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HCMN News – August 2008
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UNESCO News Media Education Kit
How can the media promote education for all? Where are the most reliable sources for journalists? What are the stories behind the statistics? UNESCO has developed a media training resource, ‘Education Makes News’, to help journalists tackle these questions.
Check it out on the UNESCO web site at:
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal/download/mtk/2006/data/resource/coursePDF/PrintVersion/EFA_CoursePDF_PrintVersion.pdf
UK Poster to Tackle Prostitution (from BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7384006.stm
A poster to get men to think twice about paying for sex with women who may have been trafficked has been launched. The government pilot in Nottingham and the borough of Westminster tells men sleeping with a woman forced to work in the sex industry makes them a rapist.
A review in January set out to examine how to reduce demand for prostitution. Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker described trafficking as "a vile and evil trade" and said sex buyers must be made to think about their actions.
The poster, which will be placed in gents' toilets in pubs and clubs, will be supported by an online advertising campaign. It shows a brothel entrance with the caption: "Walk in a punter. Walk out a rapist." It also urges men who discover a woman they believe may have been trafficked: "If you're man enough, call Crimestoppers."
Mr Coaker added: "These women are being treated as commodities and are sold, controlled and exploited by others for a profit. This is totally unacceptable.
"The advertising campaign we are launching today should help draw attention to the plight these women face and make men think again about what they are doing."
The peak age for men buying sex is 34, about half of whom are in a relationship, a 2007 report showed.
YOUTH INFONET #45
The Interagency Youth Working Group (IYWG) is pleased to announce Youth InfoNet 45. This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features 16 program resources with Web links, and 11 journal article summaries on research from Brazil, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, United States, and Zambia. You can read the issue at:
For copies or questions about resources mentioned in Youth InfoNet, please use the contact information supplied with each item. Back issues of Youth InfoNet can be accessed at:
To receive the full version of future issues via email, please send a request to youthwg@fhi.org.
Gender Approach in the Analysis of VHIDEO America: A VIH Prevention Spot Recollection
This presentation is from an event sponsored by PAHO in May. It analyzes the gender perspectives of a series of TV spots on HIV/AIDS.
http://www.paho.org/english/dd/ikm/VIDEOAMERICA8.ppt
Watch the spots themselves online below:
BodyLove Project
BodyLove is the soap opera that is good for you. Developed by faculty and students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, BodyLove is a radio drama that reaches African American listeners with messages to promote healthy lifestyles. The program uses the technique of modeling healthy and unhealthy behaviors and their consequences. To date, 83 episodes have been produced and broadcast on radio stations in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi. They can also be streamed on-demand from three stations in Birmingham, Alabama. Please visit www.bodylove.org for more information.
Click here to view an episode: http://www.infoforhealth.org/short_url/?4p2x5
1. BodyLove:
BodyLove began in 2002 as a 10 episode, one radio station program. Through funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it grew to an 83 episode, 15 station project and is now broadcast in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi. Each 15-minute episode is usually followed by a 45-minute talk period where listeners speak to local health experts for information and/or referals to local health resources. The talk-period is also used to highlight local health events, clinics and other community health promotion opportunities.
The stories in BodyLove center around 3 families in a community. Vanessa and Roz operate the beauty salon called BodyLove. Characters struggle to prevent or manage chronic diseases prevalent among African-American adults. While the primary focus is diabetes, the stories also address hypertension, stroke, kidney disease, depression, alcoholism, gun violence and other critical issues. The program is based upon the principles of "entertainment-education" that have been recommended for reaching audiences not reached by traditional health education and health promotion messages.
The primary mechanism for changing behavior is modeling by the characters within the stories of BodyLove. Rosalyn and Fadelia, two main characters, manage their diabetes in very different ways that have life threatening consequences. By demonstrating strategies for changing from unhealthy to healthy behaviors, BodyLove increases confidence among listeners that they can attempt such changes. BodyLove motivates listeners to change.
Five of the current stations in Alabama report a listenership of 20,000 per quarter hour during the period that they broadcast BodyLove.
