Archive for: Gender

couple meets with health care provider

Together We Decide: A Game for Building Health and Harmony Within Families

English South Sudan Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender, Male Engagement Implementation Guidance, Tool Behavioral Science, Social and Behavior Change Communication Breakthrough ACTION

This card game helps couples explore child spacing choices and gain comfort in discussing these topics with each other and health providers.

Together we are planing a family

Sawa Le Baad: An Integrated Social and Behavior Change Strategy for Family Planning and Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

English South Sudan Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender, Maternal and Child Health, Provider Behavior Change Implementation Guidance Social and Behavior Change Communication, Integration Breakthrough ACTION

This SBC strategy outlines how to integrate approached for family planning and maternal, newborn, and child health.

A community gathering in South Sudan

How to Mobilize Communities for Health and Social Change

English South Sudan Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender, Maternal and Child Health, Provider Behavior Change Implementation Guidance, Toolkit Community Engagement Breakthrough ACTION

This toolkit engages community members and health service providers, creating opportunities for discussion to identify issues and solutions to address them.

Using theories can help you to develop effective programs to reduce CEFM. Theories can provide a framework to build your program around to lead to behavior change.

Using SBC to Enhance Programs to End Child, Early, and Forced Marriage

English, French Child Early Forced Marriage, Gender, Youth Fact Sheet/Brief Audience Segmentation, Human-centered Design Breakthrough ACTION

This series of seven briefs proposes social and SBC approaches to strengthen the collective effort to reduce Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM).

A mother receives postpartum family planning in the DRC

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Applying SBC Approaches to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Service Delivery: A Technical Brief

English Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender, Provider Behavior Change, Service Delivery, Youth Fact Sheet/Brief Social and Behavior Change Communication, Social and Structural Breakthrough ACTION

This brief shares evidence from Breakthrough ACTION’s SBC for sexual and reproductive health service delivery activities.

Radio actress for the “Spark of Change” entertainment-education radio soap opera in Guatemala

The Spark of Change Radio Soap Opera

Spanish Guatemala Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, WASH Radio Social and Behavior Change Communication Breakthrough ACTION

This entertainment-education radio soap opera promotes good health and nutrition practices for women and children in Guatemala.

Nigeria Integrated Health Social and Behavior Change Programming

English Nigeria COVID-19, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender, Global Health Security, Malaria, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Provider Behavior Change, Service Delivery, Tuberculosis Video/Animation, Radio, Training Digital, Human-centered Design, Social and Behavior Change Communication Breakthrough ACTION

Breakthrough ACTION implemented an integrated health SBC strategy to promote 17 health behaviors in Nigeria.

A Nigerian radio personality during a call-in program

Nigeria Mass Media and Digital Interventions

English Nigeria COVID-19, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender, Global Health Security, Malaria, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Provider Behavior Change, Service Delivery, Tuberculosis Video/Animation, Radio, Training Digital, Social and Behavior Change Communication Breakthrough ACTION

Breakthrough ACTION implemented transmedia interventions co-created with the Government of Nigeria and other key stakeholders.

Nigeria Community Capacity Strengthening Resources and Tools

English Nigeria Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender, Malaria, Maternal and Child Health Implementation Guidance, Success Story, Tool, Video/Animation Community Engagement, Social and Behavior Change Communication Breakthrough ACTION

Breakthrough ACTION trained 659 Ward Development Committees in Nigeria to plan, fund, and implement Community Health Action Resource Plans.

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