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Sexual-Health Communication Across and Within Cultures: The Clown Project, Guatemala

Anthony Savdié, Andrew Chetley

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 560-572

"The synergies created through the careful application of both organic and symbolic communication demonstrably reach those most vulnerable to the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS. The Clown Project uses labour-intensive face-to-face street theatre and dialogue, participatory workshops, and symbolic ... more

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Internet-Based Smoking-Cessation Aids for Young People: Practical Experience and Current Evidence. Documentation of a FCHE Workshop Held in Berlin, 18-19 September 2008

Peter Lang, Mareike Strunk

Cologne: Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) (2009), 95 pp.

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Cambodia Sentinel Survey 2008: Media Consumption (Radio, Television, Internet and Mobile Phone) and HIV and AIDS Information in the Media

Lizz Frost Yocum, Chiv Linna, By Ratana, Khim Narith (eds.)

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 ... more

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Healing the Messenger: A Journalist’s Trauma Booklet. Special Edition Kenya

Nairobi; Copenhagen: Kenya Association of Photographers, Illustrators and Designers; Kenya Correspondents Association; Kenya Union of Journalists; International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 38 pp.

"Providing counseling for reporters who have witnessed some of the worst things that can happen to humanity – with no tools to handle the emotional shock – was identified as one of the most imminent and crucial needs for support to Kenyan media practitioners in the aftermath of the disputed Dece ... more

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Untold: Stories in a Time of HIV & AIDS. Audience Reception and Capacity Building Report

Soul City (2009), 24 pp.

"The Untold films bear testimony to the success of the skills development element of this Regional Programme initiative. The fact that these television dramas were developed, written, directed and produced in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabw ... more

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Media Coverage of HIV/AIDS and TB Issues in Ethiopia: Challenges and Opportunities

Mekuria Meksaha

Kampala: Panos Eastern Africa (2009), viii, 46 pp.

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Panos Southern Africa’s Communicating HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa Project, 2005–2008

Jolly Kamwanga, Richard Mutemwa

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 ... more

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Media Messages and Public Health: A Decisions Approach to Content Analysis

Amy B. Jordan (ed.)

New York; London: Routledge (2009), xvii, 270 pp.

"Media Messages and Public Health addresses the full range of methodological and conceptual issues involved in content analysis research, specifically focused on public health-related messages and behaviors. Uniquely tailored to the challenges faced by content researchers interested in the study of ... more

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Achieving Polio Eradication: A Review of Health Communication Evidence and Lessons Learned in India and Pakistan

Rafael Obregón, Ketan Chitnis, Chris Morry, Warren Feek, Jeffrey Bates, Michael Galway, Ellyn Ogden

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 ... more

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FutureConnect: A Review of Social Networking Today, Tomorrow and Beyond and the Challenges for AIDS Communicators

Pete Cranston, Tim Davies (eds.)

South Orange, NJ: Communication for Social Change Consortium (2009), 74 pp.

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Getting the Story and Telling it Right: HIV on TV. A Handbook for Television Producers and Trainers
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K. P. Madhu, Mia Malan, Nanna Engebretsen, Moneeza Hashmi, Prerna Sharma, Shane Etzenhouser

Paris: UNESCO (2009), iv, 130 pp.

"In addition to access to scientific information on HIV and AIDS, TV producers need skills to use new information technologies; talent to hold the interest of the public audience and inspiration to report sensitively and creatively about HIV and AIDS. The effort is huge but it pays off when air-time ... more

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A 10-Year Systematic Review of HIV/AIDS Mass Communication Campaigns: Have We Made Progress?
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Seth M. Noar, Philip Palmgreen, Melissa Chabot, Nicole Dobransky, Rick S. Zimmerman

Journal of Health Communication, volume 14 (2009), pp. 15-42

"The purpose of the current study was to conduct a 10-year systematic review of HIV/AIDS mass communication campaigns focused on sexual behavior, HIV testing, or both (1998-2007) and to compare the results with the last comprehensive review of such campaigns, conducted by Myhre and Flora (2000). A c ... more

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Cine-Therapie / Film-Therapie. Eine erste Bibliographie

Caroline Amann

Hamburg: Universität Hamburg, Institut für Germanistik (2009), 10 pp.

