Social and behavior change communication

Reports

Using Agriculture Extension Agents to Promote Nutrition: A Process Review of Three Feed the Future Activities in Ethiopia

In March and April 2014, SPRING conducted a rapid, participatory process review to document experience and learning from activities that are utilizing a common strategy to promote nutrition...

Keywords: Agriculture, Social and behavior change communication, Workforce
Location: Ethiopia

Evidence of Effective SBCC Approaches to Improve Women’s Dietary Practices during Pregnancy and Lactation

This chapter of "Evidence of Effective Approaches to Social and Behavior Change Communication for Preventing and Reducing Stunting and Anemia" focuses on the effectiveness of Social and...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Breastfeeding, Dietary diversity, Complementary feeding

Evidence of Effective SBCC Approaches to Promote Breastfeeding Practices

This chapter of "Evidence of Effective Approaches to Social and Behavior Change Communication for Preventing and Reducing Stunting and Anemia" reviews the effectiveness of social and...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Breastfeeding, Dietary diversity, Complementary feeding

Evidence of Effective SBCC Approaches to Improve Complementary Feeding Practices

This chapter of "Evidence of Effective Approaches to Social and Behavior Change Communication for Preventing and Reducing Stunting and Anemia" focuses on the effectiveness of Social and...

Keywords: Complementary feeding, Social and behavior change communication, Breastfeeding, Dietary diversity

Market Purchase Motivations Among Rural Men in the Khulna District of Bangladesh

A focus group discussion (FGD) approach was selected to investigate social norms and perceptions about men’s market behavior in rural Bangladesh. The purpose of the focus group was to...

Keywords: Gender, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Bangladesh

Series

Evidence of Effective Approaches to Social and Behavior Change Communication for Preventing and Reducing Stunting and Anemia

This review, part of a broader effort by SPRING to support governments and other stakeholders in their delivery of high impact nutrition practices, provides a summary of peer-reviewed...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Stunting, Anemia, Breastfeeding, Complementary feeding, Dietary diversity

Activities

Evaluation of the Community IYCF Counseling Package

The main purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the C-IYCF Counseling Package in improving IYCF behaviors in an environment supportive of its design, management, technical...

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Infant and young child feeding, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Nigeria

Building Local Partners’ Capacity to Implement Infant and Young Child Feeding Interventions

SPRING provides technical assistance to partners rolling out the Nigeria Community and Facility Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Package for its use in uniform training and information...

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Community mobilization, Complementary feeding, Dietary diversity, Gender, Handwashing, Health systems, HIV/AIDS, Infant and young child feeding, Maternal nutrition, Nutrition-specific, Social and behavior change communication, Supportive supervision, Thousand days, Training, Workforce
Location: Nigeria

Events

Seeds of Change: Leveraging Community Video for Agriculture and Nutrition Behavior Change in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

On December 17, 2013, SPRING hosted a webinar focused on the Digital Green community-led video approach, and how nutrition can be integrated into this unique agricultural extension

Keywords: Community media, Social and behavior change communication, Agriculture
Location: Online

Technical Areas

Catalyzing Social and Behavior Change

Human behavior is complex—an array of complex factors influence people's everyday decisions to test, adopt, and ultimately internalize and sustain new or modified behaviors. SPRING embraces...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication

A2Z Resources

Minimum Package of Activities - Nutrition Module

The Minimum Package of Activities (MPA) is a tool that aims to strengthen the knowledge and skills of health center staff in Cambodia in regards to nutrition to improve the health of...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication
Location: Cambodia

National Nutrition Program: Village Volunteer Nutrition Job Aid How to Help Mothers and Young Children Stay Healthy

This job aid, developed for village volunteers, includes information on a variety of nutrition practices for mothers and young children.

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Cambodia

National Nutrition Program: Village Volunteer Micro-nutrient Module

This job aid, developed for village volunteers, includes information on a variety of nutrition practices for mothers and young children.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Micronutrient, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Cambodia

National Communication Strategy for the Promotion of Vitamin A in Cambodia, October 2008 – November 2010

Vitamin A deﬁciency is a serious public health problem among women and children in Cambodia.

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Supplementation
Location: Cambodia

Posters

Factors Motivating Home Garden Choices Affecting Dietary Diversity in Bangladesh

The findings of this study suggest that women in Bangladesh value food production skills training as the single most important motivating factor for homestead production.

Keywords: Dietary diversity, Home gardens, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Bangladesh

Community-Led Formative Research to Determine Priority Nutrition Behaviors for an Innovative Participatory Video Feasibility Study

The participatory nature of both the formative research and training served to strengthen the collaboration among the various community stakeholders, and many AWWs and ASHAs subsequently...

Keywords: Community media, Social and behavior change communication
Location: India

The Use of Participatory, Community-led Videos in India: Pushing New Buttons for Nutrition, Livelihoods, and Agriculture

This project highlights the potential of community video for fostering both social and individual behavior change with minimal technical input from external partners.