2. Target Audience:
The target audience is African American adults living in resource-poor communities who are at increased risk for diabetes and other chronic diseases because of constrained resources and limited access to information. This includes the elderly, those with limited health literacy, and those in poor rural and urban areas.
Those involved in keeping BodyLove on the air are the small staff at Media for Health, a hands-on Board of Directors, exceptional actors, writers, directors and studio engineers, local program hosts and health experts and enthusiastic radio stations. With this network, BodyLove reaches thousands of listeners, many of whom call in each week asking questions about their health and giving testimony to their loyalty to the show.
3. Goals:
The organizational goals of Media for Health are to:
- Keep BodyLove on the air in our long-standing communities.
- Expand the number of stations and communities in which the show is broadcast.
- Evaluate its impact in every community to the extent possible.
The specific evaluation goals of BodyLove are to:
- Increase listener's knowledge about diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease and their common behavioral risk factors.
- Promote positive attitudes and greater confidence among listeners with regard to adopting healthier behaviors.
- Motivate listeners to adopt healtheir behaviors specifically in the areas of diet, physical activity, smoking cessation, and stress management.
- Link listeners with local resources that can help them prevent and manage chronic disease.
4. Measuring Effectiveness:
Our evaluations to date suggest that the program is well received and is perceived to be exerting some influence on people’s behavior. Data were collected from a panel of 95-162 radio listeners after every 20 episodes. On a five point scale (poor/fair/good/very good/excellent), 52% to 67% rated the program very good to excellent at each survey point. Forty three percent said they have adjusted their schedules to listen to BodyLove. When asked to indicate the level of influence (0-100%) on a number of health related behaviors most listeners indicated that listening to BodyLove had a very high level of influence (greater than 70% influence) on talking about diabetes, getting screened for diabetes, getting screened for high blood pressure, starting to exercise, and starting a healthier diet. Listening was reported to have a moderate to high level of influence (greater than 50%) on talking about and getting screened for depression.
5. Funders and Supporters:
In partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, BodyLove is supported through funding from many local and national charitable foundations, including:
• AMA Foundation
• American Diabetes Foundation
• Joseph S. Bruno Charitable Foundation
• Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
• Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta
• Calhoun County Community Foundation
• Central Alabama Community Foundation
• EyeSight Foundation of Alabama
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
• Project Safe Neighborhoods
• University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
• Jefferson County Department of Health
• Junior League of Birmingham
• Alabama State Council on the Arts
• Wiregrass Foundation
• Hugh Kaul Foundation
• Robert R. Meyer Foundation
• Hill Crest Foundation
• Daniel Foundation of Alabama
6. Publicity and Press Coverage:
On April 11, 2008 BodyLove was featured on the front page of the LA Times, with re-prints in the Baltimore Sun, the Orlando Sentinel, the Anniston Star and others. The series also receives regular print and television coverage in it’s local markets. On May 7 Birmingham's Fox affiliate spend three hours at Boutwell Studios taping their live morning show while BodyLove Episode 83 was recorded. We were featured in the Dothan Eagle on July 1, 2008 and on their ABC affiliate on June 26, 2008.
BodyLove was recently the lead feature in newsletters of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, MissionWise, the Kaiser Health Disparities Report and Medical News Today. One of the more interesting blogs, http://www.blakesnyder.com/2008/04/14/tell-a-story-save-lives/ , is by screenwriters on the use of BodyLove stories to change lives.
7. Organizational Description:
Media for Health is a private non-profit organization formed in September, 2006 to produce, promote and distribute BodyLove. It is governed by a 15 member Board of Directors with a wide range of experiences and expertise, including health promotion, primary care medicine, health communications, legal, accounting, marketing, media buying, and radio production. The organization is supported by charitable foundations and radio sponsorships.
[Thanks to Betsy Hunter, Executive Director - Media for Health for all this information. Betsy can be contacted at betsy@mediaforhealth.org
New Materials in the M/MC Database
Visit the M/MC web site to view or search for other materials - http://www.m-mc.org.
