Past Events

Social and behavior change (SBC) strategies are critical for encouraging positive behaviors and addressing social and structural barriers around malaria prevention and case management. SBC can foster increased uptake of antimalarials, improved provider-client interactions, and the proper diagnosis and treatment for malaria. To increase the effectiveness of SBC strategies, it is key to understand the target audience(s) of the SBC strategies and the factors driving their behavior. Audience segmentation is a technique that divides a population into groups with similar characteristics related to a topic or behavior of interest, enabling a deeper understanding of the demographic factors, norms, and attitudes that […]

Social and behavior change (SBC) strategies are critical for encouraging positive behaviors and addressing social and structural barriers around malaria prevention and case management. SBC can foster increased uptake of antimalarials, improved provider-client interactions, and the proper diagnosis and treatment for malaria. To increase the effectiveness of SBC strategies, it is key to understand the target audience(s) of the SBC strategies and the factors driving their behavior. Audience segmentation is a technique that divides a population into groups with similar characteristics related to a topic or behavior of interest, enabling a deeper understanding of the demographic factors, norms, and attitudes that […]

Human-centered design is a way of thinking that places both the people that programs serve and related stakeholders at the center of the design and implementation process. With emphasis on research, ideation, iteration, and prototyping, this process seeks to achieve novel solutions to complex problems. While there are many different HCD processes, all of them, at their core, are rooted in empathy: a comprehensive understanding of the stakeholder(s) involved in the challenge at hand. This hybrid course enables SBC and nutrition practitioners to learn more about how to use HCD to address nutrition-related behavioral challenges. A selected cohort of participants […]

Human-centered design is a way of thinking that places both the people that programs serve and related stakeholders at the center of the design and implementation process. With emphasis on research, ideation, iteration, and prototyping, this process seeks to achieve novel solutions to complex problems. While there are many different HCD processes, all of them, at their core, are rooted in empathy: a comprehensive understanding of the stakeholder(s) involved in the challenge at hand. This hybrid course enables SBC and nutrition practitioners to learn more about how to use HCD to address nutrition-related behavioral challenges. A selected cohort of participants […]

Applying social and behavior change (SBC) approaches and techniques to service delivery efforts can motivate clients to access services, improve client-provider interactions, and boost adoption and maintenance of healthy behaviors. It can improve health outcomes by helping providers enhance the quality of community engagement and dialogue; client education and health promotion; and counseling and shared decision-making. SBC approaches can improve clients’ overall experience of care, which may result in increased satisfaction with health care delivery, improved trust in health care providers and the health system, and improved health seeking or maintenance behaviors. This hybrid course enables SBC practitioners to learn […]

Applying social and behavior change (SBC) approaches and techniques to service delivery efforts can motivate clients to access services, improve client-provider interactions, and boost adoption and maintenance of healthy behaviors. It can improve health outcomes by helping providers enhance the quality of community engagement and dialogue; client education and health promotion; and counseling and shared decision-making. SBC approaches can improve clients’ overall experience of care, which may result in increased satisfaction with health care delivery, improved trust in health care providers and the health system, and improved health seeking or maintenance behaviors. This hybrid course enables SBC practitioners to learn […]

Gender inequities are key determinants of health among adolescents and adults, particularly related to reproductive health, gender-based violence, and mental health. These inequities are shaped by gender norms and social expectations placed on boys and girls from a young age. In particular, very young adolescence (10–14 years old) is a time when societal gender norms start to be internalized; therefore, intervening at this stage has great potential to reduce gender inequities and improve health and wellbeing throughout the life course. During this webinar, presenters will discuss the effects of gender norms in very young adolescence and share an adaptable package […]