Report for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

This report attempts to fill some gaps in knowledge about the organisational and institutional features of behavior change radio dramas. The report looks at the development and production of radio serial dramas and soap operas that entertain as well as educate the public about positive reproductive health behaviors relating to HIV/AIDS, STDs and family planning. The text of the full report is available below, section by section.

Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas

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Contents

1. Acknowledgements
2. Introduction
3. Methodology
4. Synthesis of Findings
5. Replicable Features
6. Case Studies
   
   • Albania - Rruga MePisha
   • Bolivia - Wila Kasta
   • Burundi - Our Neighbours Ourselves
   • Cambodia - Lotus on Muddy Lake
   • India - Tinka Tinka Sukh
   • Kenya - Tembea Na Majira
   • Malawi - Zimachitika
   • Nepal - Cut Your Coat and Service Brings Reward
   • Rwanda - Urunana
   • South Africa - Soul City
   • St Lucia - Apwé Plezi
   • Tanzania - Twende Na Wakati
   • Vanuatu - Famili Blong Serah
   • West Africa (Regional) - Yamba Songo
7. References
8. Acronyms/Abbreviations

Annexes:
* Contact list
* At-a-glance Table of Case-Studies

Thanks to respondents' openness and honesty, I was able to get a good sense of their projects' strengths and weaknesses, and am grateful to all the project holders, staff, researchers and donor agency representatives who gave me their time and insights. I wish them all the best of luck in their wonderful work.

Particular thanks go to Nicola Harford for her guidance throughout the project, and comments on the first draft of this report. Thanks also to staff at CDC for their support and patient editing work.

Mary Myers
Development Communications Consultant (Freelance)
St Anne's Cottage
Wardour, Tisbury
Wiltshire, United Kingdom
marymyers@zoo.co.uk

Anne Sebert, MPH
Axiom Resource Management
656 Albion Street
Denver, Colorado, USA
annesebert@hotmail.com

Sharon Bell
2542 Coralwood Rd.
Decatur, Georgia, USA