Behavior Change Communication: Family and Community Approaches

Elderly, family and community support

سالمندی یک بیماری نیست بلکه فرآیندی زیست شناختی است که همه افراد در دنیا با آن درگیر هستند. با افزایش سن کنشهای زیست شناختی رو به کاهش می گذارند از این رو فرآیند پیر شدن انسان به تدریج پیش می رود و عواملی نظیر ژن ، محیط و مهارتهای زندگی هر کدام بطور جداگانه در پیشرفت آن دخالت دارند.

Behavior change following a persuasive communication.

Increasing postpartum contraception in rural India: evaluation of a community-based behavior change communication intervention.

CONTEXT The Indian family planning program, though successful in increasing contraceptive use among couples who have achieved their desired family size, has not been equally successful in educating couples about the use of contraceptive methods for birth spacing. METHODS An evaluation was conducted of a behavior change communication intervention integrated into the existing government program...

Health communication in the Latino community: issues and approaches.

With reference to the Communication-Persuasion model, we describe various research issues and challenges when considering the health of Latinos, and implications for designing and evaluating health communication and behavior change efforts in this population. Latinos, collectively the nation's largest minority group, vary substantially in terms of socioeconomic and legal status, their country o...

Behavior Change without Behavior Change Communication: Nudging Handwashing among Primary School Students in Bangladesh

Behavior change communication for improving handwashing with soap can be labor and resource intensive, yet quality results are difficult to achieve. Nudges are environmental cues engaging unconscious decision-making processes to prompt behavior change. In this proof-of-concept study, we developed an inexpensive set of nudges to encourage handwashing with soap after toilet use in two primary sch...