USAID Advancing Nutrition develops, curates, packages, and shares multi-sectoral nutrition knowledge to help you stay on top of developments and evidence in global nutrition programming.
This implementation kit provides step-by-step guidance on using social and behavior change communication (SBCC) to change provider behavior, and thereby improve client outcomes.
Videos made for the community by the community have proved to be effective in causing social and behavior change in the Sahel. This document serves as a “road map” to implementing community videos and complements the Community Video for Nutrition Guide.
This guide highlights a specific technique for creating high-quality illustrations through a process involving tracing a reference photograph and then scanning and importing the resulting line drawing into the computer to add color, shading, and patterns.
Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Strategy Library
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This library includes resources from the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project's work to help social and behavior change (SBC) practitioners design, implement, and monitor effective SBC interventions for nutrition.
Moving Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Forward
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This brief presents some of the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project's key learning about social and behavior change for nutrition between 2012 and 2017.
IYCN Social and Behavior Change Communication Approach
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
The Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project included social and behavior change (SBCC) activities as part of its strategic approach to bring about significant and sustainable improvements in maternal dietary and infant and young child feeding practices.
Integrating SBCC into Service Delivery Programs Implementation Kit
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This implementation kit aims to help service delivery project managers effectively use service communication to enhance the impact of their project. This kit can be used to help increase demand for and uptake of services, and improve consistent long-term maintenance of healthy behaviors.
This implementation kit seeks to guide social and behavior change communication (SBCC) programs looking to achieve complete integration, which is when multiple health sectors (e.g., family planning; HIV; and reproductive, maternal, and newborn health) jointly plan and implement activities and comprehensively address all relevant audiences.
Implementing Gender-Transformative Approaches (GTAs) in Agricultural Initiatives
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This paper explores the key elements of gender-transformative approaches and provides examples of their application within agricultural initiatives, as well as resources for agricultural practitioners.
ICT – Powering Behavior Change in Agricultural Extension
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This review focuses on how information and communication technologies (ICT) in agricultural extension can better promote behavior change in farmers, drawing on: (1) behavior change principles as evidenced across various sectors such as health, business, advertising and agriculture; (2) lessons learned from various ICT for development players and reports; and (3) approaches used by a subset of l
Facilitator’s Guide for Father-to-Father Support Groups
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This facilitator’s guide is adapted from the Infant and Young Child Feeding Project and the Infant and Young Child Nutrition men’s group package. It is a reference for male group leaders of the Father-to-Father Support Groups to facilitate group meetings at the community level.
Developing a Behavior Change Strategy for Aflatoxin Reduction in Groundnuts
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
In 2016, University Research Co. finalized a social and behavior change approach to provide consistent, accurate, and compelling messages that fit within the participatory Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach and that reinforce the core content of the FFS.
Designing for Behavior Change: A Practical Field Guide
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This manual is a condensed reference guide that is primarily intended for use by those who have been trained in the Designing for Behavior Change (DBC) approach. The DBC approach was developed to help designers think more critically when developing and reviewing a behavior change strategy.
Community Media for Social and Behavior Change: Using the Power of Participatory Storytelling to Improve Nutrition
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This document helps guide program managers and other decision makers considering the use of various types of community media. It includes descriptions of relevant experiences, tools, evidence, and lessons learned.
Training Community Volunteers on Nutrition and Hygiene Module Toolkit
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Knowledge ManagementNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This toolkit is designed to provide program implementers with training session modules, job aids, and social and behavior change communication materials to help community volunteers and other frontline workers in Kyrgyzstan promote household nutrition and hygiene.
Toward a Hygienic Environment for Infants and Young Children: A Review of the Literature
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
This report from the USAID Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability (WASHPaLS) project summarizes a review of the scientific and gray literature, as well as key informant interviews with researchers and field implementers.
Counselling Cards: Hygiene Practices - Sierra Leone
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Nutrition in Humanitarian ContextsNutrition and Health SystemsSocial and Behavior Change and GenderWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
The Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project created of a set of counseling cards to address key complementary feeding and water, sanitation, and hygiene behaviors in Sierra Leone.
Advanced Workshop on Designing for Behavior Change: Focus on Activities
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Social and Behavior Change and Gender
This 3-day curriculum was developed for experienced Designing for Behavior Change (DBC) practitioners. It emphasizes the important step of designing activities that directly link to the results of formative research. The DBC approach was developed to help designers think more critically when developing and reviewing a behavior change strategy.