StayTeen.org

The goal of Stay Teen is to encourage young people to enjoy their teen years and avoid the responsibilities that come with too-early pregnancy and parenting. The site strives to provide information about issues like sex, relationships, waiting, and contraception, in order to better prepare teens to make informed choices for their future.

The website was created by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, which states that its goal is to be factual, unbiased, and open to a variety of viewpoints on very sensitive issues. The organization also expresses respect for the teen moms and dads who work hard to ensure that their children can grow up to be happy, healthy teens themselves.

Included on the site are videos, information pages, games, and links to other sites.

Source: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

SuperAmma Campaign for Changing Handwashing Behavior

This campaign was designed to motivate mothers to wash their own hands with soap and to encourage their children to do the same. The campaign involved framing handwashing with soap without using the word “germs” and to frame the discussion as a matter of good manners which will help ensure the success of their children. On the part of the children, it was framed as getting rid of “disgusting” dirt on their hands. Mothers who undertook to participate were labeled “SuperAmmas.”

This website offers information about the entire campaign – development/creation, implementation, and evaluation.

Source: DDB Mudra Group

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Testing Makes Us Stronger

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed Testing Makes Us Stronger for black gay and bisexual men with input from black gay and bisexual men across the country. The goal of this national campaign is to promote HIV testing among black gay and bisexual men.

Testing Makes Us Stronger aims to demonstrate that knowing one’s HIV status is important and empowering information. The campaign’s bold images and messages are featured in ads in national publications and websites, as well as local outdoor, transit and print media in select cities experiencing high levels of HIV infection in African American gay and bisexual men. By placing this widget on an organization’s website, visitors to the site can have instant information about HIV testing sites in their area by simply entering their ZIP code.

The information comes from the CDC’s extensive database of U.S. test sites at HIVtest.CDC.gov. A widget is an online program that provides customized information and can be easily added to a website. It automatically updates, so it requires no maintenance by the web developer.

Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Tips for People Living in Areas of Plague

This page offers ideas for people living in areas of plague about how to prevent becoming infected, including:

  1. Reduce rodent habitat around your home
  2. Wear gloves if you are handling or skinning potentially infected animals
  3. Use repellent if you think you could be exposed to rodent fleas
  4. Keep fleas off of your pets
  5. Do not allow dogs or cats that roam free in endemic areas to sleep on your bed

Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Protecting Breastfeeding with New Policies: Code of Marketing

This is a collection of resources that tell the story of how a group of institutions created a policy change related to the marketing of breastmilk substitutes (BMS). The Code is a set of guidelines for how all Asia-Pacific countries can implement a strong national code of marketing BMS.

The website includes a description of the collaborative efforts leading to the policy, the journey of the staff members who championed the legislation, the code itself, and a timeline of the efforts.

Source: FHI360, Alive & Thrive

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

PrEP Basics

This page provides answers to many questions about PrEP, including:

  • Video introduction to PrEP
  • What is PrEP?
  • Why take PrEP?
  • Is it a vaccine?
  • How well does it work?
  • Is it safe?
  • How do I start it?
  • How do I pay for it?
  • How long do I need to take it?

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Initiation of and Adherence to Treatment as Prevention

These guidelines are aimed at clinicians and community-based HIV prevention providers about early initiation of ART for personal and public health benefits. They include information about ARV treament for prevention of HIV transmission and adherence to ART treatment. The guidelines advice practitioners to counsel all HIV-infected persons about the benefits and risks of ART, including the fact that effective ART substantially reduces but does not eliminate the risk of transmitting HIV.

Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Engaging Traditional Leaders in the Prevention of HIV and Gender-Based Violence

This toolkit is a selection of resources on the role of traditional leaders and culture in preventing HIV and gender-based violence (GBV).

The resources are organized into the following categories: Country and regional experiences and lessons sharing, Research and issue papers, Programming guidelines and tools, Governance, and HIV prevention and culture. The resources are aimed at traditional leaders, policy makers, program managers, researchers, NGOs, CBOs and implementing partners working in the field of HIV and AIDS, sexual reproductive health, and gender-based violence.

The aim of the toolkit is to help these leaders and professionals engage and support traditional leadership to champion the prevention of HIV and GBV. It also contains resources and tools that can be used by traditional leaders to build their understanding and capacity around HIV and GBV prevention.

Source: K4Health

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Accelerating Family Planning Demand Through Advanced Audience Segmentation (SPARK page)

This “SPARK” page illustrates several projects that used advanced audience segmentation (AAS) to increase demand for family planning. The projects described are from Niger, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso. In these projects, AAS methods were used to pinpoint various sub-segments of the audience and direct messages to those groups, focusing on that particular group’s interests, motivations, and needs.

The page provides ample description of each project, links to other resources, graphics illustrating project results, and photographs from project participants.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019