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Achieving Polio Eradication: A Review of Health Communication Evidence and Lessons Learned in India and Pakistan
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, issue 87 (2009), pp. 624-630
"This review examines polio communication efforts in India and Pakistan between the years 2000 and 2007. It shows how epidemiological, social and behavioural data guide communication strategies that have contributed to increased levels of polio immunity, particularly among underserved and hard-to-re
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Panos Southern Africa’s Communicating HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa Project, 2005–2008
Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2009), 29 pp.
"The PANOS radio listening clubs have proved to be an effective means of communicating not only HIV and AIDS issues but other development issues within communities. The female radio clubs proved more effective than the male radio clubs. Interviews revealed that communities with the radio listening c
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Cambodia Sentinel Survey 2008: Media Consumption (Radio, Television, Internet and Mobile Phone) and HIV and AIDS Information in the Media
London: BBC World Service Trust (2009), 58 pp.
"In August 2008, the BBC World Service Trust conducted a quantitative midline sentinel survey on HIV and AIDS Knowledge Attitudes and Practice (KAP) and media habits. The Trust has consistently applied a survey methodology using cross-sectional household-based surveys since 2004. The 2008 Sentinel S
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An Assessment of HIV and AIDS Radio Campaign Messages in Zambia
Lusaka: Panos Southern Africa (2008), 43 pp.
"The objective of this study is to assess HIV and AIDS Radio campaign messages in southern Africa and the impact they have on their target audiences. The countries involved in the study are Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The intention is to document the assessment and share detailed
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The Vital Drop: Communication for Polio Eradication in India
New Delhi et al.: Sage (2008), xviii, 319 pp.
"This book records the communication journey that began in 2002 through important innovations aimed at including segregated and marginalised populations, as well as a very successful mass media campaign featuring cine star Amitabh Bachchan. An important lesson learnt was that for any public health c
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Training Journalists to Report on HIV/AIDS: Final Evaluation of a Global Program
Arcata: Internews Network (2008), 50 pp.
"Internews Network, a U.S.-based organization that for more than two decades has trained journalists around the world, in 2002 received funding from the United States Agency for International Development to launch a project in Africa to help media improve their coverage of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Cal
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The Impact of Media Interventions: Factors and Evidence
Reading: Gamos (2007), 27 pp.
"In this paper we will be looking at the evidence of impact from interventions in the so-called ‘traditional’ media – TV, radio and, to a much lesser extent, print – and factors contributing to that impact. By ‘media interventions’ we mean using mass-media in support of development objec
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Evaluating Heartlines 2006: A Platform for Change. A Summary Report of the Research
Houghton: Heartlines (2007), 32 pp.
"HEARTLINES is an innovative programme developed by The Mass Media Project in South Africa. The intervention’s purpose is to address South Africa’s social issues, such as HIV and AIDS, crime, violence and the breakdown of family and social structures. HEARTLINES is unique in its approach in that
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Kommunikation über HIV/AIDS: Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zur Prävention im subsaharischen Afrika
Münster: Lit (2006), 336 pp.
"Die Beiträge dieses Bandes thematisieren Fragen der HIV/Aids-Prävention in Afrika - dem nach wie vor am stärksten von der Pandemie betroffenen Kontinent. Im Zentrum jeglicher Präventionsarbeit steht die Wissensvermittlung mit dem Ziel, Menschen durch Aufklärung und entsprechende Informationen
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Health Communication
Boston, MA: Springer (2006), vii, 212 pp.
"[This publication] reviews basic theory and concepts underlying the health communication field; offers real-world strategies for designing, implementing, and evaluating programs; provides up-to-date coverage of print, broadcast, digital, and interactive health media. Case examples illustrate what w
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Writing for Our Lives: How the Maisha Yetu Project Changed Health Coverage in Africa
Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2006), 120 pp.
"[...] This publication, Writing for Our Lives, documents best practices from the Maisha Yetu project, whose defining feature has been continuous in-house mentoring and training on health care reporting in six African media houses over a two-year period. The uninterrupted presence of journalist-trai
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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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Soul Buddyz Club: Evaluation Report 2005
Parktown: Soul City, Institute for Health and Development Communication (2005), 39 pp.
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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Evaluation of Soul Buddyz Series 2
Johannesburg: Soul City (2005), 40 pp.
Evaluation Soul City Series 6
Houghton: Soul City Institute (2005), 31 pp.
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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Strengthening Immunization Programs: The Communication Component
Arlington: Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival Project (BASICS II); USAID (2004), vii, 29 pp.
"This report provides an overview of immunization communication and describes how to maximize its contribution to immunization programs in developing countries. The discussion and examples focus on communication’s place within immunization planning, activities, and partnerships, based on lessons l
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Evaluating INASP-Health: Final Report
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2004), 82 pp.
"INASP-Health is a UK-based programme that promotes international networking amongst all those involved in the provision and use of health information including librarians, publishers, biomedical researchers, funding agencies, development professionals, frontline healthcare providers, public health
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