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            <title>Global Health Technical Briefs: Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage</title>
            <link>http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb48posthem.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This two-page Brief concludes that:

* Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality in low-resource settings. 

* In countries with high maternal mortality and limited resources, introducing safe, low-cost, evidence-based practices that prevent PPH can save women’s lives.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:23:56 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Global Healthe Technical Briefs: Avian Influenza: Critical Program Issues</title>
            <link>http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb46avianflu.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This two-page Brief concludes:

*While the spread of avian influenza (H5N1) virus from person-to-person is currently rare and unsustained, H5N1 continues to pose a significant threat to public health and economies worldwide. 

*All evidence to date indicates that close contact with dead or sick birds is the principal source of human infection with H5N1. 

*Key protective practices endorsed by international agencies include washing (proper hygiene), separating chickens/birds, reporting dead or sick chickens/birds, and cooking poultry properly. 

*Strategic AI communication can effectively increase awareness of AI risks, means of transmission, and promote sustained behavior change when carefully delivered.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:18:16 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Global Health Technical Briefs:Tuberculosis and the Media: The Importance of Communicating ...</title>
            <link>http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb47mediainterac.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This two page Brief concludes that: 
*Planning is the key to a successful tuberculosis (TB) communication program or activity. 

*You need to choose a format for contact with the media that best fits your audience and message. 

*You need to identify the SOCO (“single overriding communication objective”) that you want your audience to remember. 

*You need to identify and train a spokesperson to represent your program to the media.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:09:42 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Global Health Technical Briefs: Risk Communication: Principles, Tools, and Techniques</title>
            <link>http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb49riskcomn.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This 2-page Brief concludes that:

*Risk communication is central to informed decision-making. 

*Guidelines exist to help programs and providers present risk information clearly and effectively. 

*People under stress typically want to know that you care before they care about what you know. 

*People under stress typically have difficulty hearing, understanding, and remembering information.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:03:45 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Global Health Technical Briefs:The Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM): A Postpartum ...</title>
            <link>http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb45LAM.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This two-page fact sheet discusses:

*The Lactational Amenorrhea Method is an effective, temporary contraceptive method based on natural infertility resulting from certain patterns of breastfeeding.
 
*Studies suggest that LAM attracts previous non-users to the modern method mix. 

*Providers should discuss with clients healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies and return to fertility as part of LAM counseling. 

*Programs should assist mothers in transition from LAM to another method by providing or linking to family planning services.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:55:25 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>INFO Reports: Entertainment-Education For Better Health</title>
            <link>http://www.infoforhealth.org/inforeports/E-E/E-E.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This issue of INFO Reports discusses three aspects of entertainment-education to improve
family planning/reproductive health and prevent HIV infection:

• How E-E works and its potential effects on knowledge, attitudes, and behavior;

• The best uses of the various E-E formats; and

• The important steps for managing E-E projects, within the framework of the general process for developing communication programming.

Managers of family planning/reproductive health programs and policy makers can use this report
to become more knowledgeable advocates for E-E and better prepared to oversee E-E projects.

Also, this report can help E-E managers with choosing formats and producing E-E products. For radio or TV dramas, a checklist includes the tasks that are the responsibility of the E-E manager.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:48:04 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>INFO Reports: Tools for Behavior Change Communication</title>
            <link>http://www.infoforhealth.org/inforeports/BCCtools/index.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Many health and development programs use behavior change communication (BCC) to improve people’s health and wellbeing, including family planning and reproductive health, maternal and child health, and prevention of infectious diseases. 

BCC is a process that motivates people to adopt and sustain healthy behaviors and lifestyles. Sustaining healthy behavior usually requires a continuing investment in BCC as part of an overall health program.

The tools in this issue of INFO Reports are meant to help with planning and developing a BCC component in family planning programs. The same tools can be used, however, for any health- or development-related BCC program. This report is part of a set of publications on behavior change communication.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:11:57 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Population Reports: Communication for Better Health</title>
            <link>http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/j56/index.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This Population Reports issue discusses how managers of family planning programs can build effective behavior change communication programs.

To meet their goals, family planning programs must build behavior change communication (BCC) into their overall strategies. 

BCC programs are cost-effective when they reach large audiences. 

Effective BCC programs: 
Use a proven process to ensure results. Typical steps consist of analysis, strategic design, development and pretesting of messages, implementation and monitoring, and evaluation.

Apply theory. Theories of behavior change help programs develop appropriate strategies and messages that will resonate with the audience.

Rely on research. Research provides information that guides program design, monitoring, and evaluation.

Involve the community. When community members help design and guide BCC programs, programs are more capable of addressing the community’s concerns and needs. Also, the community strengthens its capacity to identify and address health and social problems.

