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Guía de comunicación para equipos de salud
Buenos Aires: Ministerio de Salud, 2nd ed. (2015), 48 pp.
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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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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Covering Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases: A Guide to Better Journalism. Lessons Learned from Global Coverage of the Ebola Virus Crisis
African Media Initiative (AMI) (2015), 23 pp.
"For journalists, coverage of the Ebola epidemic offers vital lessons that could help the media industry deliver a more public-interest oriented service geared towards combating the spread the disease. It is these lessons that have helped shape the following guidelines. The guidelines have been glea
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Arts and Media Transforming the Response to HIV/AIDS: Strategy Note and Implementation Guide
New York: UNDP (2015), 48 pp.
Epidemiología para periodistas y comunicadores
Barcelona: Fundación Antonio Esteve; Asociación Española de Comuncación Científica (AECC) (2015), x, 94 pp.
"[...] los textos de las ocho ponencias ofrecen una introducción a la epidemiología con abundantes explicaciones y referencias de utilidad para los informadores en su trabajo cotidiano. El Cuaderno recoge ta mbién la crónica del debate que tuvo lugar entre periodistas y epidemiólogos, una bibli
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Entertainment-Education for Health Behaviour Change: Issues and Perspectives in Africa
Victoria, BC: Friesen Press (2015), xix, 271 pp.
"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
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Radio Broadcasting in the Era of HIV/AIDS: Can This be the Magic Bullet?
International Social Work, volume 58, issue 2 (2015), pp. 223-237
"In this study, we assessed the relevance and effectiveness of radio broadcasting as a strategy that facilitates the adoption and use of safer sexual practices among students at a South African university. Based on ethnographic data, the article highlights that the essential and critical contributio
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National Communication Strategy for Malaria Control in Uganda
Kampala: Ministry of Health (2015), 40 pp.
"This Uganda national communication strategy for malaria prevention and control has been developed to facilitate the implementation of the Uganda Malaria Reduction Strategy (UMRS) 2014-2020. The strategy will offer a framework where every stakeholder shall take recommended actions to fund, prevent,
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Effective Communications: Participant Handbook for WHO Staff
Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) (2015), 93 pp.
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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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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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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Female Genital Cutting in the News Media: A Content Analysis
International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 4 (2015), pp. 384-405
"Mass media play an important role in explaining the issue of female genital cutting and can influence discourse among the general public as well as policy makers. Understanding how news media present female genital cutting has strong implications for the global status of women. This study, a quanti
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Comunicación y salud en América Latina: Un campo en permanente movimiento
In: La contribución de América Latina al campo de la comunicación: historia, enfoques teóricos, epistemológicos y tendencias de la investigación
Buenos Aires: Prometeo Libros (2015), pp. 257-296
Global Mental Health Communications Toolkit
London: Mental Health Innovation Network; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2015), 27 pp.
"This toolkit aims to help global mental health researchers communicate their findings to their stakeholders. The principles in this toolkit can be applied to all stakeholders, including policy-makers, and to key messages about your project’s implementation and policy influence activities. This to
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Empowering HIV Positive Youths for Treatment Adherence Through Entertainment-Education
In: Entertainment-Education for Health Behaviour Change: Issues and Perspectives in Africa
Victoria, BC: Friesen Press (2015), pp. 243-261
"Through an action media methodology, various participatory, grassroots, and traditional media methods, such as role plays, movie screenings, and drawing, were used with eight HIV-positive children to empower them to collectively respond to better treatment adherence. The paper demonstrates how, thr
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Communication and Social Mobilization in Yellow Fever Mass Vaccination Campaigns: 10 Points from Field Experience
World Health Organization (WHO) (2015), viii, 31 pp.
"The main objective of this document is to provide evidence-based guidance on conducting practical social mobilization and communication for a yellow fever vaccination campaign, either preventive or reactive. Information is also given on the monitoring and evaluation of communication and social mobi
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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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