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Communicating risk in public health emergencies: a WHO guideline for emergency risk communication (‎ERC)‎ policy and practice
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Communicating risk in public health emergencies: a WHO guideline for emergency risk communication (‎ERC)‎ policy and practice

These guidelines provide evidence-based guidance on how risk communication should be practiced in an emergency, including guidance to countries on building capacity for communicating risk during health emergencies. This includes guidance on: building trust and engaging with communities and affected populations; integrating risk communication into existing national and local emergency preparedness and response structures; and emergency risk communication practice—from strategizing, planning, coordinating, messaging, channeling, and different methods and approaches of communication and engagement, to monitoring and evaluation—based on a systematic assessment of the evidence on what worked and what did not work during recent emergencies.

This includes guidance on: building trust and engaging with communities and affected populations; integrating risk communication into existing national and local emergency preparedness and response structures; · ERC practice – It covers strategizing, planning, coordinating, messaging, channeling, and different methods and approaches of communication and engagement. It also touches on monitoring and evaluation – based on a systematic assessment of the evidence of what worked and what did not work during recent emergencies.

Communication du risque pendant les urgences sanitaires

Cette ressource offre des conseils stratégiques et pratiques de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) sur la communication des risques pendant les urgences. Elle souligne l’importance de fournir des informations exactes de manière précoce et fréquente par le biais de canaux fiables, dans des langues comprises par la population. Ces orientations permettent de s’assurer que les populations à risque comprennent comment se protéger, protéger leur famille et leur communauté des risques sanitaires.

Last modified: March 31, 2022

Language: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese

Source: World Health Organization

Year of Publication: 2018

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Community Approaches to Child Health in Malawi: Applying the Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (C-IMCI) Framework

The C-IMCI Framework is made up of three elements: (1) improving partnerships between health facilities and the communities they serve; (2) increasing appropriate and accessible health care and information from community-based providers; and (3) integrating promotion of key family practices critical for child health and nutrition, and a multi-sectoral platform. The intent of the C-IMCI Framework is to enable NGOs and governments to categorize their existing community-based program efforts and develop and implement a coordinated, integrated strategy to improve child health. The framework is designed to address each of the three key elements and a multi-sectoral platform that would be most effective in improving child health.

This paper documents World Relief’s approach to C-IMCI interventions at the household level in Malawi, where the government is dedicated to implementing C-IMCI through its community network of health surveillance assistants. Included are sections on: background, Care Group Model, Programming, Results, Lessons Learned, and Scale Up / Costs.

Source: Core Group, World Relief

Date of Publication: October 17, 2021

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Engaging Boys and Men in Gender Transformation: The Group Education Manual

This 11-chapter manual offers trainers an array of participatory experiential exercises to reach men (and their partners), exploring gender socialization and its impact on HIV prevention and care. Piloted in Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania, the manual is designed to assist master trainers in developing curricula to work with men and boys on gender, HIV and AIDS issues.

After a short background discussing the scientific rationale, chapter topics include: Gender and Power, Sexuality, Men and Health, Substance Use, Healthy Relationships, STI and HIV prevention, Living with HIV, Fatherhood, Violence and Making Change-taking Action. This educational manual allows men to question non-equitable views about masculinity and develop more positive attitudes to prevent unhealthy behaviors that put them and their partners and families at risk. It can also be used to train facilitators who will implement workshop activities with groups of men.

The activities are intended for use with men of all ages, although some adaptations might have to be made depending on the ages of the men and the country and community context. These activities can also be adapted for use with groups of men and women.

Source: EngenderHealth, Promundo

Date of Publication: October 15, 2021

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Working with a Creative Team

The C-Bulletins were developed by C-Change for communication practitioners who develop and adapt SBCC materials and activities for audiences with lower literacy skills. Each bulletin offers practical, how-to assistance and a list of additional resources.

This bulletin shares best practices for working with artists, graphic designers, and other creative professionals when developing social and behavior change communication (SBCC) materials and activities for all audiences, but especially for those with lower literacy skills.

  • What is a creative team and why use one?
  • How is a creative team hired?
  • What needs to be done at different stages in the materials development process?
  • What is the value added of working with a creative team?

