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Can Mass Media Interventions Reduce Child Mortality?
Lancet, volume 386, issue 9988 (2015), pp. 97-100
"Many people recognise that mass media is important in promoting public health but there have been few attempts to measure how important. An ongoing trial in Burkina Faso (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01517230) is an attempt to bring together the very different worlds of mass media and epidemiology: to me
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Can Radio Drama Improve Child Health and Nutrition in Somalia?
London: BBC Media Action (2015), 11 pp.
"1. Radio, particularly BBC Somali, is an effective medium for reaching people in remote areas of Somalia who are typically hard to reach, including the poorest [...] 2. Drama has been shown to have a particularly powerful role in encouraging audiences to absorb new and relevant information. Tragic
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Understanding the Role of mHealth and Other Media Interventions for Behavior Change to Enhance Child Survival and Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Evidence Review
Journal of Health Communication, volume 19, issue suppl. 1 (2014), pp. 164-189
"This article summarizes evidence for technological advances associated with population-level behavior changes necessary to advance child survival and healthy development in children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries. After a rigorous evidence selection process, the authors as
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Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Mass Media Interventions for Child Survival in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Journal of Health Communication, volume 19, issue suppl. 1 (2014), pp. 190-215
"Through a systematic review of the literature, this article summarizes and evaluates evidence for the effectiveness of mass media interventions for child survival. To be included, studies had to describe a mass media intervention; address a child survival health topic; present quantitative data fro
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Behaviour Change Communication Targeting Four Health Behaviours in Developing Countries: A Review of Change Techniques
Social Science & Medicine, volume 75 (2012), pp. 612-621
"Behaviour change communication is vital for increasing the enactment of particular behaviours known to promote health and growth. The techniques used to change behaviour are important for determining how successful the intervention is. In order to integrate findings from different interventions, we
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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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Ayudando a crecer: Información de referencia sobre el desarrollo integral de niñas y niños menores de seis años
Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) (2003), xxiii, 317 pp.
"Este manual, dirigido a periodistas y medios masivos de comunicación de América Latina y el Caribe, tiene O como propósito el apoyarles en su esfuerzo por incorporar información sobre la salud en su rutina periodística. El manual ha sido concebido como un documento de referencia y una herramie
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Saúde em pauta: Doença e qualidade de vida no olhar da imprensa sobre a infância
Brasilia; São Paulo: ANDI Agência de Notícias dos Direitos da Infância; Cortez Editora (2003), 146 pp.
Public Health Communication: Evidence for Behaviour Change
Mahwah, New Jers.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2002), xv, 435 pp.
"This volume argues the case that public health communication has affected health behavior. It brings together 16 studies of large-scale communication in a variety of substantive health areas--tobacco, drugs, AIDS, family planning, heart disease, childhood disease, highway safety--prepared by the au
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Notes from the Field in Communication for Child Survival
Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development (AED); USAID (1993), x, 246 pp.
"This book presents practical lessons from 15 years of experience on the part of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in promoting the health of infants and children in developing countries. It has been compiled by the Academy for Education Development which conducts the Communicati
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Social Mobilisation and Social Marketing in Developing Communities: Lessons for Communicators
Penang: Southbound (1992), 208 pp.
"This book provided the best synthesis of social marketing and social mobilization theory and practice in international development, as it stood in the 1990s. At the time it was written, no other source provided such a comprehensive review backed-up by extremely useful bibliographies as well as proj
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Communication for Child Survival
Washington, DC: USAID; Academy for Educational Development (AED); Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (1988), viii, 144 pp.
