Social and behavior change communication
Galleries
Participants’ work from SPRING’s Photo-to-Illustration workshop in Guinea highlight the technique’s uses for high quality visual materials.
SPRING/Guinea provided training on production and dissemination of community videos for MIYCF, hygiene, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture to community agents in Faranah and Mamou, Guinea.
Location: Guinea
A USAID and SPRING team observed the results of SPRING’s partnership approach at the community level.
SPRING facilitated a training on the photo-to-illustration process for 16 participants in Conakry, Guinea.
In May and June 2017, SPRING/Senegal organized capacity building workshops for community video hubs on video editing software and business management.
Location: Senegal
SPRING hosted a joint meeting of the MIYCN-FP Integration and the FP-Immunization Integration Working Groups to discuss ways to further integrate service delivery.
SPRING trained community video and radio staff on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Mamou, Guinea.
In April 2017, SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic and the Kyrgyz tele-radio company, Tumar, organized seven free concerts in seven townships—Jalalabad, Tash-Kumyr, Kara-Kul, Kochkor-Ata, Mailuu-Suu,...
Briefs
Transforming sociocultural beliefs around gender roles is critical to better nutrition outcomes. As part of SPRING’s social and behavior change communication (SBCC) strategy, we piloted the...
SPRING/Bangladesh has shown how collaboration and coordination among various government departments can contribute to better nutrition.
Job Aids and Tools
Videos made for the community by the community have proved to be effective in causing social and behavior change in Sahel. This document serves as a “road map” to implementing community...
Location: Sahel, Niger, Burkina Faso
The Strategic Agenda is a blueprint for creating social and behavior change communication programs that contribute to the widespread social and individual behavior changes needed to meet...
News
The group visited one of SPRING’s partner radio stations, micro-gardens, and chicken coops, and observed a community video dissemination.
SPRING/Ghana hosted a learning event to share important lessons and celebrate accomplishments in improving maternal and child nutrition in the country from 2014-2017.
As SPRING closes its program in Guinea, key partners from the governmental and non-governmental sectors were invited to learn more about the program’s successes and legacy.
Location: Guinea
SPRING shared its SPRING/Guinea Social and Behavior Change (SBC) approaches at the ICTforAg 2017 conference during a session entitled "Multi-Channel Communications in Hard-to-Reach Places."
Father-to-Father support groups encourage men to take an active role in the health and nutrition of their families.
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic held concerts in townships of Jalalabad and Naryn oblasts to promote nutrition and WASH.
SPRING’s presentation highlighted the role of Village Health Teams in closing the gap between health facilities and caregivers.
Location: Uganda
SPRING/Ghana uses VSLAs so mother-to-mother support groups can improve their economic status with savings and loans to meet immediate needs.
Location: Ghana
SPRING/Guinea and FRI conducted an assessment to develop an interactive rural radio strategy that the SMARTE project can use to encourage nutrition-sensitive and specific practices.
Location: Guinea
Events
While there are many opportunities to make agriculture more nutrition-sensitive, understanding how to influence behavior to address the indirect causes of malnutrition can be a challenge.
Location: Online
Videos
This tutorial demonstrates the steps of the technical process, from reference photography to line drawing, color, volume, patterns, and a final image for layout. Both program managers and...
From sharing caregiving duties to pooling funds to buy farm equipment, people thrive when they work together toward shared goals. By partnering with local organizations in three regions in...
Activities
SPRING is developing an interactive GIS mapping tool that allows users to view the geographic distribution and summaries of nutrition, WASH, and SBC activities in the Sahel, making...
Location: Sahel, Burkina Faso, Niger
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic uses mobile data to improve nutrition counseling.
Location: Kyrgyz Republic
Reports
This report explains how the community video approach can be used to strengthen spousal communication and improve male involvement in MIYCN behaviors.
Success Stories
Residents of the Toroyili community of Ghana’s Tolon District now regularly practice the good hygiene they need for better nutrition and health. But that wasn’t always the case.
Location: Ghana
Posters
This poster explains SPRING's community video approach as part social and behavior change communication.
Location: India, Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Senegal, Sahel
Training Materials
The Accelerating Behavior Change in Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture online training is a one-day course for people who design and implement agriculture projects, including those focused on...