Welcome to HCMN! – Please welcome the following new members
1) Betsy Hunter
Executive Director - Media for Health
Birmingham, AL USA
betsy@mediaforhealth.org
Media for Health produces BodyLove -- the soap opera that is good for you. Developed by faculty and students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, BodyLove is a radio drama that reaches African American listeners with messages to promote healthy lifestyles. To date, 83 episodes have been produced and broadcast on radio stations in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi. They can also be streamed on-demand from three stations in Birmingham, Alabama. Please visit www.bodylove.org for more information.
2) Janayna Albino
External Relations Assistant, Family Care International
New York, NY
jalbino@familycareintl.org
Interests: HIV/AIDS, Maternal/Child Health, Reproductive Health
FCI is dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safer around the world. We work to:
* Ensure access to quality maternal and newborn health care;
* Help women and girls to prevent and manage unintended pregnancy;
* Promote the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people and other underserved groups;
* Reduce the spread of HIV, especially among women and young people.
FCI advances its work by:
* Strengthening national and international commitment and resources for people-centered policies and programs, and encouraging action through the exchange of information and experience.
* Building the capacity of partners in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean to design, implement, and evaluate national strategies and model programs.
Integral to both these strategies is the production of quality and comprehensive advocacy and education materials that reinforce programmatic efforts.
3) Linda Rhoda
South African TB Vaccine Initiative, UCT
Cape Town, South Africa
Interests: Infectious Diseases
The South African TB Vaccine Initiative of the University of Cape Town,South Africa tests new TB vaccines. I am the Communications Manager.
4) Amanda Goetz
Communications Program Manager - SuperSibs!
Rolling Meadows, USA
Interests: Adolescent Health
SuperSibs! is a national non profit that works to ensure that the brothers and sisters of children with cancer are honored, supported and recognized.
5) Dr.C.Satish Babu
Executive Secretary - Global Vision,
SECUNDERABAD, India
Interests: Adolescent Health, Child Survival, Environment, General Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Trafficking, Infectious Diseases, Maternal/Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health, Safe Water, Sanitation/Hygiene
Awareness creation at grass root level on various health issues through health communication
6) Adamu Musa Okonkwo
DRAMA SPECIALIST - GOMBE RADIO,
GOMBE, NIGERIA
Interests: Democracy & Governance, Environment, HIV/AIDS, Sanitation/Hygiene, Awareness creation
7) UMAR BABA KUMO
COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST - GOMBE STATE ACTIION COMMITTEE ON HIV/AIDS
GOMBE, NIGRIA
Interests: HIV/AIDS, Behavioral Change Communication
8) Jamie
Gonzaga University,
Spokane, WA USA
Interests: Infectious Diseases, Safe Water, Sanitation/Hygiene
Health education, water sanitation development in developing countries.
9) Lila Jane Mabe
Development Associate - The Children's Aid Society,
New York, USA
Interests: General Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health
Our organization has three distinct programs: 1) GoKids!, which introduces health, nutrition and exercise to children; 2) The Carerra Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program; and 3) Community Schools, which provide physical, mental and dental health services within schools.
10) Catherine Slater
Operations Manager - Marie Stopes Sierra Leone,
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Interests: Gynecology & Obstetrics, HIV/AIDS, Maternal/Child Health, Reproductive Health
Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS
11) Carrie Beatty
Communications Coordinator - Niagara Region Public Health,
Thorold, Canada
Interests: General Health
Public Health department of an upper tier regional government. Niagara Region Public Health is committed to the public health needs of our community. We demonstrate this commitment through health protection.
12) Amit Ranjan
Avidya Vimukti Sansthan,
Giridih, India
Interests: Child Survival, Environment, HIV/AIDS, Maternal/Child Health, Safe Water, Sanitation/Hygiene
We are an organization working in the remote areas of India in Giridih. We look into the well being of the children and monitor their health. We build capacities of communities to tackle diseases affecting people with special emphasis on diseases affecting mother and children.
