Social Change Communication

Compass has created this french language resource entitled "COVID-19: Ressources pour le changement social et comportemental". Access here: https://www.thecompassforsbc.org/trending-topics/covid-19-ressources-pour-le-changement-social-et-comportemental ...

Compass has a database of french language resources covering COVID-19 symptoms, prevention and much more. Includes TV spots and many other resources from multiple francophone countries. Access here: https://www.thecompassforsbc.org/language-resource/french ...

The ICRC, OCHA, and IFRC have created this guide entitled: How to Use Social Media to Better Engage People Affected by Crises. It is for a generic crisis but has applicable insights for the coronavirus pandemic. It can be accessed here:  https://ifrc-1.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/CEASocialmediaguide_WEB_IFRC_EN.pdf ...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization, BBC Media Action, and Internews participated in a webinar to advise journalists on how to convey and help their audiences understand response efforts such as self-isolation and quarantine during the current COVID-19 outbreak, and how to prevent transmission. A total of 170 journalists from around the world attended the webinar and asked questions about how to avoid creating fear or stigmatizing affected people, dealing with rumours and disinformation, and communicating prevention measures. Listen here: https://internews.org/updates/webinar-role-media-covering-covid-19-outbreak ...

Poster – What You Need to Know (CDC): Factsheets/posters for reuse. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/2019-ncov-factsheet.pdf Poster – Share Facts about COVID-19 (CDC): posters in different languages for reuse. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/share-facts-h.pdf Poster - Symptoms (CDC): accessible posters covering symptoms. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/COVID19-symptoms.pdf ...

Compass is providing articles, tools, and project examples for social and behavior change related to Coronavirus. https://www.thecompassforsbc.org/trending-topics/coronavirus ...

"When a novel with pandemic potential emerges, nonpharmaceutical interventions, which will be called community mitigation strategies in this document, often are the most readily available interventions to help slow transmission of the virus in communities. Community mitigation is a set of actions that personas and communities can take to help slow the spread of respiratory virus infection. Community mitigation is especially important before a vaccine or drug becomes widely available." Document for download ...

This e-learning resource by the organization Lifeology is designed for individuals with low health/science literacy to explain COVID-19. Each section is beautifully illustrated and describes different aspects of COVID-19, including how it is transmitted, the symptoms, and treatments, with a brief recap of important points after each section. The course is available in several different languages, including Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish. Click here to do the course The course is a series of digital illustrated flashcards organized into an interactive web experience. Lifeology aims at bringing together scientists or scientific organizations, science writers, and artists or visual storytellers. Read here on how the course was done ...

Entertainment education (“edutainment”) is a communication strategy that works through mass entertainment media with the aim of promoting a better context for behavior change than the delivery of information alone. We experimentally evaluate season 3 of the edutainment TV series MTV Shuga, produced by MTV Staying Alive Foundation and filmed in Nigeria. Shuga 3 consists of eight episodes of 22 minutes each. While the main focus of the series is HIV, a subplot involves a married couple with a violent husband. In this paper, we focus on this theme and assess the impact of Shuga on attitudes toward domestic violence. We find broadly positive effects. Moreover, the effect seems to be concentrated among people who recall the show and the narrative around the characters well, consistent with the idea of edutainment. Click here to read more ...

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This book presents a structured yet flexible methodology for developing intercultural competence in a variety of contexts, both formal and informal. Piloted around the world by UNESCO, this methodology has proven to be effective in a range of different contexts and focused on a variety of different issues. It, therefore, can be considered an important resource for anyone concerned with effectively managing the growing cultural diversity within our societies to ensure inclusive and sustainable development. Click here to read more ...

This a summary of an analytical study that can be found on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) website at this URL. Governmental engagement with citizens on issues that affect their daily lives can be critical for addressing development challenges across sectors. Yet distrust of government and/or the international community and their motives can hamper development efforts. The field of social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) holds lessons for actors seeking to address these challenges. By presenting many of the frequently-used practices from the SBCC field, this study aims to inform and strengthen USAID's work in Africa across sectors such as health, food security, conflict, economic growth, education, and the environment. Click here to read more ...