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"This study explores the sources of tuberculosis (TB) information used by Koreans, focusing specifically on how sociodemographic variables influence perceptions of source credibility and how the use of different information sources influences TB-related knowledge levels and risk perceptions. Based o ... more

World TB Day 2018 Campaign: Advocacy & Communication Toolkit

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018), 23 pp.

Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing

London et al.: Bloomsbury (2017), xxiii, 315 pp.
"Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing is the first volume in the field to address the role that theatre, drama and performance have in relation to promoting, developing and sustaining health and wellbeing in diverse communities. Challenging concepts and understanding of health, wellbeing ... more
"The Handbook on Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization (ACSM) for RNTCP aims to provide momentum and build ACSM capacity by clearly describing the processes involved in planning and implementation of ACSM activities in support of TB control and prevention. It seeks to help the reader bett ... more

HIV/AIDS Reporting Manual

Washington, DC: Kaiser Family Foundation (2012), v, 86 pp.
"The material in this edition covers a broad range of subjects including the unique challenges of reporting on HIV/AIDS, treatment and prevention strategies, key figures in the struggle against HIV/AIDS and global efforts to finance the campaign against HIV/AIDS. The epidemic is not only a battle ag ... more
"This paper looks at the status of tuberculosis advocacy communication and social mobilization (ACSM) activities in selected national tuberculosis control programmes in the WHO African Region. The findings are from an assessment of tuberculosis ACSM activities in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi and So ... more
"Advocacy, communication, and social mobilization (ACSM) refers to a set of interventions that supports tuberculosis (TB) control goals and objectives at international, national, and local levels. These include advocating for sufficient resources, promoting healthy behaviors and attitudes, and engag ... more
"The purpose of this document is to highlight cases in which Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) interventions have contributed to a positive outcome of tuberculosis (TB) control activities directed to a range of audiences and settings. It is intended for on-the-ground stakeholder ... more
"Objectives: to assess the challenges in reducing tuberculosis (TB) in prisons in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Paraguay and propose ways to address them through communication interventions. Methods: challenges to two central goals of TB control—early diagnosis of positive cases and successful application ... more

The Uganda Tuberculosis Communication Strategy

Ministry of Health, Uganda (2008), viii, 21 pp.
"This paper is a briefing for health practitioners, TB programmers, policymakers, media professionals and people affected by TB. Based on an analysis of media coverage of TB, it argues that health professionals and TB specialists should be supported to engage more effectively with the media so that ... more
"This handbook is primarily intended for staff that plan, organize and supervise tuberculosis (TB) control activities at the national level. Because tackling TB requires commitment and work at all levels, this guide can also be used by TB control staff at the provincial, state, and regional levels; ... more

Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization to Fight TB: A 10-Year Framework for Action

Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO);ACSM Subgroup at country level (2006), 93 pp.
"This workplan focuses on those areas where advocacy, communication and social mobilization (ACSM) has most to offer and where ACSM strategies can be most effectively concentrated to help address four key challenges to TB control at country level: improving case detection and treatment adherence; co ... more

Health and Media In-Country Course 2005: Advocating Healthy Policy and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa. Participants' Manual

Colin Lloyd (ed.)
Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA);Gates Malaria Partnership, 2nd ed. (2005), 124 pp.
"This practical workshop manual forms part of a five day course run by the Health and Media Partnership. The workshop aimed to teach reporters how to report on HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria in ways that contribute to the prevention and control of these diseases and positively influence the attitudes and ... more
"Vietnam and Peru are two examples of countries that, in the past decade, surpassed WHO targets. This paper synthesizes the lessons learned from those two programs, with a particular emphasis on the role of strategic health communication in each program. The conclusions in this paper are drawn from ... more
"This manual introduces public health workers and advocates to the essential elements of communications (with many examples and models), ranging from small brochures or radio interviews, to large campaigns and ongoing projects. It provides guidance in recognizing and combating the ‘hazard merchant ... more