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.

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Behavior Change & Communications Resources

Baseline Survey for the Guatemalan Highlands Rural Water and Sanitation Project

Published: 
August 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
To achieve project goals and objectives, 200 potable water systems and 24,000 domestic latrines will be constructed. to complement the provision of water and sanitation activities, a sanitary/health education component will be implemented on a sustainable basis by the communities served. Six...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

Rethinking Sanitation: Adding Behavioral Change to The Project Mix

Published: 
July 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
All too often, water and sanitation projects focus on new facilities to the neglect of sanitation and hygiene behaviors. This study makes a case for letting the determination of what behavioral sanitation changes may reasonably be introduced within the cultural and religious milieu of the target...Read more

Workshop Design for the Training of Trainers

Published: 
June 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
This training guide describes a 10-day workshop for trainers who will train field workers in performing the tasks needed to work with communities on water and sanitation activities. The training can cover activities involving technical skills, such as latrine construction, spring capping, or well...Read more

Training of Trainers Workshop: Benin Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project

Published: 
July 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
The project goal is to reduce water-and-sanitation-related diseases, specifically guinea worm, by 30 percent in the project area: the six districts in Central Benin's Zou province. To attain this goal, the project is to establish community-level sociohealth development committees (CDSSs),...Read more
Regional focus: 
BeninSub-Saharan Africa

Community Participation in Water Supply Projects and Ort Activities in Togo and Indonesia

Published: 
March 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
Community participation in water supply projects achieves maximum impact when the communities are motivated to participate in a subsequent health-related project. This report describes case studies of two villages in Togo and two in Indonesia where oral rehydration therapy (ORT) activities were...Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

Social Marketing and Water Supply and Sanitation: an Integrated Approach

Published: 
May 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
Social marketing offers a comprehensive approach to integrating improvements in water supply and sanitation with the behavior change necessary to make these technologies effective in improving public health status in developing countries.Read more

Role of Communications, Community Participation, and Hygiene Education in Water Supply and Sanitation Programs

Published: 
June 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This publication looks at the role of communications, community participation, and hygiene education in water supply and sanitation programs. Water supply and sanitation development tends to be viewed as a technological problem requiring technological solutions. These solutions often involve the...Read more

Training of Trainers in Operations and Maintenance for Rural Potable Water Systems in Bolivia

Published: 
January 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
At the request of USAID/Bolivia, WASH project consultants conducted a two-week training-of-trainers' workshop in operations & maintenance in Chochabamba, Bolivia, from November 24 - December 5, 1986. This report provides an overview and lessons learned on the workshop.Read more
Regional focus: 
BoliviaLatin America and the Caribbean

Training Support for Urban Sanitation Activities in Djibouti

Published: 
January 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is the result of a request from the USAID Representative in Djibouti for Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project assistance in formulating training-related interventions in support of urban sanitation activities in the City of Djibouti. Since Djiboutian Independence in 1977,...Read more
Regional focus: 
DjiboutiMiddle East and North Africa

Training of Trainers Workshop II and Training Materials Development for the Water and Sanitation Component of Sanru II

Published: 
October 1, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID/Zaire requested WASH Project assistance in developing a training strategy for the water and sanitation component of the SANRU II project. The key activities during the visit were to assess the level of training skills of the National Training Team, design and conduct a two-week intermediate...Read more
Regional focus: 
Congo, Dem. Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa

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