A provider training by SM360+ mentors

Harnessing Behavioral Design to Improve Maternal Care in Zambia

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This blog post highlights how behavioral design enabled the development of low-cost, feasible solutions to promote respectful maternal care in Zambia.
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Breakthrough ACTION + RESEARCH Resources from the USAID Zika Response

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This blog post introduces a suite of tools to help social and behavior change practitioners identify priority behaviors when responding to epidemics like Zika.
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Prioritizing and Targeting SBC Investments for Youth

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These technical briefs underscore the need to prioritize social and behavior change investments to address the reproductive health needs of adolescents and young women.
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Evidence from Mass and Digital Media for Family Planning Among West African Youth

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This literature review presents evidence on the impact of mass media and digital media on young people’s family planning attitudes and behaviors in West Africa.
An OB-GYN counsels a young married couple on contraceptive choicesPaula Bronstein/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

Creating an Evidence-based Rationale for Investment in Social and Behavior Change Through Costing and Economic Evaluation

The page contains a body of evidence on the cost-effectiveness of social and behavior change activities for family planning outcomes.
A community health worker providing family planning services and options to a woman in UgandaJonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

Answering Critical Social and Behavior Change Questions to Advance the Field and Improve Population-Based Behavior Change

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This blog post offers critical questions social and behavior change (SBC) professionals need to ask to develop effective integrated SBC programming.
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Developing a Social and Behavior Change Research Agenda

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This page contains resources to help social and behavior change (SBC) professionals understand provider behavior change and integrated SBC programming.
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Zika’s Silent Threat: Prioritized Behaviors Are Key to Preventing Future Outbreaks of Aedes Aegypti-Borne Diseases

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Breakthrough ACTION + RESEARCH identified a set of behaviors that have the greatest potential to prevent Zika’s transmission.
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Systematic Review of Behavioral Attributes

This brief examines nine behavioral attributes and describes four attributes that apply broadly to enhancing social and behavior programming.