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October 13, 2023
Promoting Vaccination in India through Videos: The Role of Humor, Collectivistic Appeal and Gender
This paper investigates the impact of different factors on beliefs about vaccines and vaccination in India through video-based public service announcements.
February 16, 2023
COVID-19 and pregnancy: Staying safe, giving birth and getting vaccinated: What we know about safe pregnancy in the pandemic’s fourth year
With the COVID-19 pandemic entering its fourth year, we asked UNICEF health experts to explain what we now know about the best ways for pregnant women to protect themselves and their babies.
January 9, 2023
Lessons Learned and Good Practices: Country-specific Case Studies on Immunization Activities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The methodology for this report included a literature review of available documentation and research, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions with UNICEF country and regional offices and partners. The process led to a series of six case studies, which describe predominantly positive campaign experiences, documenting lessons and good practices that can inform future immunisation programmes carried out during COVID-19 or similar circumstances.
August 31, 2022
Can you breastfeed if you have COVID-19?
It is completely safe for a mother with confirmed or suspected of COVID-19 to breastfeed.
August 16, 2022
Education during COVID-19
Here’s how children in India are feeling about learning at home during COVID-19.
August 15, 2022
How is COVID-19 affecting parents’ mental health
Being a parent is a daily challenge and faced with the realities of COVID 19, social distancing and self-quarantine, it may be a struggle. For parents, the best way to help their children is to firstly take care of themselves.
Self-care during these times is not selfish because it enables the caregivers to be there for their children as a stable, calm and soothing parent. This way, parents will also be able to better understand their children and help them feel reassured, relaxed and focused.
How Athishree coped with COVID-19
Athishree was scared, hesitant to even talk to her friends when she first tested positive for #coronavirus.
While in quarantine, she taught herself the importance of opening up about her experiences.
We all have to stay ready. Anthem to overcome COVID-19 ft. Amitabh Bachchan & Priyanka Chopra Jonas
We all have to stay ready. Only together can we win against COVID-19.
How to breastfeed safely if you have COVID-19?
This video explains how a mother can safely breastfeed if she is suspected/confirmed to have COVID-19?
August 3, 2022
COVID-19 and Meta: Social and Behavioral Change Communication Learnings from 20 Countries
Throughout 2021, CARE launched 45 locally-led campaigns in 20 countries applying lessons learned during an eight-week training series with Meta. In the second half of 2021, participating countries built on their learnings from their first campaigns and attempted to answer new questions that arose all while creating culturally appropriate messaging to encourage the adoption of preventative behaviors and/or to build trust in the vaccine, even if it wasn’t yet available.
July 15, 2022
COVID-19 Communication Resources to reach vulnerable urban populations
These resources were used by SNEHA (Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action) to educate people living in vulnerable urban informal settlements about COVID-19 Appropriate behaviour. These resources were used at a time when India was braving the first and second wave of the pandemic.
July 14, 2022
COVID-19 communication campaign IEC/BCC/SBCC material qualitative summary report
This report reflects perceptions, messages and activities at a time when India was braving the first and second wave of the pandemic.
February 17, 2022
Nalamdana COVID-19 Vaccine – Episode 3
Through a young couple’s arguments at a bus stop, this short video, in Entertainment-Education style, highlights the importance of getting vaccines, why a second dose is critical to bring your immunity to where your body can easily fight the virus, and why it is important to continue to wear masks, even if you are fully vaccinated. By countering popular misconceptions (from the young man), the young woman, and her educated bus stop companion model COVID-safe behavior.
February 2, 2022
Me Jababdar/I’m Responsible Campaign
The I’m Responsible Campaign includes posters, social media for the general public, women and pregnant women to reinforce key COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors implemented by Maharashtra State in India. The materials are in Hindi.
January 28, 2022
What does the “New Normal” look like for the community? – COVID-19
This video explains what the “New Normal” will look like in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Visiting Hospital during COVID-19
This video, produced by NITI Aayog, explains the proper procedure on visiting hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 13, 2022
Ghadi Detergent Mask Campaign
To encourage health and safety amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, RSPL Group, manufacturers and marketers of Ghadi Detergent have unveiled the brand’s campaign #BachaavMeinHiSamajhdaariHai. The video encourages mask wearing in order to slow the spread of COVID-19.
How can you promote protective behaviours? – COVID-19
This video promotes several protective behaviors to adopt during the COVID-19 pandemic. These behaviors include: mask wearing, hand washing, social distancing, and staying home if you feel sick.
December 21, 2021
COVID-19 Communication Strategy India
This strategy will serve as guidelines for implementation of National, state and District communication activities providing information on the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination process to people across the country to generate awareness and to improve acceptance and uptake of vaccine.
The document will address issues of vaccine eagerness, vaccine hesitancy, provide information on new COVID-19 vaccines and reiterate to continue adherence to COVID appropriate behavior. It will also develop trust and greater confidence of people in vaccine by managing myths and misinformation.
Using Behavioural Science & Human Centered Design to Boost COVID-19 Vaccination
The study aims to use a behaviour science and human centred design approach to understand the barriers to uptake of COVID-19 vaccines, and use this fundamental understanding to design interventions to drive vaccine uptake in Punjab and Maharashtra. Our methodology involved remote in-depth interviews with stakeholders, and users with barriers to COVID-19 vaccination in rural and urban Nagpur, Bathinda and Faridkot.
December 17, 2021
#HarGharDastak Campaign, India – Twitter post
This is a tweet from the #HarGharDastak Campaign in India.
The COVID-19 Communication Network is teamed closely with The Compass for SBC, a curated collection of social and behavior change (SBC) resources. The collection offers the highest quality “how-to” tools and packages of materials from SBC projects. Each item in the Compass is vetted to ensure it was developed via a strategic process and had documented success in the field. Further, this site is closely linked with Springboard, an online community of SBC professionals who share experiences, ask/give advice, and enhance their skills.
This website is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Breakthrough ACTION Cooperative Agreement #AID-OAA-A-17-00017. Breakthrough ACTION is based at Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP).The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of Breakthrough ACTION and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government, or Johns Hopkins University.