"Darüber können viele, die in der Bildungsarbeit der Akademien versuchen, mit allgemeinem Publikum über Themen ins Gespräch zu kommen, die tabuisiert, traumatisiert, intimisiert oder sonstwie blockiert sind, berichten: Setzt man Filme als Katalysatoren des Gesprächs ein, wird es vielen möglich ... , über Dinge zu sprechen, die ihnen sonst unzugänglich sind. Und sie können anders darüber sprechen, als ermögliche der Film eine Spiegelung und dadurch eine Abmilderung der eigenen Behinderungen im Umgang mit einem Thema. Dass Psychiater sich dieser eigentümlichen Fähigkeit des Films versichert haben, sie zu therapeutischen Zwecken ausnutzen, nimmt nicht wunder. Zwar ist die Film- oder Cinetherapie erst seit wenigen Jahren auch Thema theoretischer Reflexion, doch spielt Film im therapeutischen Prozeß schon lange eine gewichtige Rolle. Film and andere Künste, müßte man ergänzen, weil gewisse Spielformen der narrativen Therapie, die Bibliotherapie und die Kunsttherapie sehr viel längere Traditionen auch theoretischer Reflexion kennt, manchmal zur Grundlage ganzer Therapieformen geworden ist. Filmtherapie ist auch für den Filmwissenschaftler von höchstem Interesse, zeigt sich doch hier Aneignung von Filmen an einer signifikanten Grenze. Ist es Aufgabe einer Rezeptionstheorie oder -ästhetik des Films, die formalen Vorgaben, die ein Film als materiale und symbolische Vorgabe des Rezeptionsprozesses macht, in Beziehungen zu bringen mit den allgemeinen Bestimmungen, denen das Verhalten des Zuschauers unterworfen ist (ihn zu „positionieren“, die „Zuschauerrolle“ als textuell-dominierte Rolle zu skizzieren oder ähnlich), so ist das individuell-empirische Urteil eines Zuschauers, die sozialen oder biographischen Bezüge, die er dazu aktiviert, gerade nicht Aufgabe der Filmtheorie. Filme eröffnen Potentiale von Bedeutungen, sind anschließbar an diverse Rezeptionshorizonte, die ihrerseits wieder signifikant sein können (als klassenspezifische readings etwa, als Dekodierungen, die auf Distanz zu den angebotenen Deutungsmustern gehen - die Cultural Studies handelt zentral von solchen Differenzierungen -, oder als Differenzierungen der Zuschauer hinsichtlich ihrer „cineastischen“ Orientierungen und Vorlieben). All dieses ist aber ebenfalls nicht vom einzelnen abhängig. Für die Therapie dagegen steht nun aber das Besondere des jeweiligen Patienten im Zentrum, das Besondere seiner Auslegungen, Impressionen, Assoziationen, Urteile, das Besondere auch in Form des Nicht-Wahrnehmens, des Vergessens und Übersehens. Darum markiert das psychotherapeutische Projekt der Cinetherapie eine höchst interessante Grenze der filmischen Arbeit an Strukturen des filmischen Textes, die das Ausgangsmaterial je indivdueller und zumindest zum Teil subjektiver Aneignungen bilden. Darum auch ist eine Kasusistik eine der ersten und allgemeinsten Teildisziplinen der Cinetherapie. Dass Prozesse der Übertragung hier ebenso große Bedeutung einnehmen wie Prozesse der in allgemeiner Therapie, und dass es opportun ist, Strategien der Verdrängung, Sublimierung, Blockierung etc. beim Umgang mit filmischen Materialien anzunehmen, wie sie im Umgang mit primärere Erfahrung auch verfolgt werden, erscheint insgesamt evident zu sein." (Seite 1) more

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TV Soap Operas in HIV Education: Reaching Out with Popular Entertainment
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Stuart Adams

Eschborn: German HIV Peer Review Group (PRG); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2009), 38 pp.

