C-Channel 12 - from C-Change - Social and Behavior Change Communication
information from peer-reviewed journals
Dear Colleagues,
C-Channel No. 12, the monthly e-newsletter from C-Change, connects readers to current research findings in the peer-reviewed literature on social and behavior change communication (SBCC) in the health sector, particularly in the areas of family planning and reproductive health, HIV prevention, malaria prevention, antenatal care, maternal health, and gender norms. C-Change implements programs and conducts research in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe on SBCC in these health areas.Issue No. 12 highlights research on SBCC in: family planning/reproductive health (2 articles), HIV prevention and AIDS treatment (6 articles), integration of family planning/reproductive health programs into HIV prevention and care programs (2 articles), and malaria prevention in pregnancy (1 article) and covers research carried out in Iran, Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Uganda. The first article calls attention to the contribution by family planning programs to reducing maternal mortality throughout the developing world from 1990-2005.
C-Change/Ethiopia recently launched a malaria prevention campaign in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. The campaign approach is based on the Champion Community Model, which engages and motivates community members, at all levels, to work towards doable goals within a defined period of time. Based on this model, C-Change has formed and trained Community Mobilization Committee (CMC) volunteers. Each CMC sets the goal for their kebele (ward) on number of families that earn a Malaria Protection Sticker, and the community volunteers they have trained work towards that goal by going house-to-house, talking to community groups, and working with schools. To earn a Malaria Protection Sticker, families must carry out small, doable Essential Malaria Actions (EMA) to protect themselves against malaria. Final EMA messages were based on field pretests. Every family who earns a Malaria Protection Sticker is encouraged to mentor three other families, who in turn can earn the Sticker. This is one of the qualities of a true Champion Community--families, friends, and neighbors are always encouraging each other to succeed. See http://c-changeprogram.org/where-we-work/ethiopia/ for additional information.
Thank you,
The Knowledge Management Team at C-Change
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Reproductive Health/Family Planning
1. How increased contraceptive use has reduced maternal mortality
2. Reproductive health in Iran: Pragmatic achievements, unmet needs, and ethical challenges in a theocratic system
HIV and AIDS and Reproductive Health/Family Planning
3. Contraceptive use among HIV infected women attending Comprehensive Care Centre
4. Risky sexual practices among youth attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
HIV and AIDS
5. Public knowledge and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapy in Kabarole district, western Uganda
6. Impact of five years of peer-mediated interventions on sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya
7. Food insufficiency is associated with high-risk sexual behavior among women in Botswana and Swaziland
8. Milking the cow: Young women's construction of identity and risk in age-disparate transactional sexual relationships in Maputo, Mozambique
9. Behaviour change in clients of health centre-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing services in Kenya
10. An evaluation of awareness: Attitudes and beliefs of pregnant Nigerian women toward voluntary counseling and testing for HIV
Malaria
11. Effect of a community-based delivery of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy on treatment seeking for malaria at health units in Uganda
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