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Social and Behavior Change Communication in Integrated Health Programs: A Scoping and Rapid Review
The aim of this review is to understand the nature and scope of social and behavior change communication in integrated health programs. This review includes informational interviews with individuals at organizations that are likely to have implemented integrated programs that have a SBCC component as well as a mapping of the existing peer-reviewed and grey literature about SBCC approaches in integrated programs.
Webinar on Capacity Strengthening Evaluation: What Role Can Outcome Harvesting Play?
This March 30, 2017 webinar featured an expert panel that discussed the challenges of evaluating capacity strengthening, what makes the outcome harvesting methodology unique and how outcome harvesting addresses some of the challenges of capacity strengthening evaluation.
Factors Impacting the Effectiveness of Health Care Worker Behavior Change: A Literature Review
To maximize the impact of SBCC activities among HCWs, program designers and implementers must first develop an awareness of the barriers and facilitators that effect HCWs in providing these services.
Factors Impacting the Effectiveness of Community Health Worker Behavior Change: A Literature Review
A key step in designing and implementing effective SBCC programs for CHWs is understanding the barriers and facilitators that effect CHWs in providing these services.
How to Get Published – A Conversation with Journal Editors Webinar
On May 11, HC3 hosted a University Initiative webinar/roundtable discussion among editors of communication journals. During a university needs assessment in 2013, HC3 identified some of the greatest challenges universities in […]
University Initiative Webinar – Models of University Engagement with Practice
University Initiative Webinar “Models of University Engagement with Practice” was held on November 25, 2014. It focused on how universities can strengthen their links to the community by working with […]
Propensity Score Matching
Propensity Score Matching (PSM) is a statistical technique that allows researchers to more accurately measure social and behavior change communication (SBCC) program impact and to make a strong case for […]
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Ideation
Ideation refers to how new ways of thinking (or new behaviors) are diffused through a community by means of communication and social interaction among individuals and groups. Behavior is influenced […]
Social Learning Theory
Social (or Observational) Learning Theory stipulates that people can learn new behaviors by observing others. Earlier learning theories emphasized how people behave in response to environmental stimuli, such as physical […]
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The Extended Parallel Processing Model
The Extended Parallel Processing Model (also widely known as Threat Management or Fear Management) describes how rational considerations (efficacy beliefs) and emotional reactions (fear of a health threat) combine to determine behavioral […]
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Health Communication in the Curriculum webinar
On September 5, 2014 the first HC3 University Initiative Webinar was conducted on Health Communication Pedagogy.
Gender Transformative Approaches
Gender transformative approaches (GTA) are programs and interventions that create opportunities for individuals to actively challenge gender norms, promote positions of social and political influence for women in communities, and address power inequities between persons of different genders.
Integrated Model of Communication for Social Change
The Integrated Model of Communication for Social Change (IMCFSC) describes an iterative process where a community engages in dialogue and collective action to produce social change and support improvements in the health and welfare of its members.
Blended Learning for Social and Behavior Change Communication Fact Sheet
Blended learning, or the use of a variety of media and learning environments to achieve mastery and application of knowledge and skills, is increasingly being used to build capacity in […]
Blended Learning for Social and Behavior Change Communication: A Literature Review
Blended learning, or the use of a variety of media and learning environments to achieve mastery and application of knowledge and skills, is increasingly being used to build capacity in […]
University Initiative Needs Assessment
An important focus of the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3), a USAID-funded global communication capacity building project, is to expand the role universities and training institutes play in local and […]
Theory of Planned Behavior
This research brief describes the Theory of Planned Behavior and when it should be used in designing social and behavior change communication programs. It also features a case study of […]
Diffusion of Innovations
This research brief describes the Diffusion of Innovations research model and when it should be used in designing social and behavior change communication programs. It also features a case study […]
