The Breakthrough ACTION + RESEARCH teams are heading to Marrakech, Morocco for the International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit, which takes place from December 5 to 9. If you are attending the conference, be sure to look for us and join us for one of our 60+ presentations and auxiliary events!
Stop by our booth
December 4
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Karam 1
Salon de partage des activites CSC pour la PF des pays francophones de la part de Breakthrough ACTION
1:00–5:00 p.m.
Fes 2
December 6
Leveraging What Works. Beyond Idea Generation, Idea Adaptation
4:15–6:15 p.m.
Reda 4
From activism to action: Lessons learned from social and behavior change programs addressing child, early, and forced marriage
6:30–8:00 p.m.
Karam 5
What Did We Learn About Motivating Vaccine Uptake?: Tools and Lessons Learned from COVID-19
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Reda 2
The Several Moving Parts of an Integrated SBC Program
7:00–9:00 p.m.
Fes 2
December 7
Advancing the Evidence for Provider Behavior Change and Integrated Social and Behavior Change Programming: What’s New and What Does the Future Hold? (Pre-registration is encouraged; Lunch will be provided)
12:30–2:15 p.m. (Registration/Check-in and lunch will be served first 30 minutes)
Opera Plaza Hotel—Opera Room (10-minute walk from conference venue)
December 8
Evidence for SBC Impact: Launching the new SBC High Impact Practice briefs for Family Planning
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Karam 1
Springboard Meet Up
7:00–9:00 p.m.
Reda 5
December 5
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Reda 5
Reimagining Malaria Treatment Packaging to Improve Adherence Among Gold Miners in Guyana
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Fes 2
Risk Perceptions and Prevention Behaviors for Rabies in Bombali, Sierra Leone: Informing Risk Communication Strategies
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Reda 4
Meet youth where *some of them* are: Recommendation videos for digital FP programs
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Aud des Ambassadeurs
The Role of Supportive Home Environments for Maternal Nutrition in Liberia
3:15–4:00 p.m.
Poster Space: Getting It Right! Strategic Design, Formative Research, and HCD
Leveraging co-design and diverse perspectives to create a scalable game that can boost couples’ communication in family planning
3:15–4:00 p.m.
Poster Space: Getting It Right! Strategic Design, Formative Research, and HCD
Beyond provider attitudes about family planning: what other provider attitudes are relevant to address to improve family planning services in Togo?
4:00–5:15 p.m.
Reda 1
Changing the script: Intergenerational communication about sexual and reproductive health in Niger and Côte d’Ivoire
4:00–5:15 p.m.
Karam 1
Embracing Empathy to Design More Impactful Provider Behavior Solutions
4:00–5:15 p.m.
Karam 3
December 6
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Fes 1
Using Data Triangulation to Evaluate a Complex Youth-Led Mass and Social Media Campaign in Côte d’Ivoire
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Fes 1
Inclusive Community Engagement for Ending Child Early and Forced Marriages: A Case in Malawi
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Karam 2
The power of norms to drive vaccination in contexts of high misinformation and distrust of public actors
10:30–11:15 a.m.
Poster Space: Living in a Digital World: Innovation, Connectivity, and Dysfunction
The safe resumption of community SBC activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) in Nigeria
10:30–11:15 a.m.
Poster Space: Living in a Digital World: Innovation, Connectivity, and Dysfunction
Building Vaccine Confidence within Communities through Religious and Traditional Leaders: An Example from Sokoto State, Nigeria
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space: Overcoming Barriers to Change: Stigma, Hesitancy, Misconceptions, and Norms
The role of gender, couple communication, and media exposure for vaccine acceptance and prevention among female and male adolescents in Liberia
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space: Overcoming Barriers to Change: Stigma, Hesitancy, Misconceptions, and Norms
From Narratives to Actions: How Social Listening Encourages Proactive and Reactive Pandemic Response in the Philippines
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space: Overcoming Barriers to Change: Stigma, Hesitancy, Misconceptions, and Norms
Behaviorally-informed solutions to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and facilitate uptake across contexts
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space: Overcoming Barriers to Change: Stigma, Hesitancy, Misconceptions, and Norms
Promoting Respectful Maternity Care During Labor and Delivery in Zambia and Liberia
4:50–6:15 p.m.