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Community media
Location: India

Evidence of Effective Approaches to Social and Behavior Change for Preventing and Reducing Stunting and Anemia

The findings of this review suggest the importance of promoting both broader social change and individual behavior change at all possible contact points.

Keywords: Anemia, Social and behavior change communication, Stunting

Resource Review Summaries

The 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit

The 2018 SBCC Summit highlights the essential role SBCC plays in catalyzing change and making progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. This year, the conference will be hosted in...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Anemia

The Role of Social Protection and Agriculture in Tackling Chronic Undernutrition

This guide reports on the learning that has emerged from the Transform Nutrition consortium's research examining the potential of the social protection and agriculture sectors in Bangladesh...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Agriculture, Dietary diversity
Location: Bangladesh, Ethiopia

Triggering for Positive Behaviour Change in Nutrition

This technical brief provides an overview of community SBCC and triggering on positive nutrition and hygiene behaviours. It summarises some key insights and findings from Sustainable...

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Dietary diversity, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Zambia, Uganda

Integrated SBCC Programs: Key Challenges and Promising Strategies

This webinar held on September 25, 2017, provided an overview of key considerations when designing, implementing, and evaluating integrated social and behavior change communication (SBCC)...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication

Facilitating Change: SBC and Market Systems Webinar

This ACDI/VOCA webinar focused on the influence of social and behavior change research in the market systems context, utilizing case studies to demonstrate its significance. One case study...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Agriculture
Location: Kenya

CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference Spring 2017

CORE Group will host the Spring 2017 Global Health Practitioner Conference, Integrated Approaches: The Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Key to Community Health, on April 20 – 21, 2017 in...

Keywords: Anemia, Social and behavior change communication, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition

Key Steps for Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection

Secure Nutrition and the World Bank Group hosted author and IFPRI Senior Researcher Dr. Harold Alderman to outline the logic for prioritizing nutrition-sensitive programs in the current...

Keywords: Nutrition-sensitive, Social and behavior change communication

What’s My Status?: How Engaging 4,000 Households in a Nutrition Survey Encourages Behavior Change

Holly McKee, of Bioanalyt, tells of her experience supporting data collection to evaluate Helen Keller International’s Enhanced Homestead Food Production (EHFP) program in Indonesia. The...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Anemia, Micronutrient
Location: Indonesia

Adapting Agriculture Platforms for Nutrition: A Case Study of a Participatory, Video-Based Agricultural Extension Platform in India

This study examines the feasibility of delivering maternal, infant, and young child nutrition behavior change communication through an innovative agricultural extension program serving...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Social and behavior change communication, Agriculture
Location: India

Enhancing Linkages Between Healthy Diets, Local Agriculture, and Sustainable Food Systems: The School Meals Planner Package in Ghana

Positive monitoring reports and feedback from Ghana indicate that the School Meals Planner Package tool can be adapted for other countries to meet context-specific needs. The package...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Agriculture, Food systems
Location: Ghana

The WEAI Intervention Guide and the Gender Integration Framework After Event Resources

The Intervention Guide for the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a resource to help USAID missions and implementers design interventions for the domains of empowerment...

Keywords: Women's empowerment, Social and behavior change communication, Gender, Agriculture

Integrating Gender into Social and Behavior Change Communication

Health Communication Capacity Collaborative’s SBCC Implementation Kit (I-Kit), includes a step by step approach to integrate gender into an existing SBCC strategy or marketing kit. It is...

Keywords: Gender, Social and behavior change communication, Agriculture

How Do Social Protection Programs Address Nutrition Behavior Change? A Look at Interventions and Delivery Channels in World Bank Programming

World Bank’s SecureNutrition Platform convened a panel of five World Bank social protection projects in a seminar to discuss how they are incorporating social behavior change communication...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication
Location: Mexico, Mali, Niger, Tanzania, Djibouti

Seeds, Stems, and Vines: Incorporating Biofortification into a Project

This SPRING webinar explored biofortification, with a focus on implementation and incorporating it into development projects. HarvestPlus experts explained their implementation process,...

Keywords: Fortification, Social and behavior change communication

ENGINE Project Intervention Documentaries

The ENGINE Project has launched a YouTube channel, with videos detailing its programs and explaining some of the outcomes of their nutrition-specific interventions, homestead gardening...

Keywords: Nutrition-specific, Social and behavior change communication

A 2-Year Integrated Agriculture and Nutrition Health Behavior Change Communication Program Targeted to Women in Burkina Faso Reduces Anemia, Wasting and Diarrhea in Children 3-12.9 Months of Age at Baseline: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

A program involving agriculture, nutrition, and health behavior change communication (BCC) is shown to improve child health and nutrition outcomes. This study reveals that an integrated...