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UNICEF: Participación comunitaria frente al Coronavirus (COVID-19)

May 12, 2020

Orientaciones para promover una comunicación basada en la participación comunitaria frente al Coronavirus (COVID-19) desde Unicef Guatemala.

Ver aqui: https://www.scribd.com/document/456594923/Participacion-comunitaria-frente-al-Coronavirus-COVID-19?fbclid=IwAR16CNC-m_eidNLPPGSZffcfpd4FNAaVfF8-_gAPjzdsheOFRspHraJRNxI

Filed Under: [D] COMMUNITY LEVEL, *APPROACHES, *AREAS, Awareness Raising, COVID-19, CWC (Communicating with Communities), Guatemala, Guidance, Participation, Public Health Communication, Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC), Spanish/Español, UNICEF

How Can Evidence Bolster Citizen Action? Learning and Adapting for Accountable Public Health in Guatemala ( Accountability Research Center, Accountability Note 2. 2018)

May 31, 2018

Most theories of change in the field of transparency and accountability assume that scientifically rigorous evidence increases the possibility of influencing officials and decision-makers. Generating this evidence has been the work of academic experts. Over the last decade, the Centro de Estudios para la Equidad y la Gobernanza de los Sistemas de Salud (the Center for the Study of Equity and Governance in Health Systems, or CEGSS) has considered the question of how to use evidence to influence authorities and promote participation by users of public services in rural indigenous municipalities of Guatemala.

The author’s initial approach relied on producing rigorous evidence through the surveying of health care facilities using random samples. However, when presented to authorities, this type of evidence did not have any influence on them. In the follow-up phases, the author gradually evolved the approach to employ other methods to collect evidence (such as ethnography and audiovisuals) that are easier to grasp by the non-expert public and the users of public services. The involvement of users of services in evidence collection was accompanied by civic action strategies to engage with authorities in the resolution of problems. Throughout a decade of work, it was learned that methods for gathering evidence that draw in participation from the wider community, that help communities to tell their stories, and that facilitate collective action among service users tend to be the most powerful to influence responsiveness from authorities at local and regional levels of government.

In addition, using participatory approaches to generating and interpreting evidence fosters pedagogical processes of civic action that empower service users by activating their roles as citizens and voters. This process has been used to open space for negotiating the allocation of public resources with authorities at different governance levels.

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Filed Under: Civic Education, Guatemala, Health, Participation, Publications (published in print and/or online), Research Communication & Uptake, Rural Development, Voice and Accountability

Social Norms and Girls’ Well-Being: Linking Theory and Practice Report (Data2X, 2017)

April 14, 2018

This report initially reviews the landscape of theory around social norms (“Theory”). It then investigates two projects that have facilitated change around norms and practices of female genital cutting (FGC) and child marriage: Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program (CEP) in West Africa and Population Council’s Abriendo Oportunidades (“Opening Opportunities”; AO) project in Latin America (“Practice”).

The report concludes by discussing the implications of both theory and practice for the future of social norms change (“The Way Forward”).

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Filed Under: Children, Guatemala, Health, Publications (published in print and/or online), Senegal, Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC), Social Norms, Social Norms Analysis Tagged With: Child marriage, FGM/C, Girls

How Can Evidence Bolster Citizen Action? Learning and Adapting for Accountable Public Health in Guatemala (Accountability Research Center/CEGSS Accountability Note, 2018)

March 19, 2018

Most theories of change in the field of transparency and accountability assume that scientifically rigorous evidence increases the possibility of influencing officials and decision-makers. Generating this evidence has been the work of academic experts. Over the last decade, the Centro de Estudios para la Equidad y la Gobernanza de los Sistemas de Salud (the Center for the Study of Equity and Governance in Health Systems, or CEGSS) has considered the question of how to use evidence to influence authorities and promote participation by users of public services in rural indigenous municipalities of Guatemala.

The initial approach relied on producing rigorous evidence through the surveying of health care facilities using random samples. However, when presented to authorities, this type of evidence did not have any influence on them. In the follow-up phases, they gradually evolved the approach to employ other methods to collect evidence (such as ethnography and audiovisuals) that are easier to grasp by the non-expert public and the users of public services. The involvement of users of services in evidence collection was accompanied by civic action strategies to engage with authorities in the resolution of problems. Throughout a decade of work, CEGSS learned that methods for gathering evidence that draw in participation from the wider community, that help communities to tell their stories, and that facilitate collective action among service users tend to be the most powerful to influence responsiveness from authorities at local and regional levels of government.

Click here for full publication.

Filed Under: Guatemala, Health, Participation, Publications (published in print and/or online), Research Communication & Uptake

Malaria Social & Behavior Change Communication National Strategies (collected and mapped by HC3 2016)

October 16, 2016

HC3 has analyzed, collected and mapped a number of national malaria communication strategies. A number of countries are updating their malaria communication strategies as they prepare concept notes for the Global Fund. The strategies include those written both and after 2010 as well as current strategies.

Click here to access this resource.

Filed Under: Behaviour Change Communication, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Colombia, Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Health, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Publications (published in print and/or online), Rwanda, Senegal, Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC), Somalia, Suriname, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Communication strategies, HC3, Malaria

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