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Behavior Change Communication

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    Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Study
    Faith Chesire, Andrew D. Oxman, Margaret Kaseje, Violet Gisore, Michael Mugisha, Ronald Ssenyonga, Matt Oxman, Allen Nsangi, Daniel Semakula, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Heather Munthe-Kaas, Christine Holst, Sarah Rosenbaum and Simon Lewin
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2024, 12(6):e2300485; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00485

    Factors that facilitated the implementation of the Informed Health Choices intervention included the teacher’s training workshop, the perceived value of the intervention by multiple stakeholders, and support from education officials and school management.

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    Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Uganda: A Mixed Methods Study
    Ronald Ssenyonga, Simon Lewin, Esther Nakyejwe, Faith Chelagat, Michael Mugisha, Matt Oxman, Allen Nsangi, Daniel Semakula, Sarah E. Rosenbaum, Jenny Moberg, Andrew D. Oxman, Heather Munthe-Kaas, Christine Holst, Margaret Kaseje, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye and Nelson Sewankambo
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2024, 12(6):e2300484; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00484

    The Informed Health Choices educational resources improve students’ ability to critically appraise claims about the effects of health interventions. The resources also enable teachers to teach and assess critical thinking and problem-solving competencies using health as a topic.

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    Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Rwanda: A Mixed Methods Study
    Michael Mugisha, Andrew D. Oxman, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Anne Marie Uwitonze, Clarisse Marie Claudine Simbi, Faith Chesire, Ronald Ssenyonga, Matt Oxman, Allen Nsangi, Daniel Semakula, Margaret Kaseje, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Sarah Rosenbaum and Simon Lewin
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2024, 12(6):e2300483; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00483

    In this process evaluation, we found that teacher training, student factors, and school support helped the implementation of an intervention designed to help students think critically about health claims.

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    Adapting the Social Norms Exploration Tool in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Identify Social Norms for Behavior Change
    Kathryn Sugg, Florence Mpata, Radha Rajan, Dominick Shattuck, Dédé Aliango Marachto and Peter J. Winch
    Global Health: Science and Practice October 2024, 12(5):e2400058; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00058

    The Social Norms Exploration Tool is a rapid assessment tool for programs that research can adapt to help determine how to explore social norms and identify which norms and population interventions to address to facilitate the behavior of interest.

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    Strengthening Social and Behavior Change Programming Through Application of an Adaptive Management Framework: A Case Study in Tanzania
    Claire Gillum, Kara Tureski and Joseph Msofe
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2023, 11(Supplement 2):e2200215; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00215

    The SBC Adaptive Management Framework, tested under the USAID Tulonge Afya project in Tanzania, offers a systematic, evidence-informed, and participatory approach to strengthen program design and implementation and enhance outcomes.

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    The Case for Using a Behavior Change Model to Design Interventions to Promote Respectful Maternal Care
    Nadia Diamond-Smith, Dilys Walker, Patience A. Afulani, France Donnay, Sunny (Pei Yi) Lin, Emily Peca and Mary Ellen Stanton
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2023, 11(1):e2200278; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00278

    Applying a behavior change framework to guide the design of interventions to improve respectful maternity care (RMC) could accelerate and unify the implementation and evaluation of diverse RMC interventions.

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    Living Safely With Bats: Lessons in Developing and Sharing a Global One Health Educational Resource
    Stephanie Martinez, Ava Sullivan, Emily Hagan, Jonathan Goley, Jonathan H. Epstein, Kevin J. Olival, Karen Saylors, Jason Euren, James Bangura, Sijali Zikankuba, Mohamed Moctar Mouliom Mouiche, Alpha Oumar Camara, James Desmond, Ariful Islam, Tom Hughes, Supaporn Wacharplusadee, Veasna Duong, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga, Brian Bird, Tracey Goldstein, David Wolking, Christine K. Johnson, Jonna AK Mazet, Sarah H. Olson, Amanda E. Fine, Marc Valitutto, William B. Karesh, Peter Daszak, Leilani Francisco and the PREDICT Consortium
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2022, 10(6):e2200106; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00106

    The Living Safely With Bats picture book development process provides a model for collaboratively creating educational resources to combat zoonotic disease spillover risk. We discuss lessons learned from the process and future considerations for tool development and evaluation.

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    When Knowledge Is Not Enough: Applying a Behavioral Design Approach to Improve Fever Case Management in Nigeria
    Faraz Haqqi, Angela Acosta, Sriram Sridharan, Emily Zimmerman, Temitope Ogunbi, Eno’bong Idiong, Uwem Inyang, Foyeke Oyedokun-Adebagbo, Jose Tchofa, Nene Diallo, Emma Mtiro, Chukwu Okoronkwo and Bolatito Aiyenigba
    Global Health: Science and Practice December 2022, 10(6):e2200211; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00211

    Analyzing fever case management through a behavioral lens can lead programs to solutions that differ from conventional approaches in terms of type and deployment method.

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    Learning From the Past: The Role of Social and Behavior Change Programming in Public Health Emergencies
    Martha Silva, Paula Tallman, Jeni Stolow, Rachel Yavinsky, Julia Fleckman and Kamden Hoffmann
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2022, 10(4):e2200026; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00026

    The contributions of social and behavior change research/programming in 6 recent epidemics highlight the importance of further integrating such expertise into outbreak response.

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    Addressing COVID-19 Rumors and Behaviors Using Theory in Guyana: A Program Case Study
    Bolanle Olapeju, Camille Adams, Joann Simpson, Lyndsey Mitchum, Sean Wilson, Mona Jarrah, Gabrielle Hunter, TrishAnn Davis, Alicia Martin, Shabana Shaw, Natalie Tibbels, Jennifer Orkis and J. Douglas Storey
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2022, 10(4):e2200071; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00071

    We used a COVID-19 rumor classification tool to rapidly identify, synthesize, and counter misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide appropriate social and behavior change messaging that would affect relevant preventive and protective behaviors.

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