A Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP) research study has validated two indices of girls’ vulnerability to HIV. The findings will be presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. today. Drs. Carol Underwood and Hilary Schwandt
Today, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP) Knowledge for Health (K4Health) project presented work on building eLearning capacity for HIV/AIDS programming in Southern Africa at the 19th International AIDS Conference. The presentation highlighted how the K4Health project enabled
Two recently published health communication books feature chapters written by CCP researchers and staff. The Handbook of Global Health Communication brings together contributions from over thirty scholars and practitioners to offer a comprehensive analysis of the role of communication in public health, development and social
Research to Prevention (R2P) is pleased to release four new RFPs to examine HIV burden among most at risk populations in Burkina Faso, Togo and Cameroon. Organizations based in each of the three respective countries can apply for the in-country RFPs. Organizations that are based
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that community members correlate an increase in HIV vulnerability among adolescent girls with weak structural support systems. While adolescent girls are three to four times more likely than adolescent
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.
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