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Politics, Factions and Violence: Listening to Local Voices on Ebola

Rachel Sweet

Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) (2019), 13 pp.

"This brief summarises local media and messages circulating via social media outlets including WhatsApp and local radio and press outlets in the Beni and Butembo areas of North Kivu, DRC between February and April 2019. It also captures the growing number of warning messages and written threats tran ... more

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Dissemination of Rural Health Research: A Toolkit

Center for Rural Health (2019), 51 pp.

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Creating Fair and Balanced Stories: Tips for Journalists Covering Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Issues

Chapel Hill: IPAS (2019), 15 pp.

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SRHR Media Training Manual

Nairobi: African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) (2019), viii, 36 pp.

"This manual, which has been developed by African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) has recognized SRHR as an advocacy issue with media being a key partner in driving this agenda. In many African societies, gender relations are characterized by unequal power relations that are ... more

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Systematic Literature Review on the Spread of Health-Related Misinformation on Social Media

Yuxi Wanga, Martin McKee, Aleksandra Torbica, David Stuckler

Social Science & Medicine, volume 240, issue 112552 (2019), 12 pp.

"While examples of the rapid spread of misinformation date back to the earliest days of scientific medicine, the internet, by allowing instantaneous communication and powerful amplification has brought about a quantum change. In democracies where ideas compete in the marketplace for attention, accur ... more

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Creating Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Description of the Integrated Approach to Addressing the Issue of Youth Depression in Malawi and Tanzania

Stanley Kutcher, Kevin Perkins, Heather Gilberds, Michael Udedi, Omary Ubuguyu, Tasiana Njau, Rex Chapota, Mina Hashish

Frontiers in Psychiatry, volume 10, issue 542 (2019), 8 pp.

"Addressing depression in young people is a health-care policy need in sub-Saharan Africa. There exists poor mental health literacy, high levels of stigma, and weak capacity at the community level to address this health-care need. These challenges are significant barriers to accessing mental health ... care for depression, soon to be the largest single contributor to the global burden of disease. We here describe an innovative approach that addresses these issues simultaneously while concurrently strengthening key mental health components in existing education and health-care systems as successfully applied in Malawi and replicated in Tanzania. Improving the pathway to care for young people with depression requires the following: improving mental health literacy (MHL) of communities, youth, and teachers; enhancing case identification and linking schools to community health clinics; improving the capacity of community health-care providers to identify, diagnose, and effectively treat depression in youth. Funded by Grand Challenges Canada, we developed and applied a program called “An Integrated Approach to Addressing the Challenge of Depression Among the Youth in Malawi and Tanzania” (IACD). This was an example of, a horizontally integrated pathway to care model designed to be applied in low-resource settings. The model is designed to 1) improve awareness/knowledge of mental health and mental disorders (especially depression) in communities; 2) enhance mental health literacy among youth and teachers within schools; 3) enhance capacity for teachers to identify students with possible depression; 4) create linkages between schools and community health clinics for improved access to mental health care for youth identified with possible depression; and 5) enhance the capacity of community-based health-care providers to identify, diagnose, and effectively treat youth with depression. With the use of interactive, youth-informed weekly radio programs, mental health curriculum training for teachers and peer educators in secondary schools, and a clinical competency training program for community-based health workers, the innovation created a “hub and spoke” model for improving mental health care for young people. Positive results obtained in Malawi and replicated in Tanzania suggest that this approach may provide an effective and potentially sustainable framework for enhancing youth mental health care, thus providing a policy ready framework that can be considered for application in sub-Saharan Africa." (Abstract) more

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Newspaper Suicide Reporting in a Muslim Country: Analysis of Violations and Compliance with International Guidelines

Shafiq Ahmad Kamboh, Muhammad Ittefaq

Journal of Media Ethics, volume 34, issue 1 (2019), pp. 2-14

"Suicide attempt rates are on the rise in predominantly Islamic Republic of Pakistan. However, there exists an indigenous academic apathy toward exploring media-suicide relationships. This study, using content analysis and interviews, examines the lack of compliance with international ethical guidel ... more

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El acceso a los servicios de la información y la comunicación y las personas con discapacidad: Un estudio exploratorio realizado en la región del Cono Sur

Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC) (2019), 52 pp.

"[...] La Convención Internacional de los Derechos de las personas con Discapacidad es recepcionada por Argentina, Uruguay y Chile y debe ser considerada elemento transversal, junto a las regulaciones nacionales y los estándares del Consorcio World Wide Web (W3C), en el dictado de normas y el dise ... more

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Social and Behaviour Change Communication with Maternal and Child Cash Transfers in Myanmar: Lessons Learned from Tat Lan, LEGACY and Bright SUN Programmes

Save the Children (2019), 76 pp.

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Inclusion Counts: Disability Data Tracker. A Data Collection and Advocacy Guideline for Organisations of Persons with Disabilities

London: Leonard Cheshire (2019), 72 pp.

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A Participatory Filmmaking Process with Children with Disabilities in Rural India: Working Towards Inclusive Research

Tanya Elizabeth Benjamin-Thomas, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Jeshuran Gunaseelan, Vinod Joseph Abraham, Debra Cameron, Colleen McGrath, Samuel Prasanna Vinoth Kumar

Methodological Innovations, issue September-Dezember (2019), pp. 1-19

"Children with disabilities often experience exclusion within their communities, and this exclusion can extend into research processes. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, however, emphasizes that children of all abilities need to be involved as decision makers in matters affec ... more

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Hablemos del suicidio: Pautas y reflexiones para abordar este problema en los medios

Gabriel González Ortiz

Pamplona: EUNSA, 2nd ed. (2019), 170 pp.

