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Radio Communication Project

Country

Nepal

Programme Summary

A national Family Planning radio project intended to educate and increase contraceptive use with programme content & indirect exposure through subsequent interpersonal communication.

Communication Strategies

The Radio Communication Project (RCP) consisted of 4 mass media components, including: Two "enter-educate-based" radio dramas; one intended for the general public & one for health providers while two short radio spots promoted the drama & its key themes. The RCP was supplemented by print materials (e.g. flipcharts, posters, & pamphlets) distributed through health posts. All campaign components were broadcast or printed in Nepali.

Development Issues

Health, Women, Family Planning.

Key Points

The 2 radio dramas were felt to be the cornerstone of the project. Cut Your Coat According to Your Cloth was the general public drama which was broadcast nationally each week of December, 1995. The programme aimed to "improve public perceptions of health workers, promote spousal communication regarding fertility & reposition contraception away from its historically narrow association with sterilization & toward the broader notion of the 'Well-Planned Family'". The series modelled men & women actively engaged in health discussions, in hopes that the drama would encourage similar interpersonal communication of health issues among its listeners. The RCP was felt to have a positive effect as it initiated meaningful conversation among Nepalese women on the topic of contraception, carrying the programme message that much further. Service Brings Reward was designed chiefly for health providers as a distance education programme.

Partners

Funded by the United States for International Development (USAID) and developed by the Ministry of Health and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHUCCP)

Contact

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP)

111 Market Place, Suite 310

Baltimore Maryland
21202
United States
Tel: 410 659 6300
Fax: 410 659 6266

Source

Interactions Between Mass-mediated and Interpersonal Communication and Their Effect on Contraceptive Use in Rurual Nepal: A report by Marc Boulay, JHUCCP; provided direct to The Communication Initiative.


Placed on the Communication Initiative site July 20 2001
Last Updated June 04 2009



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