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February 4, 2022

Effects of Family Conversation on Health Care Practices in Ethiopia: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis

"This study adds to the evidence base that involving husbands and mothers-in-law, as well as pregnant women, in behavior change communication interventions could be critical for improving maternal...

February 4, 2022

Message Framing and COVID-19 Vaccination Intention: Moderating Roles of Partisan Media Use and Pre‑attitudes about Vaccination

"At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has become a highly politicized issue, understanding how to reach different groups of individuals to promote the vaccine is critical." Vaccine hesitancy is a...

February 4, 2022

"Love Me, Parents!": Impact Evaluation of a National Social and Behavioral Change Communication Campaign on Maternal Health Outcomes in Tanzania

"The Wazazi Nipendeni campaign shows promise that such a behavior change communication intervention could lead to better pregnancy and childbirth outcomes for women in low resource settings." The...

February 3, 2022

Pneumonia-related Ideations, Care-seeking, and Treatment Behaviors among Children under 2 Years with Pneumonia Symptoms in Northwestern Nigeria

"Ideational metrics can provide important program‐relevant insights and should be further explored for other health areas."

February 3, 2022

National Consultations on Solutions to Promote Media Viability While Preserving Media Independence

"Independent media organisations have a vital function in a democracy. They hold powerful actors to account and provide reliable information people need in order to make informed choices. However,...

February 3, 2022

COVID-19 Vaccine Brand Hesitancy and Other Challenges to Vaccination in the Philippines

"Improving adherence to interventions and vaccination rates...requires a better understanding of the different reasons behind vaccine mistrust..." The highly politicised dengue vaccine controversy...

February 2, 2022

Evidence Review: Religious Marginality and COVID-19 Vaccination - Access & Hesitancy

"The issues addressed are important for COVID-19 vaccination roll out, but also contain lessons for all vaccination programmes and many other preventative health measures."

February 2, 2022

Can Health Information through Mobile Phones Close the Divide in Health Behaviours among the Marginalised? An Equity Analysis of Kilkari in Madhya Pradesh, India

"Understanding inequities in who participates and benefits from mobile health programmes is vital for designing strategies to reach the most marginalised." Established in 2013 in Bihar, India, the...

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"Increasing calls to shift gender attitudes to be more equitable - both as a matter of justice and as a means to improve other outcomes,...

January 31, 2022

"...communication officers and mobilization teams struggle to convince people that repeated polio vaccinations are safe, and that complete...

January 31, 2022

"While the utilisation of mHealth tools is promising, particularly in low resource areas where access to information and health services may...

January 31, 2022

"Where public health systems have engaged community-led networks and organizations and empowered those most affected by pandemics, they have...

January 31, 2022

"From Abuja to Accra, from Manaus to Manila, digital native media are building new kinds of news organizations, informing underserved...

January 28, 2022

"Thirty-two years of hard work against polio provide an array of lessons potentially useful to malaria and other disease eradication campaigns...

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