Entries by Amanda Berman | Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Senior Research Assistant

ICT, Monitoring and Research Sessions at the SBCC Summit

Over a year ago, at the height of the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, it was extremely difficult to get information about the situation on the ground, especially in remote areas of the country. We not only needed reliable data, but we needed it quickly. Given the situation, it wasn’t safe, nor was it feasible to […]

Geographic Information Systems and SBCC Research on Health COMpass

Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a form of research that is relatively  new to the Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) field. It can add tremendous insight and new perspectives to SBCC research. Consider, most recently, the Ebola epidemic in Liberia – the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) is part of this response. Radio spots will […]