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June 21, 2023

Impact Data - Rope Guna Fal Radio Serial Drama

"[L]isteners became local change-makers along the way." An entertaining fictional radio drama, Rope Guna Fal ("You Reap What You Sow") sought to change social norms that support child marriage,...

Rajan Parajuli

June 21, 2023

Rope Guna Fal Radio Serial Drama

"The story in the drama feels like it could be happening in my own neighbourhood." - Rope Guna Fal listener Deepak Regmi from Nepalgunj

Zulfiqar Bhutta

May 17, 2023

Health Behaviors and Care Seeking Practices for Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in a Rural District of Pakistan: A Qualitative Study

"The community identified that intensive inclusive community engagement and demand creation strategies tied to conditioned short term tangible incentives could help foster behavior change."

Garth Japhet

September 23, 2022

Fathers Matter

"What are we doing to bring about change in the lives of others - as fathers and social fathers?" - Wesley Potts, attendee at a Fathers Matter workshop In South Africa, many children grow up in...

Debora Tobing

September 14, 2022

Caregiving Behaviors for Nutrition and Child Development in Malawi: Maziko Report on People-Driven Design

"The premise for PDD suggests that engaging people directly in the design of the behaviour change process enhances their motivation and confidence to change behaviour. Proposed change is consequently...

Tommi Laulajainen

September 12, 2022

Event - Misinformation, Social Data, Conflict - UNICEF Polio

Sharing learning from Polio SBC (misinformation, social data and conflict) Organised by UNICEF Polio this is an in-person and online event.

Cathryn Wood

August 22, 2022

Scaling up Growth: Addressing Stunting in Tanzania Early (ASTUTE) Final Evaluation Report

"...taken together, the findings demonstrate the central role of the campaign in driving change over time..." In Tanzania, an estimated 32% of children under five suffer from stunting. Through the 5...

Warren Feek

July 14, 2022

IMPACT EVIDENCE? YES!

EVIDENCE: THE DIRECT IMPACT OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE STRATEGIES (SCBC) Hi and much support for your very important work. The rolling The CINet survey has now been completed by 2,508...

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Peggy Koniz-Booher

March 2, 2022

Effect of Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Interventions with Participatory Videos and Women's Group Meetings on Maternal and Child Nutritional Outcomes in Rural Odisha, India (UPAVAN Trial): A Four-Arm, Observer-Blind, Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial

"These results show that making agriculture interventions nutrition-sensitive can improve diets."

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Zulfiqar Bhutta

March 1, 2022

The Effects of Community Home Visit and Peer Group Nutrition Intervention Delivery Platforms on Nutrition Outcomes in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

"...findings underscore the importance of interpersonal community platforms for improving infant and young child feeding practices and...

Alive & Thrive (A&T)

February 24, 2022

Factors Influencing the Practice of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Other Infant Feeding Practices in the First Six Months of Life in West and Central Africa

"To improve exclusive breastfeeding rates, a deeper understanding of why competing feeding behaviours are occurring and who is influencing...

Josh Compton

January 5, 2022

Immunization Communication in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Inoculation Theory, Health Messaging, and Children's Entertainment Television

"Some things (like immunizations, x-rays, or wearing bicycle helmets) that children need in order to be healthy may be scary, strange, or...

The Development Classifieds Team

August 3, 2021

Understanding the Worlds of Young Children

Children begin their literacy journeys from the moment of their birth as they begin to read the world around them. They embark on their journeys...