Faculty and staff from the CCP Research and Evaluation Division joined almost 3,000 communication professionals from around the world in Boston, MA on May 26-30 for the 61st annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). The depth of CCP’s research expertise was on display
Research to Prevention (R2P) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Small Grants Competition. Grants were awarded to three organizations engaged in original research on HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM). The winners of the 2010 R2P small grants
With an estimated 1.5 million deaths each year, diarrhea remains the second leading cause of death among children under five globally. Prevention and management of diarrheal diseases are essential to improving child survival. The 2009 UNICEF/WHO publication “Diarrhoea: Why children are still dying and what
Recent research conducted by CCP has confirmed that there are many barriers to family planning in Nigeria: couples will only use family planning methods if women initiate conversation and if doctors provide the clinical “tests”, and professional advice. These findings emerged from focus group discussions
The Routledge Handbook of Applied Communication Research has been awarded the 2010 Distinguished Award for an Edited Scholarly Book from the Applied Communication Division at the National Communication Association. Dr. Maria Elena Figueroa, Director of Research and Evaluation at the Center for Communication Programs, and Dr.
Insecticidal nets. Health Information. Religious Leaders. CCP staff presented on a broad array of topics at the 10th annual USAID Global Health Mini-University. The annual mini-university is a day-long forum that brings together participants interested in international health with public health practitioners, academics, and policy
Doug Storey, Associate Director at CCP and Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explains in this video how health behaviors spread more rapidly when they are reinforced through regular social interactions. The phenomenon of behaviors spreading through social networks, including online
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