13) Marco Meneses
CEO - International Health and Education for Dem.,
West Palm Beach, USA
Interests: Child Survival, Democracy & Governance, Maternal/Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health
MISSION: The idea with this group is to share ideas and experiences that members have about health promotion, nutrition, community education and mobilization in different parts of the world.
TOPICS:
Improving local health practices
Community transformation (community organization, development and mobilization)
Community Education, participation and Health Promotion
Addressing gender inequalities
Solve local problems in a way that produce sustainable change
Developing/strengthening relationships and dialogue with the community
Stimulating community interest in food, health and nutrition
Training of Community Health workers
Nutrition, maternal health and child survival
Health Literacy.
HIV-AIDS Social marketing promoting credible and relevant positive messages to enhance HIV-AIDS prevention.
14) Abdul Abdallah
Associate Director Strategic Behaviour Communication - Family Health International,
Abuja, Nigeria
15) Yusuf Wakili Yola
Reporter - Kano State Television ctv44,
Kano, Nigeria
Interests: General Health
News Reporting on Health Matters including a special reports in addition to 25 minute weekly programmes.
16) Noah Nash
Child Vision Services-Ghana,
Accra, Ghana
I work in a research institution that handles children. I also work as a freelance journalist.
17) Abhishek Jain
Senior Technical Officer SBC - Family Health International,
Mumbai, India
Interests: Adolescent Health, Domestic Violence, HIV/AIDS, Human Trafficking, Maternal/Child Health, Reproductive Health
18) Andrew
Community Health Promotion Manager - IRC,
Nairobi, Kenya
Interests; Adolescent Health, Child Survival, Domestic Violence, Environment, General Health, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Maternal/Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health, Safe Water,
Sanitation/Hygiene
My organization is relief organization dealing with conflict affected populations and providing life saving services.
19) Jenn Hofmann
Program Director - Nomad Charities,
Kibwezi, Kenya
Interests: HIV/AIDS
Nomad Charities works to alleviate poverty and to educate the District of Kibwezi, Kenya about HIV/AIDS, nutrition, STDs, women's health etc. We also completed a solar powered orphanage, the only solar powered orphanage in all of Kenya.
20) Afonso Real Garcia
Cacuaco Pre University Center,
Luanda, Angola
Interests: Adolescent Health
As a teacher I deal with young people, teaching Moral and Religion,
21) Olaniran Ademola
Policy Analysis and Development Initiative,
ABUJA, Nigeria
Interests: Adolescent Health. Organizing outreach and training of peer educators
22) Sumon Kalyan Saha
Program Officer - Family Health International,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Interests: HIV/AIDS
We have developed a Training Manual for Peer Educators, Outreach workers and Project staff. The manual called “Peer Education and Outreach for HIV Prevention”. I am one of the co-authors of the training manual. Even though we have developed numbers of communication and outreach materials for HIV prevention like in print materials – Flip chart, Flash cards, pocket booklet, photo diary, comic book, posters, calendar, information sheet, leaflet and in electronic materials video film, interfaith TV talk show. We are the pioneer of developing communication materials in Bangladesh.
23) Cheryl Grove
WIC Coordinator - Alaska Family Services WIC Program,
Wasilla Alaska, United States
Interests: Domestic Violence, General Health, Maternal/Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health
Alaska Family Services is a 501(c) 3 non-profit social service agency with many programs that collaborate to strengthen families who are: coping with an immediate crisis, seeking safety from domestic violence or sexual assault, stretching their family budget, coping with addiction and working to avoid substance abuse, seeking healthy communication skills, and seeking health and social service referrals.
The Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) administered by AFS through the State of Alaska - DHSS grant funding, works collaboratively with Alaskan families to support and empower their desired goals for lifelong health and well being. We are currently reviewing and revising our nutrition education and health messages modeled after Touching Hearts, Touching Minds an emotionally based approach to nutrition education developed by Pam McCarty and the Massachusetts WIC Nutrition Program.
24) Dasha Brown
WIC Quality Improvement Coordinator - Alaska Family Services WIC program,
Wasilla, United States
Interests: Nutrition
Provide nutrition education, breastfeeding support and referrals to participants and their families.
