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The Saturation+ Approach to Behavior Change: Case Study of a Child Survival Radio Campaign in Burkina Faso

Joanna Murray, Pieter Remes, Rita Ilboudo, Mireille Belem, Souleymane Salouka, Will Snell, Cathryn Wood, Matthew Lavoie, Laurent Deboise and Roy Head
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2015, 3(4):544-556; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00049
Joanna Murray
aDevelopment Media International, London, UK
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bDevelopment Media International, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Rita Ilboudo
bDevelopment Media International, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Mireille Belem
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    FIGURE 1.

    Theory of Change for the Saturation+ (Saturation, Science, and Stories) Mass Media Campaign in Burkina Faso

    * Rationale articulated in Hornik, 2002.5

    † Sources: Lancet Child Survival Series 2003; Steinglass R, Cherian T, Vandelaer J, Klemm RD, Sequeira J. Development and use of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST): a model to estimate the impact of scaling up proven interventions on maternal, neonatal and child mortality. Int J Epid. 2011;40(2);519-520; Fox MJ, Martorell R, van den Broek N, Walker N. Technical inputs, enhancements and applications of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). BMC Public Health. 2011;11 Suppl 3; and Lassi ZS, Salam RA, Das JK, Bhutta ZA. Essential interventions for maternal, newborn and child health: background and methodology. Reprod Health. 2014;11 Suppl 1:S1.

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    Weekly Radio Spots Messaging Calendar for the Burkina Faso Campaign, January–August 2013

    Key: BREAST, early and exclusive breastfeeding; CF, complementary feeding; LBW, care of low birth weight infants; MAL, malaria prevention and treatment seeking; MH, maternal health: antenatal care attendance and delivery in a health facility; ORT, treatment seeking for diarrhea and use of oral rehydration solution and increased liquids; PNEUM, seeking treatment for pneumonia symptoms; WASH, water, sanitation, and hygiene.

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    TABLE Lives Saved Model Predictions Used to Weight Messaging When Designing the Burkina Faso Radio Campaign
    Theme of MessagesNo. of Lives Saved According to ModelingaApproximate No. of Months of Broadcasting
    ORT3000+6
    Malaria3000+7
    Breastfeeding2000+5
    WASH2000+4
    Pneumonia1000–15004
    Extra care for low birth weight infants1000–15003
    Complementary feeding500–10003
    Maternal health500–10003
    • Abbreviations: ORT, oral rehydration therapy; WASH, water, sanitation, and hygiene.

    • ↵a Number of lives predicted to be saved if the campaign were implemented at national scale (not in the RCT intervention zones alone). These were the original model predictions at the start of the campaign. Message weightings were altered further during the course of the campaign.

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Joanna Murray, Pieter Remes, Rita Ilboudo, Mireille Belem, Souleymane Salouka, Will Snell, Cathryn Wood, Matthew Lavoie, Laurent Deboise, Roy Head
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Joanna Murray, Pieter Remes, Rita Ilboudo, Mireille Belem, Souleymane Salouka, Will Snell, Cathryn Wood, Matthew Lavoie, Laurent Deboise, Roy Head
Global Health: Science and Practice Dec 2015, 3 (4) 544-556; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00049
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