"This publication looks closely at cases where Germany has supported the production and broadcast of television soap operas as key components of Behavior Change Communication (BCC) in three very different countries with three very different HIV epidemics: In Kyrgyzstan, the epidemic is largely conce ... ntrated among injecting drug users (IDUs), mostly young males but some female sex workers. It is spreading rapidly and there is concern it could soon spread into the general population. Originally broadcast in 2006, "Love as a Test" aims to get across messages that HIV affects not only "them" but could easily affect you and your loved ones and there are things you can do to prevent its spread and reduce its harm. In Dominican Republic, there are extremely high rates of HIV prevalence among ethnic Haitians who live in bateyes (settlements on agricultural plantations), rural areas and urban barrios. Originally broadcast in 2007, "Amor de Batey" aims to promote the consistent and correct use of low-cost but reliable condoms and, also, to empower women, improve their health and reduce child mortality. In Côte d'Ivoire, there are high rates of HIV prevalence throughout the country but much higher rates among women than men. Contributing factors include the common practice of having multiple concurrent sexual relations and low levels of education and specific knowledge about sexual and reproductive health. Originally broadcast in 1994, "SIDA dans la Cité" has aims similar to those of "Amor de Batey." The first series proved so successful that it lead to a second series, originally broadcast in 1996-97, and then to a third, originally broadcast in 2003. All three series have proved popular throughout French-speaking West and Central Africa. This publication shows how each series was developed, provides brief synopses, summarizes the results of formal evaluations and provides informal assessments. It draws lessons and concludes that television soap operas can make significant contributions to national responses to HIV. The most successful series are based on sound research, reflect the realities of life as it is lived by their target audiences, and are developed in a professional manner that ensures they meet high standards both as entertainment and as educational tools." (Executive summary, page 5) more

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HIV and AIDS Advocacy & Media Relations: Handbook for Religious Leaders

James Cairns (ed.)

New York: Religions for Peace (2008), 51 pp.

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The Invisible People: A Practical Guide for Journalists on How to Include Persons with Disabilities

Cape Town: Secretariat of the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (SADPD) (2008), 25 pp.

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PMI Communication and Social Mobilization Guidelines

Washington, DC: President's Malaria Initiative (2008), 60 pp.

"Achieving and maintaining the goals of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and of national malaria programs depend on correct and consistent use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), acceptance of indoor residual spraying (IRS), and adherence to treatment and prevention therapies. Past malaria ... more

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Feel! Think! Act! A Guide to Interactive Drama for Sexual and Reproductive Health with Young People
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Brighton: International HIVAIDS Alliance (2008), 188 pp.

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Soul Buddyz Tomorrow is Ours: Evaluation Report 2008

Dunkeld West: Soul City Institute (2008), 24 pp.

"Soul Buddyz, an initiative of the Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication (IHDC), in partnership with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), is a multi-media intervention targeting children aged 8 to 14 in South Africa. The intervention is focused on the promotion o ... more

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Interviewing & Counselling at the Grassroots: A Manual for People in Developing Countries Wishing to Improve Their Interviewing and Counselling Skills

Maeve Moynihan (ed.)

Amsterdam: Networklearning (2008), 37 pp.

"This manual is, firstly, about Interviewing (Section Two). This is the art and skill of getting the information you need from someone. Information may be facts – perhaps those needed to register a new client - or you might want to go further, looking perhaps for an understanding of the new contac ... more

Getting the Story and Telling it Right: HIV on TV. A Handbook for Television Producers and Trainers Key Guidance

A 10-Year Systematic Review of HIV/AIDS Mass Communication Campaigns: Have We Made Progress? Top Insights

TV Soap Operas in HIV Education: Reaching Out with Popular Entertainment Top Insights

Feel! Think! Act! A Guide to Interactive Drama for Sexual and Reproductive Health with Young People Key Guidance

Getting the Story and Telling it Right: HIV on TV. A Handbook for Television Producers and Trainers
Key Guidance

A 10-Year Systematic Review of HIV/AIDS Mass Communication Campaigns: Have We Made Progress?
Top Insights

TV Soap Operas in HIV Education: Reaching Out with Popular Entertainment
Top Insights

Feel! Think! Act! A Guide to Interactive Drama for Sexual and Reproductive Health with Young People
Key Guidance