Behavior Change & Communications

According to USAID, behavior change and communications focuses on facilitating and encouraging health-promoting behaviors. It uses behavior as a lens to ensure appropriate use of and demand for improved services; it also maintains this approach in planning and designing infrastructure and services. Resources available in this sub-theme include school hygiene seminars, hygiene support contacts, and information on safe hygiene practices.

Behavior Change & Communications Resources

Spring Project Year 2 Annual Report

Publication date:
November 15, 2013
U.S. Agency for International Development
This Annual Report highlights SPRING's accomplishments during Project Year (PY) 2, a year of tremendous growth and technical development. In our PY2 work plan, SPRING's core-funded global and technical leadership activities were organized into six strategies including: (1)...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Uganda
Sub-Saharan Africa

Spring Project Year 2 Annual Report: October 1, 2012 - September 30, 2013

Publication date:
November 15, 2013
U.S. Agency for International Development
This Annual Report highlights SPRING's accomplishments during Project Year (PY) 2, a year of tremendous growth and technical development. In our PY2 work plan, SPRING's core-funded global and technical leadership activities were organized into six strategies including: (1)...Read more

Ghana Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project - Success Story - Improving Youth Hygiene, With Comic Books for Students, By Students

Publication date:
January 1, 2012
U.S. Agency for International Development
For young students, learning lessons on hygiene and sanitation is now as easy as reading a comic book. The USAID-supported Ghana WASH Project is using a new approach - an educational comic book - to share sanitation and hygiene messaging with youth, and the storyline is informed by students'...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Ghana
Sub-Saharan Africa

Annual Report 2010-2011

Publication date:
September 30, 2011
U.S. Agency for International Development
The goal of USAID's Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) in India is to scale up evidence-based, high impact maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) including family planning (FP) interventions toward reductions in maternal and child mortality. The activities of MCHIP in the...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
India
South East Asia

USAID Ghana WASH Project: Modules for Training Community Facilitators in Behavior Change Communication in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion

Publication date:
May 1, 2011
U.S. Agency for International Development
The manual is made up of two parts. The first part, Training Manual for Community Facilitators in Behavior Change Communication in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Sector, provides detailed content and additional information on topics discussed during the training sessions. Copies may be...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Ghana
Sub-Saharan Africa

Cape Verde - Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Project

Publication date:
January 1, 2011
Millennium Challenge Corporation
The overall objective of this survey is to collect relevant information on water, sanitation and hygiene sectors in Praia, hinterlands of Santiago and Sal Islands. Specifically, the survey collects information on: The socio-demographic characteristics of the household; determine the levels of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Cabo Verde
Sub-Saharan Africa

Designing a Sanitation Program for the Urban Poor: Case Study From Montego Bay, Jamaica

Publication date:
May 1, 1997
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides a case study of how to design a sanitation program within the unique conditions of a peri-urban settlement. Specifically, the report considers the experience of USAID's Environmental Health Project in designing an initiative to install and maintain appropriate excreta and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Jamaica
Latin America and the Caribbean

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