Scientific evidence doesn’t seem to carry the same weight it used to. In the new era of “alternative facts,” it can be especially difficult to effectively communicate with people in order to convince them to behave in their best interests. Take the case of childhood
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is highlighting the work of two current CCP staff members on the jhsph.edu homepage this week. Amber Summers, based in Baltimore, and Cheryl Lettenmaier, based in Uganda, took very different paths to get to CCP — and
For nearly two months, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have streamed into Bangladeshi refugee camps from neighboring Myanmar, where this Muslim minority is being forced from their homes. A few weeks ago, a team of three Bangladesh-based staff from the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication
It was 2001 when the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and a local NGO in Pakistan came up with the idea: A toll-free call-in line, staffed by trained counselors, who could answer questions from youth about everything from sexual health to social anxiety. “These
The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs is soliciting donations for a scholarship fund to assist people who wish to attend the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Summit Featuring Entertainment Education being held in Nusa Dua, Indonesia from April 16-20, 2018. “We expect the
In Tanzania, pregnant women who were exposed to a national safe motherhood campaign designed to get them to visit health facilities for prenatal care and delivery were more likely to create birth plans and to attend more prenatal appointments, according to new Johns Hopkins research.
Abstracts are now being accepted for Shifting Norms, Changing Behavior, Amplifying Voice: What Works? The 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit featuring Entertainment-Education. In 2016, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) co-hosted the first Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit,
In honor of World Contraception Day 2017, Elizabeth Futrell, one of the founders of Family Planning Voices, writes in a Baltimore Sun op-ed today about “the privilege of listening to good people from all walks of life who are bound by their passion for expanding
In 2012, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) embarked on a mission, backed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and supported by several international partners. As the leader of the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative project (HC3), we set out to
There’s no emoji for the mosquito, the deadly insect that spreads malaria, Zika and more. It’s needed for communication and outreach, proponents say. A CCP staffer has proposed it be adopted.
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