The Focus Tool – An SBC/C Planner
The FOCUS Tool is an online social and behavior change /communication strategy planner. FOCUS provides step-by-step guidance on how to develop or retrofit a theory-based social and behavior change/ communication (SBC/C) strategy.
The steps, theoretical framework, and tools are designed to help SBC practitioners prepare and plan for effective SBC/C initiatives through a comprehensive approach. The final product is a draft narrative strategy that has been systematically developed and that can be further refined. FOCUS uses an integrated SBC/C framework, based on a Socio-Ecological Model.
Last modified: October 3, 2019
Language: English
RESOURCES
Tools
Examples
- Making Content Meaningful: A Guide to Adapting Existing Global Health Content for Different Audiences
- MULTI-SBC: The Programmatic Aid for Multi-Sectoral Integration of SBC for FP Practitioners
- Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning (MIYCN-FP) Integration Toolkit
- Social Marketing: Leveraging the Private Sector to Improve Contraceptive Access, Choice, and Use
- The HTSP Implementation Kit
- The mHealth Planning Guide: Key Considerations for Integrating Mobile Technology into Health Programs
- Integrating Family Planning and Antiretroviral Therapy: A Client-oriented Service Model
- Social and Behavior Change Capacity Assessment Tool for Individuals [Facilitator's Guide and Assessment Tool]
- SBCC for Malaria in Pregnancy: Strategy Development Guidance
- Healthy People, Healthy Ecosystems: A Manual on Integrating Health and Family Planning into Conservation Projects
- Integrating Family Planning into Development Food Security Activities: Formative Research with the Njira Project in Malawi
- Population, Health, and Environment Integration Programming Manual
- Saath-Saath Integrated Brochure - Seven types of FP/HIV
- In-clinic Demand Generation for Post Pregnancy Family Planning Services In The Private Sector: A Promising Strategy
- Expanding Access to Family Planning Services at the Community Level