As our 30th anniversary year comes to a close, we at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs are taking a look back.
Over the course of five years, the CCP-led Health Communication Component developed a suite of tools to support front line health workers, led numerous trainings with community outreach and contributed thought leadership in the area of community health. Overall, HCC touched the lives of more than two million people residing in Sindh province.
Now 80, Sabido began his career in EE decades ago when, as a television executive in Mexico, he wondered if the medium could be used to change people’s behavior for the better.
In rural Kenya in the mid-1990s, Rael Odengo had no running water, but the teen had a radio. The Youth Variety Show was her only way to get family planning information. Now, at CCP, she creates the kind of programs that shaped her youth.
Four leaders from across the globe, including a pioneer in the field of entertainment-education, will be keynote speakers at the International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit, April 16 to 20 in Nusa Dua, Indonesia.
The same phone technology that allows us to “press 1 to make a same-day appointment” can be used to get spouses in Africa to talk to each other about family planning and increase the use of modern contraception.
With a record 1,266 abstract submissions from 95 countries, the response to the call for abstracts for the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit has been incredible.
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,
Hailed by critics and viewers alike, the Pakistani television drama Sammi was called a “stand out” by the English-Language publication The News on Sunday, while the website Hip In Pakistan called it the show “no one should miss.” But this popular series was more than
It doesn’t seem like the catchiest title, but a song called “1-800-273-8255” is a hit. The numbers are more than a random string of digits: 1-800-273-8255 is the actual phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. And, thanks to the song, people are calling
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