Last modified: July 23, 2021

Language: English

Source: C-Change

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    Compendium of Gender Scales

    The identification of appropriate gender-related measures is important for developing and evaluating interventions that aim to promote positive health outcomes by addressing the gender norms that function as barriers to health. A scale is a numerical score aggregating multiple indicators believed to reflect an underlying concept. Because there is no single “gold standard” for measuring gender norms, gender attitudes, women’s empowerment, and other aspects of gender, researchers often use multiple measures. Using a single measure is not possible because gender operates in multiple spheres and has many facets.

    When a single measure is preferred, a scale combining several items creates a more valid measure than any single scale item used alone. Scales selected for the compendium have all been tested for their ability to measure gender attitudes and predict behaviors of interest, such as gender-based violence and partner reduction. The scales include those developed by working group participants as well as other scales they identified. The compendium is not exhaustive. It does not encompass all scales appropriate for studying gender and health outcomes, and it does not identify which scale is best for a specific study or evaluation. The scales included are:

    • Couple Communication on Sex Scale
    • Women’s Empowerment Scale
    • Gender Beliefs Scale
    • Gender Equitable Men (GEM) Scale
    • Gender Norm Attitudes Scale
    • Gender Relations Scale
    • Household Decision-Making Scale
    • Sexual Relationship Power Scale

    Last modified: July 23, 2021

    Language: English

    Source: FHI 360

    Year of Publication: 2011

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      mHealth Field Guide for Newborn Health

      This guide that explains how mHealth serves newborn health through referral and tracking of mothers and infants, decision support for CHWs, CHW supervision, scheduling and tracking postpartum and postnatal visits, and teaching and counseling for mothers and families.

      Mobile health, or “mHealth”, addresses the use of mobile and wireless technologies for providing health services and information. Newborn health can be supported by mHealth through referral and tracking of mothers and infants, decision support for CHW, CHW supervision, scheduling and tracking postpartum and postnatal visits, and teaching and counseling for mothers and families, among other uses.

      This guide includes case studies from Afghanistan, India, Malawi and Indonesia which are framed by a review of implementation issues and external resources for guidance.

      In particular, guidance is provided as to how mHealth can be used for newborn heatlh:

      • Referral and Tracking
      • Decision Support for CHW
      • CHW Supervision
      • Scheduling and Tracking Follow Up Visits
      • Teaching and Counseling

      Last modified: July 23, 2021

      Language: English

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        Guide to Prevention and Control of Covid-19 in Services of Health

        The Coronavirus topic was included in the Guide for the Prevention and Control of Covid-19 in Health Services of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala.

        To facilitate dissemination, a brochure and poster were produced. In addition, workshops were held with staff from the MOH and the municipalities of Nebaj, Chajul, Nebaj and Sacapulas in Quiché.

        Source: Save The Children, Breakthrough ACTION /Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, USAID, The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance, Guatemala

        Date of Publication: May 31, 2021

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        #infohygiene in Times of Pandemics

        This guidance was developed to remind journalists about getting the facts straight and offers several steps to ensure that the news that they report about a pandemic is accurate.

        Source: Internews

        Date of Publication: May 11, 2021

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        Considering Intersectionality in Africa

        This is an entire issue of the journal Agenda (Volume 31, Issue 1) which focuses on intersectionality and gender in Africa.

        The contributions in this issue consider the traction that the concept of intersectionality may have in scholarship in and about Africa. They variously address questions of how to do intersectional research; how intersectionality is lived and subjectively experienced; how intersectionality might inform our understanding of practices of resistance; how context – place and history – informs the identities at stake; how social status, such as marital status and profession, might be important identity categories in African contexts, independent of class; and how to expand an intersectional approach beyond social relations, to include intersections of social power with material resources such as water.

        The various works in this issue are examples of both the durability of the concept, and the possibilities and richness that African perspectives can offer scholarship on intersectionality. We are optimistic that future calls for contributions in this area will elicit inputs from a wider range of African contexts.

        Source: Agenda

        Date of Publication: April 7, 2021

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        Guide for the Preparation of a Risk Communication Strategy for COVID-19 Vaccines: A Resource for the Countries of the Americas

        This document was created to facilitate the preparation of a risk communication and community engagement strategy for vaccination against COVID-19.

        Its goal is to help to strengthen the communication and planning capacities of the ministries or secretariats of health and other agencies in charge of communicating about new COVID-19 vaccines in the Americas.

        It also includes a matrix for the preparation of a risk communication strategy for COVID-19 vaccines.

        Source: PAHO

        Date of Publication: March 18, 2021

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