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Ranjani K.Murthy
May 8, 2024

What can we learn about reducing discrimination from supply of piped water and toilets at home?

Author: Ranjani K Murthy, May 8 2024 - It is clear that piped water and functioning toilets are a means for meeting the practical needs of women. However, they can address strategic gender (and other...

Svea Closser
May 8, 2024

An Anthropological History of Nepal's Female Community Health Volunteer Program: Gender, Policy, and Social Change

"For Nepal's FCHVs [female community health volunteers], it has been argued that their volunteer status is exactly what has earned them their community respect and trust...as payment would otherwise...

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May 8, 2024

Strengthening Social and Behavior Change for Family Planning in Fragile and Humanitarian Crisis Settings: A Landscape Analysis and Recommendations

"In all fragile and humanitarian crisis settings, people continue to have reproductive health needs....However, FP [family planning] continues to be under-prioritized in these contexts, and any pre-...

W. Douglas Evans
May 7, 2024

Effects of a Social Media Intervention on Vaping Intentions: Randomized Dose-Response Experiment

"This study provides evidence to support the idea that targeted campaign messages can directly impact attitudes, beliefs, and behavioral intentions focused on the content of those messages." The...

Deborah Watson-Jones
May 7, 2024

Engaging the Public in Decisions about Emergency Vaccine Deployment Strategies: Lessons from Scenario-based Discussions in Sierra Leone

"...the importance of engaging communities in the discussions around the design of emergency vaccine deployment strategies, rather than relegating public involvement solely to a question of building...

Jennifer Gayles
May 6, 2024

Balancing Quality, Intensity and Scalability: Results of a Multi-level Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention for Very Young Adolescents in Kinshasa

"[T]hese findings underscore the potential of even a light-touch intervention to improve knowledge, assets, and gender-equitable attitudes. " Growing consensus among researchers and public health...

Galina Solodunova
May 6, 2024

Drivers Influencing Childhood Immunization-Related Behaviours in Kyrgyzstan

"The family, family doctor, and paediatricians play a very important role in the decision to vaccinate a child. Parents who rate their communication with their paediatrician as positive and perceive...

John Nicholson
May 6, 2024

Technical Note: Formative Research to Inform Social and Behavior Change Programming Design

"Designing and implementing high-quality SBC programming in any sector is a systematic process." This technical note offers guidance on developing and designing a technically sound, actionable...

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Warren Feek
May 3, 2024

Social Media and Immunisation: Upping the Vacc Rates?

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May 3, 2024

Mother's Time - A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Intervention

"While depression and anxiety symptoms are associated with increased unmet need for FP [family planning] and low contraceptive use postpartum...

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May 3, 2024

Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Support Postpartum Mental Health and Family Planning in Ethiopia - Project Brief

"The impact of mental health on family planning (FP) is a complex issue that affects various aspects of reproductive health and family...

Venetia Baker
May 3, 2024

Evaluating the Intensity of Exposure to MTV Shuga, an Edutainment Program for HIV Prevention: Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern Cape, South Africa

"...greater engagement with a youth-focused edutainment campaign can improve HIV testing and prevention options in a setting and population...

Guy Berger
May 3, 2024

Press and Planet in Danger: Safety of Environmental Journalists - Trends, Challenges and Recommendations

"State and private actors, as well as criminal groups, have been known to intimidate, harass, or even physically harm journalists in an effort...

Breakthrough ACTION
May 2, 2024

Approaching Provider Behavior Change Monitoring and Evaluation with a Social-Ecological Lens: New Frontiers Brief

"The reality of service delivery is vastly complex, and applying a social-ecological lens to PBC [provider behaviour change] interventions...

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