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Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas

Author

Mary Myers

Summary

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.


Except from the introduction

This report summarises and categorises the experiences of fourteen entertainment-education projects that use radio as a component, and analyzes the successful and replicable features. It also includes projects that have not resulted in significant impact, in order to assess institutional or organisational features that may have contributed to the lack of success. The research was conducted in 2001 and details about individual programmes are current as of that year. However, observations about how such programmes can be successfully implemented are not time bound.


Contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Introduction
  3. Methodology
  4. Synthesis of Findings

    • Commonalities
    • Organisational Variables
    • Efficacy, Cost Effectiveness, and Evaluation

  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

Contact:

Mary Myers

Development Communications Consultant (Freelance)

St Anne's Cottage

Wardour

Tisbury

Wiltshire

UK.

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




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Source

Development Gateway website

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Placed on the Soul Beat Africa site May 06 2004
Last Updated May 10 2004

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