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
A Study of the Community Promotion Component of the Rural Sanitation Project in Bolivia
Published:
May 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
This report deals with the community participation component of the Rural Sanitation Project and also provides an evaluation design for the project. The key aspect evaluated is the effectiveness of the work of the sanitary technicians in promoting and supporting community participation through the...Read more
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BoliviaLatin America and the CaribbeanTraining in Water and Wastewater Institutional Programs: Long-Term, Short-Term and Study Tours
Published:
March 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
The Near East Bureau of the Agency for International Development requested the Water and Sanitation for Health Project (WASH) to identify and assess the organizations and institutions that offer high quality training and educational programs in the urban water supply and wastewater treatment sector...Read more
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Middle East and North AfricaDirectory of Organizations Involved in Community Education and Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation
Published:
November 1, 1983U.S. Agency for International Development
There is increasing demand for information on organizations that can support the development or improvement of community education and participation in water supply and sanitation projects, whether through social research, evaluation, technical advice, training, or the production of educational...Read more
Water for the World: Methods of Controlling South American Trypanosomiasis
Published:
January 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note discusses methods of controlling Chagas disease and offers suggestions concerning implementation of a control program. Control is possible through relatively simple preventive measures.Read more
Water for the World: Methods of Controlling Enteric Diseases
Published:
January 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note discusses measures which can be instituted to control the spread of enteric diseases. Special emphasis is given to basic preventive measures that should be taken to provide hygienic conditions in individual households and in the entire community.Read more
Water for the World: Planning Disease Control Programs
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January 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
Document provides 8 steps to comprising a comprehensive disease control program. Each step is intended to assure that all relevant problems and possibilities are considered in the development, implementation and evaluation of a program or project. The steps are essential for mobilizing community...Read more
Water for the World: Methods of Improving Environmental Health Conditions
Published:
January 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
The technical note outlines several categories of diseases, as well as, specific conditions that might contribute to the transmission of the disease. In particular the focus is on water-borne, water-contact, or water-vector related diseases, and how improved environmental conditions may contribute...Read more
Coordination of WASH Information Activities and Exchange With International Information Centers, Holland and England, April 5-17, 1981
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April 17, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
This report details USAID coordination efforts in the WASH sector with the UK and Dutch governments to further develop industry standards. The report addresses technologies, new information, new development and training methods, community education and empowerment, and evaluation and planning of...Read more
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Europe and Central AsiaSuccessful Rural Water Supply Projects and the Concerns of Women
Published:
September 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
The International Decade on Drinking Water and Sanitation, 1980- 1990, designed to bring clear water and sanitation to 1.5 billion people in developing countries, will fail unless community participation, with special emphasis on women, is incorporated into all rural water supply projects. So...Read more
Maintaining Safe Water Supply and Sanitation: Student Text
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January 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
Unhygienic conditions, such as improper excreta disposal and unsafe water supply, which are common conditions in many of our rural communities, lead to increased illness of the residents and can lead to death, particularly for children. Poor personal hygiene habits also lead to increased illness...Read more
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LesothoSub-Saharan AfricaDon't see what you're looking for? You can search USWP member sites, request a resource, or contact the USWP.