Communication Impact:

Impact Data: Horizon Jeunes

...the intervention had a significant effect on knowledge of condoms for birth control among both male and female youth. The proportion of male youth in the intervention community who knew of the benefits of condoms for birth control increased from 65% to 71% between baseline and follow-up...

Evaluation of the Pilot Stepping Stones Program

...this evaluation report analyses the effects of the Stepping Stones programme in Fiji, and provides recommendations for the scaling up of the programme into other Pacific Island countries...

Impact Data - Mo Kamba (My Mate) - Angola

...68% of young radio listeners reported that they listen to the radio at least once a week. When asked to name ways in which risks of HIV and AIDS could be reduced, 96% of listeners (vs. 89% of non-listeners) identified condom use as a prevention method, 30% of listeners (vs. 23% of non-listeners) mentioned reducing number of sexual partners, and 47% of listeners (vs. 27% of non-listeners) mentioned fidelity to 1 partner...

Media Coverage:

Report of MEDIAIDS Impact Assessment in Northeast India: February 15 - March 10, 2007

...examines the strategies underpinning a project which centrally addressed issues of ethics and stereotypes related to HIV and AIDS in the context of the media. The project, which is described in detail in this report, included activities to sensitise radio and television journalists, as well as filmmakers, about HIV/AIDS programming...

Radio Content Analysis Shows Improved Radio News Coverage of HIV in Kenya

...describes the key components and underlying principles of Local Voices, a training programme designed to foster more accurate, effective coverage of HIV/AIDS in Kenya by offering a range of support services to radio professionals to improve their reporting on HIV/AIDS...