Karam 4
December 7
10:30–11:15 a.m.
Poster Space: Helping the Most Vulnerable
Les partenariats pour avancer l’équité dans la protection des couches vulnérables au Sénégal: répondant aux besoins des enfants talibés dans la riposte contre la COVID-19
10:30–11:15 a.m.
Poster Space: Helping the Most Vulnerable
Amplifying Traditional Media through Mobile Digital Platform. The Albishirin Ku! Story
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space : The Many Sides of Entertainment-Education
Using theater to foster collective action against a yellow fever outbreak in Bauchi state, Nigeria
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space : The Many Sides of Entertainment-Education
Creating a Regional Mini-Series to Promote Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Zoonotic Diseases in Francophone West Africa
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space : The Many Sides of Entertainment-Education
Findings about Reach and Behavioral Intention After a Short-term Multi-channel Integrated Health Campaign: Benefits and Challenges of an Interactive Voice Response Survey in Guinea
4:50–6:15 p.m.
Karam 2
December 8
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Karam 4
10 Lives, 10 Stories, One Message
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Aud des Ambassadeurs
Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Advancing Integrated SBC Programming
9:15–10:30
Fes 1a
Maintaining Momentum of Malaria SBC through a Global Technical Working Group
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Karam 4
Creating a “global SBC village”: challenges, opportunities and experiences of Springboard, an online community for SBC professionals
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Karam 4
Vaccine Ambassadors: Leveraging Trusted Community Leaders to Increase Vaccine Acceptance in Liberia
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Karam 2
Strengthening Advocacy Capacity to Create an Enabling Environment for Uptake of High Impact Behaviors in Liberia
10:30–11:15 a.m.
Poster Space: Collaboration, Integration, and Partnership to Create Sustainable Change
Addressing Barriers to Facility-Based Delivery in Liberia: A Behavioral Design Approach to FBD
10:30–11:15 a.m.
Poster Space: Collaboration, Integration, and Partnership to Create Sustainable Change
Water, sanitation, and hygiene in a drought-prone region of southern Niger: How environment, household infrastructure, and exposure to social and behavior change messages interact
10:30–11:15 a.m.
Poster Space: Collaboration, Integration & Partnership to Create Sustainable Change
Data-driven capacity strengthening in social and behavior change: Cases from Sahelian West Africa
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space: How Do We Know What Works? Focus on Research and Research Methods
Understanding the effectiveness of community health actions through community led-participatory assessment
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space: How Do We Know What Works? Focus on Research and Research Methods
Community voices in action: Communicating community needs for rabies risk and prevention in Bombali District, Sierra Leone
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space: How Do We Know What Works? Focus on Research and Research Methods
Gender Equitable Norms among Female and male Adolescents in Liberia
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space: How Do We Know What Works? Focus on Research and Research Methods
Building an Airplane as You Fly!: Development and Implementation of a Malaria SBC campaign in Guyana
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space: How Do We Know What Works? Focus on Research and Research Methods
The Value-Add of Participatory Research and Data Analysis Techniques to Inform Risk Communication: Insights from a Qualitative Study on Zoonotic Diseases in Guinea
3:30–4:15 p.m.
Poster Space: How Do We Know What Works? Focus on Research and Research Methods
Supporting Positive Provider Behavior Through a Deeper Understanding of Provider Behavioral Influences: The Provider Behavior Ecosystem Map
4:50–6:15 a.m.
Karam 5
December 9
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Fes 1
Incorporating digital M&E strategies for SBC: best practices and lessons learned
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Karam 3
The role of “Digital” in the multi-media, regional Merci Mon Héros campaign
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Karam 3
Developing a pricing tool to estimate SBC intervention costs
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Karam 5
Making the case for social and behavior change investments: Findings from family planning, malaria, and nutrition
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Karam 5
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Healthcare Providers and Associated Factors in Ethiopia: Health facility based cross-sectional study
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Karam 1
Improving Access to PHC Services through the FCT MNCH+N Campaign
9:15–10:30 a.m.
Reda 1