Father holds baby in NepalAlex Carrasco CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Vasectomy Message Framework: A Tool to Help Advocates Prepare for Conversations with Key Stakeholders

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This framework includes concrete talking points, supporting evidence, and message selection guidance to advocate for the inclusion of vasectomy in FP/RH programs.
Poultry farmer and his family in EthiopiaMorgana Wingard/USAID

Men are still missing: Making family planning more gender-inclusive

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This blog post advocates for increasing engagement with men and boys, who have, historically, been overlooked by family planning programs.
Women gather outdoors in NigeriaBreakthrough ACTION-Nigeria

Leveling the Playing Field in Nigeria Through Adalci

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This blog post describes how the concept of justice was used to rally religious leaders across faiths to encourage men to support women’s health in Nigeria.
A father and son on their farm in ColombiaUSAID/Flickr

DO’s & DON’Ts for Engaging Men & Boys: Now Available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish

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A new brief covers best practices and lessons learned on how to engage men and boys as consumers of health services, supportive partners, and agents of change.
A couple receive counseling about contraceptive methods available to them from a nurse in RwandaYagazie Emezi/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

Using SBC to Transform Gender Norms: An Intervention to Improve Family Planning and Reproductive Health

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This blog post discusses how social and behavior change transforms gender norms and improve family planning and reproductive outcomes for women and men.
Nigerian mother holding babyAdrian Brooks/Photoshare

Generating Evidence to Inform Integrated Social and Behavior Change Programming in Nigeria

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This series of briefs, webinars, and slide decks discuss results will help to improve the delivery of integrated SBC programming across health areas and behaviors.
Several women raising their handsUSAID/India

Gender Integration in Social and Behavior Change: What does it take?

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The report and accompanying brief highlight eight promising practices for integrating gender considerations in social and behavior change interventions.
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Providing Evidence to Inform Social and Behavior Change for Family Planning in Francophone West Africa

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This suite of research activities look at SBC approaches to address behavioral determinants and improve family planning and reproductive health outcomes.
Staff at a dispensary in Tanzania speak with a woman to check her in as a new patientRachel Chilton/USAID/Flickr

Compass for SBC “Spotlight” on Breakthrough RESEARCH

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This blog post introduces resources on the Compass website dedicated to social and behavior change research and evaluation products