25) DR.TARIQ PARVEZ
DIABETALOGIST/HEPATOLOGIST - BETHANIA HOSPITAL,
SIALKOT, PAKISTAN
Interests: Infectious Diseases
HI,I AM DR.TARIQ PARVEZ. I AM CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY DR. I AM DOING MY MISSIONARY WORK IN A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY HOSPITAL.IT IS A CHRITABLE HOSPITAL APPROVED BY THE GOVT OF PAKISTAN.I MAY REQUEST FOR HEALTH PROMTION MATERIAL FOR COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND MISSION OUT REACH PROGRAMMES.
26) Anita Gupta
Training Officer - Institute of Health Management Research,
Jaipur, India
Interests: Adolescent Health, HIV/AIDS, Maternal/Child Health, Reproductive Health, Safe Water
IHMR is a pioneer institute in the field of Health Management, Research and Training. I am working as training officer in IHMR. I am responsible for planning, marketing and logistic arrangements for the trainings.
27) Adriansyah Sinaga
Governmental Affairs - Premier Oil,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Interests: Adolescent Health, Child Survival, Democracy & Governance, Domestic Violence, Environment, General Health, Gynecology & Obstetrics, HIV/AIDS, Human Trafficking, Infectious Diseases, Maternal/Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health, Safe Water, Sanitation/Hygiene.
I'm working for an oil company, which the field is located at Natuna. As we concern about Community Development, one of the main task is to take care the health issue of local people in field.
28) Abubakr Sadiq Al-Hassan
Executive Producer - The Northern Star Communications,
Accra, Ghana
All aspects of preventive health
29) Guadalupe Ramirez
United States Peace Corps – Acornhoek, South Africa
Interests: HIV/AIDS
Peace Corps has an HIV/AIDS NGO capacity building initiative in South Africa. I am a volunteer at a microfinance who has been charged with developing an HIV/AIDS policy for the organization's staff and 20,000 clients.
30) Saula Volavola
Social Marketing Manager - National Centre for Health Promotion, Fiji
Interests: HIV/AIDS
The National Centre for Health Promotion promotes excellence in the field of health promotion in order to make healthy choices easy, early, and exciting for the people of Fiji. And in support of the HP activities conducted at the community level, NCHP provides iec resources to reinforce HP activities.
31) Rosemary George
LSE. London, UK
Interests: Child Survival, HIV/AIDS, Maternal/Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health, Safe Water
I am a student at the London School of Economics and am specializing in Developmental Communication. I am particularly interested in Health Communication related to Maternal and Child health issues.
32) Anne Alan Sizomu
Training Manager - DSW-Uganda,
Kampala, Uganda
Interests: Adolescent Health, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health
German Foundation for World Population (DSW)-Uganda believes that enlightened people find solutions to the challenges they are faced with. For this it contributes to SRHR issues and personally am charged with training people at various levels who are in the field of ASRH so as to enhance their capacity to create change. I have a background in BCC and Advovacy.
33) Donney John, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice - Mass College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences,
Boston,MA, USA
Interests: General Health
I serve as the clinical pharmacist at a community health center here in Boston, MA. I work with a predominately Latino population who suffer from chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and asthma. I have been developing visual teaching aids to better communicate with my patients.
34) Gregory Cano Long
Social Marketing Director/Agencies Liaison - Tiwahe Wakan - Yankton Sioux Tribe System ,
Wagner, South Dakota, U.S.
Interests: Adolescent Health
Tiwahe Wakan (family as sacred) is a System of Care initiative project of the Yankton Sioux Tribe with funding provided by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration of the US Government. This initiative deals primarily with children and youth at risk and afflicted with an imbalance in the spirit and subject to severe emotional disturbance.
