[afro-nets] C-Channel e-newsletter - December 2008

Dear Colleagues,

C-Channel is the e-newsletter from the C-Change program that features articles from the peer-reviewed literature about behavior change communication (BCC) and social change in the health sector. Readers in the developing world have access to the full content of articles in many cases.

The December 2008 issue features three articles on HIV and AIDS, two on family planning, two on malaria prevention, and two about behavior change in the broader health arena. The HIV and AIDS articles include an examination of wealth and sexual behavior among Cameroonian men; an assessment of the differences in the efficacy of various HIV prevention interventions among Latin Americans based on education, gender and nationality; and a look at consistent condom use and partner type among men in western Kenya. The family planning articles explore use of birth control methods to postpone pregnancy that is different than spacing; and a study in Brazil of male involvement in couple's contraceptive options. The malaria articles describe the development of a BCC strategy to support treatment of malaria in infants in Tanzania and progress toward ownership and use of nets to combat malaria in four African countries. One of the final two articles looks at how to increase health care use by male adolescents and the other describes a CDC project that offers tools to assist local creative developers incorporate BCC messages into the storylines of serial dramas and soap operas for TV and radio.

Thank you,

The Knowledge Management Team at C-Change