Develop relevant and creative messages and materials. Messages should make clear the benefits of the recommended behavior that the audience values. Programs need to tailor messages and materials to the interests of different audiences and their readiness to change.

Address both the individual and the larger society. Both individual behavior change and social change are necessary to achieve sustained improvements in health.

Combine communication channels. Using a mix of mass media, interpersonal communication, and community approaches increases the influence on behavior.

Plan with scaling up in mind. Expanding activities to reach more people and more areas works best when it is planned from the start.

Develop and sustain capacity for the future. Training, education, and working partnerships build capacity. Also, with technical assistance, individuals and local organizations can learn how to carry out effective BCC programs.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:54:35 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>INFO REPORTS:Implants:Tools for Providers</title>
            <link>http://www.infoforhealth.org/inforeports/implants/implants.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This 12-page counseling tool is for health care providers. Key points discussed point out that Implants:
• Are one of the most effective contraceptive methods.
• Are small flexible rods or capsules that are placed just under the skin
of the upper arm.
• Are barely visible but can be felt under the skin.
• Require a specifically trained provider to insert and remove. A woman
cannot start or stop using implants on her own.
• Will hurt a bit to have inserted and probably a bit more to have
removed. The procedure may leave a small visible scar.
• May change her monthly bleeding pattern. These changes are
common and are not harmful.
• Provide long-term protection from pregnancy. Very effective for 3 to 5
years, depending on the type of implant. (Explain when she will need
her implant replaced.)
• Do not affect future fertility. Fertility returns
immediately after implants are removed.
• Provide no protection against sexually
transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:27:47 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Population Reports: Implants: The Next Generation</title>
            <link>http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/k7/k7.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[New contraceptive implants are becoming available to family planning programs around the world--the one-rod system Implanon®, the two-rod system Jadelle®, and in some countries Sino-Implant (II)®, also two rods.

By 2008 Norplant®, the six-capsule implant system will no longer be available. Like Norplant, the new implants are highly effective at
preventing pregnancy, and, like Norplant, they alter women’s bleeding patterns. Their most important advantage over Norplant is easier and quicker insertion and removal.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:17:04 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Population Reports:Family Planning Choices for Women With HIV</title>
            <link>http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/l15/index.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Women with HIV have much the same reasons to have children or to prevent pregnancy as everyone else, but they have important additional issues to consider. These women’s health care providers have the responsibility to help them make well-informed and well-considered choices and carry out their decisions with the least risk. This report helps ffamily planning and HIV providers:
 
--Understand how HIV affects women’s reproductive health and childbearing decisions. 
--Learn the latest, evidence-based information to help women with HIV think through their family planning choices. 
--Inform women with HIV who are thinking about having children of the risks of transmitting HIV to the infant and/or uninfected partner and how they can reduce these risks.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:50:24 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>INFO REPORTS: Women and HIV: Questions Answered</title>
            <link>http://www.infoforhealth.org/inforeports/women_hiv/index.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This 8-page report answers basic questions about women and HIV. Categories included:
--Basic facts
--Family planning and HIV
--Health of mother and infant
--Mother-to-child transmission of HIV]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:48:38 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>African Transformation Engenders Self-Efficacy, Improves Gender Norms, and Increases Community ...</title>
            <link>http://www.jhuccp.org/pubs/ci/23/23.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This issue of Communication Impact presents the recent findings of the African Transformation evaluation study.  Overall, men and women who participated in African Transformation  workshops in Uganda were not only more likely to believe they could make a difference in their personal lives and communities, they were also more likely to report making the effort to do so. Furthermore, fewer participants, compared to non-participants, reported feeling constrained by traditional gender roles.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:22:07 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Global Health Technical Briefs:  Bednets Reduce Malaria</title>
            <link>http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb17bednets.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This two-page Brief reports that:

--More than one million lives could be saved annually if insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) were routinely used by the populations at greatest risk of malaria.

--Several models for delivery of ITNs have been developed, and the choice among them depends on how capable the commercial sector is to provide bednets.

--A new technology for dipping nets may soon turn people's conventional bednets into long-lasting bednets.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:46:35 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Global Health Technical Briefs:  Prevent and Treat Malaria During Pregnancy</title>
            <link>http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb18malpreg.shtml</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This two-page Brief discusses how to treat and prevent Malaria during pregnancy.

--Fetal loss, premature delivery, and death can be avoided through prompt disease recognition followed without delay by high-quality treatment of malaria. 

--Pregnant women should sleep under an insecticide-treated bednet. 

--Intermittent preventive treatment has a beneficial impact on maternal and infant health.]]></description>
            <author>mdadamo@jhuccp.org (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:41:23 +0100</pubDate>
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