35) Toni Williams, BS, LPN
Health Education Coordinator - MOMISE Health Connection,
Indianapolis, United States
Interests: Chronic Disease Management
36) Hamid Shahbaz Rajput
Manager BCC/ IEC/ Advocacy - Marie Stopes Sociey,
Karachi, Pakistan
Interests: Reproductive Health
Marie Stopes Society is a leading partner of the UK-Based Marie Stopes International. Established in 1990 as a non government organization, MSS provide choices in reproductive health care thus helping alleviate the root causes of many of the socio-economic problems of Pakistan. Services includes: Counseling, Family Planning, Safe Motherhood, Online services & referrals. For more information please visit www.mariestopespk.org.
38) Marjeta Keršic- Svetel
communication officer - CINDI SLOVENIJA,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: Adolescent Health, Child Survival, Democracy & Governance, Domestic Violence, Environment, General Health, Gynecology & Obstetrics, HIV/AIDS, Human Trafficking, Infectious Diseases, Maternal/Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health, Safe Water, Sanitation/Hygiene.
CINDI SLOVENIA is in charge of several state funded preventive medical programmes in the field of chronic noninfectious diseases, obesity, mental health and healthy lifestyle. Recently we became in charge of the state colorectal cancer screening program - Program Svit.My work is to design communication strategies and tools and lead all sort of communication activities - from human biology interpretation to communication workshops and educational programmes.
39) Naima Hassan
Global Vision,
Islamabad Pakistan
Interests: Maternal/Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health, Safe Water, Sanitation/Hygiene, Mental Health, Psychosocial Support, Health & Hygiene, Social Mobilization, Trainings for Capacity Building
40) Jennifer J. Marler
Watertown, United States
Interests: General Health
Freelance medical writer
41) Maynard S. Clark
Program Manager - Ethical Issues in Intl Health Research,
Boston, MA, USA
Ethical Issues in International Health Research is a condensed bioethics or medical ethics course for internationals and others conducting health research. The course is sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health. http://www.HSPH.Harvard.edu/bioethics/
42) Delysha D'Mellow
ARHP
Interests: Reproductive Health
43) ABU
IEC/BCC COORDINATOR - NATIONAL HIV AIDS SECRETARIAT,
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE
We coordinate national response and I provide technical backstopping for partners working in HIV and AIDS.
44) Ian Wood
Publisher - Diseases Explained,
Hitchin, England
Interests: General Health
Patient Education materials - Posters, Booklets and leaflets. Written in a layman's language. Approved by the AAFP.
45) Rev Michael Peter
CEO/ President - Oliveyard Foundation,
P.O. Box 120 lokoja Kogi, Nigeria
Interests: HIV/AIDS Advocacy
46) mohammad tarikul islam
student - NIPSOM,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Interests: Adolescent Health, Environment, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Maternal/Child Health, Reproductive Health
For my academic background I'm in close contact this course curriculum. In addition to that I'm a freelance researcher & anthropologist.
47) Manisha Juneja
Counterpart International,
Ahmedabad, India
Interests: Maternal/Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health
Counterpart International is working in 10 wards of Ahmedabad city with the aim to erase malnutrition and reduce MMR and MNR.
48) Ibad Rashdi
Professor - Center for Rural Development Communication,
University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
I'm working as the Director of Center Rural Development Communication (CRDC) at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan. Our Center serves as the clearinghouse of information on communication related issues and problems of the rural areas in our Country. It is in this direction that we undertake research and training activities. We also offer a one semester Professional Diploma in Rural Development Communication. In addition to above, we do publish a quarterly magazine - Keenar- in local language; which very instrumental in raising public and official awareness regarding the rural areas.
49) Udaya Kumar Gali
Consumer Education Society,
Zampani, India
Interests: HIV/AIDS, Safe Water, Sanitation/Hygiene
Consumer Education Society (CES) is focusing on consumer rights, environment education, health, poverty, gender and good governance. CES is developing information, education, and communication material in Telugu language and facilitating participatory trainings. The activities of CES aim to expand and strengthen the capabilities of consumers and civil society groups to carry out effective Consumer Education Programmes addressing current and emerging consumer issues and concerns benefiting those most in need. The prime activities of CES are:
IEC Material Development, Development of Training Manuals, Participatory Trainings, Publications, Consumer Awareness Programmes
50) Devesh K Sahu
MAMTA Health Institute for Mother & Child,
New Delhi, India
Interests: Adolescent Health, Child Survival, Domestic Violence, Environment, General Health, Gynecology & Obstetrics, HIV/AIDS, Human Trafficking, Infectious Diseases, Maternal/Child Health, Nutrition, Reproductive Health, Sanitation/Hygiene
51) Alicia Di Rado
Publications Editor - City of Hope,
Duarte, USA
City of Hope is an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center focusing on research, treatment and education.
