The Belgian Development Agency’s C4D manual allows development projects to incorporate Communication for Development in their activities to obtain better results. It provides a brief overview of the conceptual framework and offers concrete tools to formulate, plan and implement a communication strategy as part of the intervention’s life cycle. Good practice cases complete the framework.
The guide is for communication officers and for all project and programme officers. It also serves as a reference for external communication consultants.
‘Communication en matière de santé pour les gestionnaires’ – Global Health eLearning Center (Centre eLearning pour la santé mondiale) session de formation en ligne
Les interventions de communication en matière de santé efficaces représentent un élément essentiel des programmes de santé publique.
La recherche montre que la communication interactive basée sur la théorie qui suit un processus prouvé de conception et de mise en œuvre peut augmenter les connaissances, changer les attitudes et les normes, et produire des changements dans un vaste éventail de comportements.
Ce cours vise à accroître la compréhension de l’apprenant des principes fondamentaux de la communication en matière de santé. Il inclut également des conseils pour gérer les projets de communication en matière de santé, une orientation sur la manière de déterminer la qualité des interventions et les documents, et des liens aux preuves de l’efficacité des programmes de communication en matière de santé.
‘Health Communication for Managers’ – Global Health eLearning Center’s online training session
Effective health communication interventions are an essential component of public health programming.
Research shows that theory-driven, interactive communication that follows a proven process for design and implementation can increase knowledge, shift attitudes and norms, and produce changes in a wide range of behaviors.
This course aims to increase the learner’s understanding of the basic principles of health communication. It also includes tips for managing health communication projects, guidance on how to determine quality of interventions and materials, and links to evidence of the effectiveness of health communication programs.
Communicating with children: using an integrated approach [hand-washing in Indonesia] (UNICEF 2011)
In their 2011 publication, ‘Communicating with children’, UNICEF consider how children process and experience learning, using the example of their ‘Let’s Wash Hands’ poster.
“The poster “Let’s Wash Hands” was developed for school-aged children during a capacity-building workshop on holistic child development in Indonesia.The group chose a girl to be the model for a photo-based poster; broke down steps for a correct hand-washing sequence (wet, soap, scrub well, rinse); used a catchy rhyme with each photo; and finished with the girl proudly holding out her clean hands. Supplementary activities included adapting the rhyme to a song to be sung at school or at home when washing hands.The poster integrated hygiene, early learning through rhyme and building self-confidence, especially of girls. It can be used as a model to teach a variety of skills to children as well as adults.”
For more details visit: http://www2.unicef.org:60090/cwc/cwc_58608.html