Our work this year spanned many topics and approaches – from COVID vaccine acceptance and family planning to malaria and social norms. Here’s a round up of CCP’s biggest blog posts of 2021.
The extension from USAID means Breakthrough ACTION, its flagship global social and behavior change project, can continue its critical work in family planning, malaria, COVID-19 and more.
In its evaluation study, Breakthrough ACTION found that exposure to the many layers of the campaign led to shifts in mindsets about sleeping under a mosquito net as a social norm, as well as changes in malaria-prevention behaviors.
While worst-case scenarios haven’t come true, COVID has distracted African health officials who focus on endemic problems, such as malaria.
Ugandans between the ages of 18 and 29 say their access to services such as family planning and maternal and child health has been limited by the pandemic, according to a CCP survey.
To change bed net behaviors in Nigeria, new CCP research suggests it’s vital that communication programs engage on an emotional level.
Social and behavior change experts are already strategizing about how to communicate the vaccine’s benefits caregivers and health workers.
When they couldn’t wait any longer, CCP researchers set out to conduct its Malaria Behavior Survey in the Democratic Republic of Congo — with many COVID-19 precautions.
A survey of people living in rural Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) found that more men appear to be accompanying their pregnant wives to prenatal care appointments since a CCP health campaign launched in 2020.
“What we found is that consumers are clearly looking for and purchasing mosquito control products that are easy to use, can be used indoors and outdoors and provide protection outside of sleeping hours,” says CCP’s Danielle Piccinini Black.
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