52) ANAKARAI VANARAJAN
SURRE TRUST(SOCIAL UPLIFTMENT&RURAL RECONS,
MELUR ,MADURAI, INDIA
Interests: HIV/AIDS
WE ARE WORKING WITH PLHA'S & SEXWORKERS IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH EDUCATION ,AND FOR THEIR LIVELIHOODS ACTIVITIES.PLEASE SEND THE HARD COPIES OF NEWSLETTERS ,PHALMLETS,FLIP CHARTS ,POSTERS ,AND INNOVATIVE MATERIALS TO IMPLEMENT & STRENGTHEN OUR ACTIVITIES.
53) Michele Clarke
Communications Coordinator - Sherbourne Health Centre,
Toronto, Canada
Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO) is a health promotion initiative designed to enhance the health and well-being of Ontario’s diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) communities. RHO makes use of community development and capacity building strategies, internet technology and partnerships to promote welcoming, knowledgeable health and social services for LGBTQ people throughout Ontario.
54) Ojo-Adedeji Adeboye
Mobile Health, Nigernda,
Lagos State, Nigeria
Interests: General Health
It's an health organization/firm that caters to the wellbeing and sustaining the health of our market women because we found out that the incidence of certain illnesses are on the increase among market women and housewives that attended clinics on a weekly basis and we delegate number of doctors who actually go round, run certain tests and send anyone who is positive to hospitals for further scrutiny and prompt intervention. l plan to introduce this to state and national level where a doctor will be assigned to number of persons/patients to be evaluate on a weekly basis.
55) Deanna Adkins
Supervisor, Communicable Disease - Burlington County Health Department,
Westampton, USA
Interests: Infectious Diseases
We are a local health department working in the field of communicable diseases. We also have a free, walk-in STD/HIV clinic for counseling and testing.
56) Doris J. Laird, Ph.D.
Texas State University,
San Marcos, Texas, US
I am developing the preliminary proposal for the "Texas State University Center for Health Communication." We hope to offer a Masters in Health Communication at our Round Rock Higher Education Center.
57)
tre
journalism student - UK
Interests: HIV/AIDS
My main goal is to research and find unknown heroes who make significant impact to thier community in the worlds poorest countries. These organisations or individuals must have minimal or no funding and have not received global support and exposure. I am to write, promote their work and help them to get global exposure and hopefully funding.
58) Sofia Miravent Tavares
UNDP,
Luanda, Angola
I
nterests: Adolescent Health, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Maternal/Child Health, Reproductive Health,
UNDP Angola - Global Fund Project began its 2nd phase of activities in 2008. We are working with Angolan Government and Civil Society. Amongst other activities, in HIV/AIDS component we are funding: 13 NGO's working with Sexual Workers, 20 NGO's working in prevention and support to people with HIV, distribution of condoms, technical support and training of nurses and health workers.
59) Evans Opata
Programs Director - Micro Enterprise Development Fund,
Tema, Ghana
Interestss: Child Survival, Infectious Diseases, Reproductive Health
We undertake information, education and communication on malaria, TB and Maternal/child care
Good Reading:
Making Health Communication Programs Work. http://www.cancer.gov/pinkbook
This book is a revision of the original Making Health Communication Programs Work, first printed in 1989, which the Office of Cancer Communications (OCC, now the Office of Communications) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) developed to guide communication program planning. During the 25 years that NCI has been involved in health communication, ongoing evaluation of its communication programs has affirmed the value of using specific communication strategies to promote health and prevent disease.
FHI Publications on behavior change communication: http://www.fhi.org/en/topics/behavior+change+communication+topic+page.htm
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