"Fallar en el tratamiento del suicidio (publicitar el método, el lugar, simplificar las causas) puede provocar un efecto contagio en personas vulnerables. Acertar, al contrario, puede ser un pilar muy importante en la prevención. Pero no es sencillo informar bien sobre el suicidio. Tantas décadas ... more

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Il faut qu’on parle : La communication efficace sur les risques liés au virus Ebola nécessite à la fois du respect et de la transparence et demeure plus vitale que jamais. Évaluation des besoins et des préférences de communication changeants à Beni, Nord-Kivu

C. Fricke

Translators Without Borders (2019), 44 pp.

"Les entretiens menés en septembre 2019 avec des communicateurs en santé et des résidents ont révélé que les barrières linguistiques empêchent la compréhension d’informations cruciales sur l’Ebola. Les informations diffusées en français et en swahili ne sont pas comprises par tout le ... monde. Les gens ont du mal à interpréter le sens de termes médicaux en français qui paraissent pourtant simples. Le swahili est mieux compris dans la variante locale de Beni, tandis que les femmes et les personnes âgées de la région ont besoin d’informations dans la variante locale du nande. Pour les militaires et leurs familles, c’est en lingala qu’il faut donner les informations. Pour communiquer de façon efficace au sujet d’Ebola, il faut relayer l’information dans ces quatre langues. L’utilisation de la terminologie technique présente sa propre barrière linguistique. Certains termes médicaux clés spécifiques à l’Ebola sont en français et ne sont pas toujours traduits de la même manière. Les personnes chargées de la communication en santé ellesmêmes se trompent sur leur sens. Les participants de cette étude ont expliqué que certains des mots liés à l’épidémie sont inacceptables sur le plan social et culturel. Ces mots sont perçus comme étant violents et offensants, surtout ceux associés à la mort. Par conséquent, beaucoup de gens rechignent à les employer. Les communicateurs en santé les remplacent par leurs propres explications enveloppées d’euphémismes. Ces alternatives peuvent parfois être incohérentes et vagues et causer des malentendus. Les personnes chargées de la communication en santé ont besoin de soutien pour traduire les termes liés à l’Ebola d’une manière harmonisée et acceptable pour la population locale. La teneur des informations communiquées pose, elle aussi, un problème. Les messages actuels sur l’Ebola ne communiquent que des informations et des consignes de base. Ils ne fournissent pas les éléments nécessaires qui pourraient aider les gens à comprendre pourquoi et comment la prévention et le traitement d’Ebola fonctionnent. Aussi, avec l’évolution de l'épidémie et de la stratégie d'intervention, les questions des gens ont changé. Les participants de cette étude ont demandé que des informations complexes et transparentes leur soient communiquées dans une langue et un style qui leur sont familiers. Ils veulent des explications approfondies sur les derniers développements. Or il manque aux communicateurs en santé les outils de communication et la formation adaptés à ces développements, d’où la difficulté qu’ils ont à fournir des réponses à la fois claires et cohérentes. Les malentendus et les contradictions qui en résultent sont source de confusion pour les populations, et le manque d’explications détaillées ne fait qu’exacerber les doutes et les frustrations." (Résumé, page 3-4) more

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CDC Clear Communication Index: A Tool for Developing and Assessing CDC Public Communication Products. User Guide

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2019), 32 pp.

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Building Narrative Power for Racial Justice and Health Equity

Corrina Wainwright

Open Society Foundations (2019), 30 pp.

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The Effectiveness of Using Entertainment Education Narratives to Promote Safer Sexual Behaviors of Youth: A Meta-Analysis, 1985-2017

Victor Orozco-Olvera, Fuyuan Shen, Lucie Cluver

Plos One, volume 14, issue 2: e0209969 (2019), 14 pp.

"Risky sexual behaviors are associated with the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancies, both major health concerns for youth worldwide. This review studies the effectiveness of narrated mass media programs in promoting safer sexual practices among youth in de ... more

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The Entertaining Way to Behavioral Change: Fighting HIV with MTV

Abhijit Banerjee, Eliana La Ferrara, Victor Orozco-Olvera

Washington, DC: World Bank Group (2019), 45 pp.

"This paper tests the effectiveness of an entertainment education television series, MTV Shuga, aimed at providing information and changing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Using a simple model, the paper shows that “edutainment” can work through an individual or a social channel. Th ... more

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Cell Phones as an Anticipatory Technology: Behind the Hype of Big Data for Ebola Detection and Containment

Ulf Engel, Richard Rottenburg (eds.)

Halle; Leipzig: University of Halle; University of Leipzig (2018), 17 pp.

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A Guide for the Media on Communicating in Public Health Emergencies

Genevieve Hutchinson, Jacqueline Dalton

London: BBC Media Action (2018), 30 pp.

"This manual provides tips for media practitioners on how to help audiences during health emergencies. It can be read in conjunction with BBC Media Action’s Lifeline Production Manual (available online) which provides more general guidance on how to communicate with people affected by humanitarian ... more

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How to write and talk about infant and young child feeding in emergencies

Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN); IFE Core Group; USAID (2018), 3 pp.

"The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for anyone involved in humanitarian assistance who produces communications on behalf of an organisation (e.g. press releases, social media, fund raising appeals) or engages with the media (e.g. interviews). It aims to support communications expert ... more