soundtrack of our lives: Participatory HIV/AIDS communication, public self-expression and Positive Talk
Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/Aids, volume 12, issue 1 (2015), pp. 66-75
"Despite the many HIV/AIDS communication initiatives, combined with support and infrastructural support in South Africa, risky behaviour associated with the spread of the epidemic is increasing amongst many groups. This calls for a re-evaluation of endeavours aimed at curbing the spread of the epide
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Can Radio Drama Improve Child Health and Nutrition in Somalia?
London: BBC Media Action (2015), 11 pp.
"1. Radio, particularly BBC Somali, is an effective medium for reaching people in remote areas of Somalia who are typically hard to reach, including the poorest [...] 2. Drama has been shown to have a particularly powerful role in encouraging audiences to absorb new and relevant information. Tragic
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Media Guidelines for Reporting on Accessible Elections
General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) (2015), 55 pp.
"For the last couple of years, there were more reporting on disability in the media but most of them only reporting and portraying the ‘uniqueness’ of disability. In the election news reporting, media only portray the Persons with Disabilities on the voting process but the news still did not hav
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The Media: Improving How People with Mental Health Problems Are Represented in the Media. Summary of Impact and Learning.
Time to Change (2015), 5 pp.
"Our media advisory service was set up to provide advice and support on mental health storylines and documentaries. We inputted into 75 soap opera storylines, as well as mental health seasons for BBC 3 and Channel 4. We also developed an online resource for media professionals, and supported media o
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