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Spot on Malaria: Facilitator's Manual for Workshops on Adapting, Developing and Producing Effective Radio Spots
Key Guides
Washington, DC: USAID, Change Project (2005), 178 pp.
A companion facilitator's manual to the "Spot on Malaria" guide (2005) for conducting an five-day hands-on workshop.
Soap Operas for Social Change to Prevent HIV/AIDS: A Training Guide for Journalists and Media Personnel
Key Guides
Shelburne, Vt.: Population Media Center (PMC); United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2005), 75 pp.
"This guide seeks to familiarise journalists and media personnel with the Sabido methodology for social change using entertainment-education format serial dramas broadcast over mass media channels (such as radio and television). The main area of focus is for HIV and AIDS prevention, especially among
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Reporting AIDS: An Analysis of Media Environments in Southern Africa
London: Panos (2005), 59 pp.
"This report shares the findings of five studies of media coverage of HIV/AIDS, carried out in Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe by the Panos London AIDS Programme, with the support of Johns Hopkins University. The studies aimed to explore some of the issues and tensions involved
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Libraries for the Blind in the Information Age: Guidelines for Development
The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) (2005), 87 pp.
"Developing an efficient library service for print-disabled people is extremely important, because there are significantly fewer books available commercially in accessible formats compared to what is published in print for the general public. The need to build collections in alternative formats and
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"The work in this report and that found in the International Woman’s Media Foundation / Africa Woman’s Media Centre report, Deadline for Health (2004), provide us with the only insight into malaria reporting in African contexts. Both are baseline studies made prior to journalists training interv
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Getting the Message Across: The Mass Media and the Response to AIDS
Geneva: Joint United Nation Programme on HIVAIDS (UNAIDS) (2005), 56 pp.
"The three case studies in this report are examples of what can be achieved when the media are used creatively towards positive outcomes. They offer lessons from experience that will be of value to people everywhere who are interested in harnessing the power of the mass media to help in the response
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Outbreak Communication: Best Practices for Communicating with the Public During an Outbreak. Report of the Expert Consultation on Outbreak Communications Held in Singapore, 21-23 September 2004
World Health Organization (WHO) (2005), v, 59 pp.
"The report has two parts. The first, devoted to outbreak experience, describes the special case of outbreaks and the many difficult challenges they present for communicators. It also summarizes presentations during the consultation that looked at recent outbreaks in terms of what they have to say a
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Why Invest in Communication for Immunization? Evidence and Lessons Learned
Baltimore: Health Communication Partnership; Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs; UNICEF (2005), iv, 20 pp.
"This report makes a case for revitalizing investments in communication for immunization. It considers communication in a broad sense, including advocacy, social and community mobilization, and information, education, and communication (IEC) activities. It identifies communication challenges that af
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Counting on Communication: The Uganda Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Project
Washington, DC: World Bank (2005), vii, 41 pp.
"The Uganda Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Project was one of DevComm’s first projects to demonstrate the value-added of strategic communication. The strategic communication component developed for this project included the use of formative research about values and attitudes with respe
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Assessment of Phase II of Project "Radio SIDA"
Andrew Lees Trust; National Committee to Fight AIDS (CNLS) (2005), 54 pp.
"The study revealed important coverage by Project ‘Radio SIDA’ of the targeted populations. 89% of the population that was studied declared having heard about AIDS on the radio. Radio is clearly the most important source of information for both urban and rural populations. Given that 68% of the
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Building Trust and Responding to Adverse Events Following Immunisation in South Asia: Using Strategic Communication
Kathmandu: UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (2005), vi, 57 pp.
"To develop communication capacity specifically around adverse events following immunisation (AEFI), the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) and the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) organized a joint regional workshop "Strategic Communication: Building Trust and Responding to
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HIV/AIDS in News: Journalists as Catalysts. Toolkit for Trainers
New Delhi: UNDP (2005), 95 pp.
"This toolkit is a collection of participatory exercises for use in sensitisation of media persons involved in HIV/AIDS coverage. It can also be integrated with the existing curriculum of schools of journalism and mass communication. The toolkit has been developed keeping in view the needs of journa
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Communication in Public Health Programs: The Leprosy Project in India
Washington, DC: World Bank (2005), x, 30 pp.
Communicating HIV and AIDS, What Works? A Report on the Impact Evaluation of Soul City's Fourth Series
Journal of Health Communication, volume 10, issue 5 (2005), pp. 465-483
"This article describes the evaluation of the HIV/AIDS communication aspect of the multi media Soul City health promotion intervention in South Africa. The intervention consists of a television and radio drama and print material. The evaluation was multifaceted with a before and after national surve
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Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for Change
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England (2005), xviii, 258 pp.
"In the past decade, the mass media discovered disability. Spurred by the box-office appeal of superstars such as the late Christopher Reeve, Michael J. Fox, Stephen Hawking, and others, and given momentum by the success of Oscar-winning movies, popular television shows, best-selling books, and prof
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Suicide in the Media: A Quantitative Review of Studies Based on Nonfictional Stories
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, volume 35, issue 2 (2005), pp. 121-133
"Research on the effect of suicide stories in the media on suicide in the real world has been marked by much debate and inconsistent findings. Recent narrative reviews have suggested that research based on nonfictional models is more apt to uncover imitative effects than research based on fictional
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Tsha Tsha: Key Findings of the Evaluation of Episodes 1-26
Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) (2005), 62 pp.
"Tsha Tsha is an entertainment-education television drama series focusing on young people and dealing with love, sexuality and relationships in a world affected by HIV/AIDS. Audience research utilised by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) showed that episodes 1-13 achieved an audience
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